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What exactly IS iCloud?

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yoshibirdofan

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I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to cloud...does that mean I can save all my photos on there? Can someone explain in-depth? Thanks!
 
So basically it's the best thing ever? loll! but seriously, let me see if I get this right. I take a picture, and it saves on the cloud. When I update my device from my iPhone, I won't lose my stuff because it's on the cloud?
 
Its the next step away from having to use iTunes to sync downloaded data.

Im looking forward to iCloud and ios5.

However I'm an animal of habit so i will still be using iTunes too.
 
You save stuff into "the cloud" and your iPhone use Internet data to play songs and show pics off "the cloud" without using your phone storage space.

I really don't see how it's going to be successful, unless companies offer unlimited data plans.
 
gta50419 said:
You save stuff into "the cloud" and your iPhone use Internet data to play songs and show pics off "the cloud" without using your phone storage space.

I really don't see how it's going to be successful, unless companies offer unlimited data plans.
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photostream only uploads over wifi. Also the photos stay on your device as well as uploading to the cloud. iTunes match downloading is manual, so you choose to do it over 3G if you want, again, it's not streaming so you just have it on the device. Backup only automatically runs when over wifi, locked and plugged in, you can manually initiate it, so again, you choose what's over 3G and using your data plan.
 
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gta50419 said:
You save stuff into "the cloud" and your iPhone use Internet data to play songs and show pics off "the cloud" without using your phone storage space.
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My god, when is this incorrect perception going to die!
The cloud does not save storage space on your phone.
To look at a pic or to listen to a song the item will have to be transferred to your phone. In other words, downloaded.
If you're the type that listens to only one song or one album and then instantly deletes it then yes, maybe the cloud will save you storage space.
But if you want instant access to all of your music like the millions of iPhone users are already used to then it is all going to end up being stored on your phone.
 
Gjwilly said:
My god, when is this incorrect perception going to die!
The cloud does not save storage space on your phone.
To look at a pic or to listen to a song the item will have to be transferred to your phone. In other words, downloaded.
If you're the type that listens to only one song or one album and then instantly deletes it then yes, maybe the cloud will save you storage space.
But if you want instant access to all of your music like the millions of iPhone users are already used to then it is all going to end up being stored on your phone.
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Exactly.
 
Cloud services have been around forever. iCloud is just Apple catching up and introducing something as new and innovative, but in fact has already been around forever. Sorry OP to bust your bubble if you thought otherwise.
 
Just means your stuff gets stored on the internet vs locally on your physical device. It can be both, locally and on the cloud, but cloud refers to internet, non-local storage.
 
The cloud replicates your data to your other devices. Take a picture with your iPhone and it automatically uploads to the cloud and the cloud pushes it down to your iMAC, iPAD or PC.

You now have the picture you just took with your iPhone on all your other devices! Works with documents too.

Developers are going to have access to the APIs to build the functionality into their apps.
 
i've been using dropbox for over a year.
i thought iCloud was something innovative.
no wonder apple tried to buyout dropbox.
 
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