MEEM: Convenient smartphone backup, at a cost

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MEEM is a charger cable with either 16GB (Android version) or 32GB (iOS version) of built-in storage for backing up your phone's contacts, calendar, messages, music, photos and videos.


Backups are incremental. The first one takes a while -- how long depends on how much stuff is on your phone. The guideline is about six minutes per gigabyte of data. Further backups are incremental, so they might take just a few seconds. Nothing happens until you install the MEEM app, which acts as your control centre for the hardware. The backup is kept secure by a 4-digit PIN, which you are forced to set.

MEEM backs up contacts, calendar, messages, music, photos and videos, and the app lets you enable or disable any category with a tap. The whole user interface is based around sweeps, swipes and taps. A tap away from the large green on-screen 'avatars' that represent your handset (on the left of the image) and the backup (on the right) brings up a few screens of reminders for the various controls.


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