Mozy will soon release to their North American customers apps for iOS (iPhone) and Android smartphones. With the new apps, users will be able to access files on the go.

Currently, Carbonite has apps for iOS and Android, as does SugarSync. Apps to access files was the next natural step to take, after Mozy revamped their web portal.

The common use case is a sales guy who’s traveling and has his laptop stolen. He’d be able to go into the Mozy app, pull up his files and send it to another computer. Or, you’re at dinner with friends and you could share your vacation photos you backed up with Mozy and display them on your Android or iPhone.

-Dave Robinson, vice president of marketing

Mozy is also looking for customers to try out their synchronizing service, which will allow for files backed up from one computer to be copied to multiple other devices (similar to Dropbox or SugarSync)

Mozy recently stopped offering unlimited backups, a move which was essential to rolling out these new product features.