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Last Minute Thoughts on iCloud, iOS 5 as Keynote Line Begins
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I hope the people already in line for the keynote understand they're there to hear Steve Jobs speak, not buy him.
I hope the people already in line for the keynote understand they're there to hear Steve Jobs speak, not buy him.
I hope the people already in line for the keynote understand they're there to hear Steve Jobs speak, not buy him.
if they want to BUY him all they gotta do is go on iBooks and pre-order his autobiography, "iSteve". i pre-odered mine tonight.
If you are a mac user You know that Apple doesn't change things drastically. They are making improvements and UI changes unobtrusively.
But iOS 5 as a major update, must contain more than just notifications and iCloud support. Otherwise it'll be the year of waiting for nothing. And another year of using a stupid update. But I don't think so.
Remember the other major version updates:
In 2: There were Apps and AppStore.
In 3: Cut, Copy paste, MMS and Push Notifications.
In 4: iBook, iAds, FaceTime and Multitasking.
In 5: twitter integration, Better notifications, iCloud... WTF?
All of those are services, there must be an App. There must be something bigger- let's hope for Widgets
The only MobileMe service that iCloud is replacing is iDisk.
In other words, one can have either MobileMe + iDisk (now known as iCloud) for $99 or just iDisk (now known as iCloud) for $25. Most people will care solely about iCloud, which is priced aggressively at $25/year.
I know. Sad isn't it. Waiting in line on a cold Sunday night when they could be warming their cockles in any number of nearby bars, eateries, etc. I weep for today's youth.
Apple called iCloud their "cloud services offering," in the press release, which would suggest what is now mobileme will fit under it. The logo, which has appropriated the MobileMe cloud, suggests this as well.
But what if you want MobileMe's Calendar and Bookmarks sync? You have to pay $99? I don't see that. However you slice it, splitting up iCloud and MobileMe isn't straightforward. I think they will overhaul it all.
Tomorrow will be interesting, that's for sure!
It's 1 AM here and I have yet to go to bed, so for me, it's tomorrow, if not technically.
11 in the morning here
Who knows. I have sent many pigeons to find out, but none have returned.
BS? Tsk, another Apple zombie: Must... justify... Apple's... attempt at... world... domination... brains!
Your type are never satisfied, so I'll say my goodbye to you now.
120+ million iOS users minus 1.
- Spotify competitor in iCloud. I think this would be an awesome idea. It's not often a company get rights to all the big four. Apple could turn this into a music streaming killer. Spotify and other competitors doesn't even have rights to all the big ones.
I'd rather pay $10 monthly and gain access to millions of tracks, rather than buying single songs and albums and sync them to my devices.
There are a lot of people that share your feelings. As a very long time customer I'm sad to say I'm close to feeling as you do. As a software engineer, I'm happy I work in a cross platform environment. I feel as though Apples new direction is forcing us to dumb down or switch platforms. iOS is fine and has it's place. But to compromise OS X in the process, is a decision Apple may regret.
Obviously, Bookmarks/Calendar/Contacts/Photos/Music/Apps/Settings syncing is going to be part of iCloud, hence services (again, for just $25/year).
I think that iCloud will not be an internet service. Think about this, it is about music. I think that iCloud will be a port built into Macbooks that will produce fog when you add dry ice. Next year, they will upgrade this with iLightShow.
PS. iThink iMight be drunk.
PS. iThink iMight be drunk.