Summer is fast approaching, and Power Downloader is fielding lots of vacation-related questions. Kitty Kilobyte wants to know what's the best way to send her friends and family photos and video of her upcoming trip to South America. Pando for Windows and Mac is the way to go, says Power D.
Pando lets users send large file attachments through a unique "packaging" system. Great for summer videos!
Power then explains that with Pando installed, Kitty can drag and drop her large folder of images and WMVs into the Pando interface, which lets her send Power D, Francois Foto, and virtually anybody else in her address book a message with a link. When Power clicks that link, he'll be able to download the folder of images very quickly through Pando--especially since he knows they both have fast Internet connections. Best of all, if either of their computers crash during any part of the process, Pando picks up where it left off upon restart.
Pando does have some limitations, though. The free version can only handle file attachment "packages" up to 1 GB and 5 GB on Pando's servers at any one time, while premium users get 3 GB per package and 10 GB on the server. Encryption is also only available to those who pay. But since Kitty Kilobyte can embed a package in an e-mail, in an IM chat, or on a Web site, Power Downloader is expecting to see and hear about her trip long before it's over.
Emailing large attachments has never been easy, but Pando for Windows and Mac combines P2P tech with a clean interface to make sharing files or folders as large as 1 GB a cinch--and free.
Circumventing FTP servers, online storage, and tertiary e-mail accounts, Pando either generates a link for instant messages and Web pages, or e-mails your recipient a tiny attachment. When you click that attachment or link, Pando connects to its server and downloads the "package," as the Pando people call the contents of your attachment. You even have 14 days to grab the "package" before it gets deleted from their server. Other useful features include support for multiple addressees, Yahoo and Outlook plug-ins that automatically Pando-ize attachments, and a record of how many times your package has been downloaded.
Easy to use, Pando could drastically change how files are transferred between small groups of people.
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