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!
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Apple and Music Publishers Close to Agreement on Cloud Licensing, But Delays Still Possible
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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!
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.
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.
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 feel the same. I don't need access to MY music in the cloud. What I want is Rdio, MOG, Rhapsody, Napster, etc...
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.
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 imagine that all of the exiting new cloud features would be tied to the newest iOS release, which has built-in obsolescence for your iOS device.
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.
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.
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.