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T H I S,

video will really be a great feature for the iOS devices... especially if you could mobile sync your device recorded videos and audio memos, pictures, etc..

the ability to not have to wait 1092309248021932 hrs to download a movie if you're only on a 3g network, but you could stream it and choose to download the movie when you get home

idk what the performance would be like if you tried to stream an SD/HD movie to your iOS device but its worth a shot

Terrible I guess I have a 3mb broadband connection and that's all I can get due to the distance of the exchange!

BBC iPlayer in HD don't work at all! For HD to stream without artefacts it need at least 5mbps or more!
 
Get rid of the lawyers and things will go smoother

It only gets complex and complicated when you involve lawyers.. keep those scumbags out of the equation and you can do amazing things extremely efficiently
 
The Cloud is the future

Every since they started to discuss cloud based storage I have seen a vision of everything being cloud based. Imagine if wifi was as common as cell service(which I believe one day will happpen) why wouldnt you want something in the cloud. This would cause hard drives to become oppsolite and would help to reduce the size of computers even more. Imagine you go to buy a mac and instead of asking how big of a HD you want they ask you how much room on their server do you want to purchase. This will happen in the near future.
 
We need iBanks to stop them lending our iMoney or the government spending it on a duck pond!

If apple control the door to music with the cloud surely google will control the door to the internet and our other personal stuff!

So you'll be paying for the documents you have wrote yourself! And music to be streamed! When will it end will I have to pay a company to walk soon? What will I actualy own apart from a brick device with a screen that has to use the Internet to work and doors that these companys have created to make money!

Lets think about this a little. Your complaining about paying for a service. If you like the idea you pay for it, if you dont like it then you dont. If you hate the idea of paying for things that you can use then you should think about getting rid of your highspeed internet, cable tv, cell phones, home phones.
 
I'm still failing to see exactly what the record industry have to do with an online cloud storage service from Apple.

Unless it's just some kind of online music library and nothing else which would be disappointing indeed.
 
I'm still failing to see exactly what the record industry have to do with an online cloud storage service from Apple.

Unless it's just some kind of online music library and nothing else which would be disappointing indeed.

I feel the same. I don't need access to MY music in the cloud. What I want is Rdio, MOG, Rhapsody, Napster, etc...
 
First comment on this thread happens to be the most ignorant...

What is the goal of a corporation or any business for that sake? To make money. That need to make money is what brings us the cool gadgets and technology we use today, including the computer, keyboard, internet and forums you used to post this ridiculous comment.

I won't even get into how good it is for our economy...

Amen.

I do not comment regularly on here but I never cease to be amazed at the sheer cockiness of most of the posters on here who just feel compelled to tell us their innermost comment about what a multi-billion dollar company is considering to do.

My favorite element though is the realization that while most of these brainiacs will comment about how crazy apple is (remember their disdain for the apple tv or iPhone or most recently iPad?) -- these suckers will be buying the product anyway--after spending time bashing it.

I wish Apple would invent a a forum that would track these guys when they post and then show that they actually bought the items they claimed to think were 'stupid' or a waste of time.

Sheer silliness but thank you for making a great post in response dcuellar.
 
I think it'll be nice as backup storage but as far as streaming, forget it.
a) you don't get the best signal everywhere, how annoying would that be to get cut off constantly because you are in an area that has poor reception, like a canyon, building with blockers (government), etc.

b) lack of unlimited options from wireless providers makes it nearly unusable for the average consumer because they are so pricey. Except T-Mobile what other carrier offers unlimited at all anymore? Even then if t-mobile gets purchased by AT&T I'm sure that goes out the door.

c) The idea that you essentially are putting your data on a companies server means they can pretty much do anything at anytime. I'm sure there is plenty of fine print in the Terms of Service.

I would be interested to use it as a backup but forget using it to stream content anywhere, technology isn't ready for it.
 
I have no need whatsoever to put any of my music up on a server that is own, operated, controlled, and prowled by a corporation who's only objective is to find new and exciting ways to separate my money from my pocket. My home computer will do fine thank you very much.

Enjoy that. But some of us feel otherwise so we are curious about what is going on.

that said, can one really say that something that hasn't actually been announced has been or could be delayed. Don't you need a date to be delaying from.
 
I have no need whatsoever to put any of my music up on a server that is own, operated, controlled, and prowled by a corporation who's only objective is to find new and exciting ways to separate my money from my pocket. My home computer will do fine thank you very much.

Not only do I have precisely zero need for a cloud-based service for my music, I don't know a single person who does. And I'm a touring musician. Just seems like a pointless service to me. I've got a laptop with my entire music library on it and bring it with me virtually everywhere I go. If I don't have my laptop, I have my iPhone. Plenty of room for the music I'm particularly digging from my library. If my wife and I want to share some new music from each other's libraries, we share it when we're at home together. I just don't get it. But then again, there are lots of tech tools & toys out there that I just don't get either.

Looking forward to linking to these quotes in the 1 year iCloud anniversary thread. Should be a good laugh.
 
Dear Apple,

Take your time and get it right. Don't cede any ground in the negotiations.

We're willing to wait to finally have a groundbreaking, rocking solution.
 
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