Large e-mail attachments have long been the preserve of things like ‘hilarious’ pictures of animals wearing clothes or short video clips depicting an amusing mishap befalling an unfortunate athlete. However, as a means of transferring large files from one person to another, the format has always been hampered by size caps imposed by webmail providers and SMTP servers.
Sending an album of music or anything over a couple of minutes of video footage has always been a no-no, but luckily things are changing thanks to an app which allows you to send files of up to 1Gb (yes, you read it right) via email. Pando automatically converts your attachments into a small file that your friend or relative can simply open to download the original file from Pando or elsewhere. Now Pando is offering plug-ins to work with most Web-based mail services, which traditionally often have a limit of around 10Mb, meaning you can treat your buddies to that hour-long movie of you wallpapering the bathroom. Until now it’s only been available as an Outlook add-on.
Although it’s still in Beta form, the application is pretty stable and a recent update has made it even quicker for users to connect with the service. As a result, it provides a fast and reliable alternative to burning disks and posting them or uploading files to an FTP site.
