WWDC 2011
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- _niko0
pros- no more worrying about backing shit up on hard drives, or dvd's and worrying about losing everything in a fire/tsunami/tornado.
-instant access to everythingcons- world could have access to your shit.
-could lose shit anyway if someone hacks into skynet.
- 5timuli0
My bet is on all software being cloud-hosted within a few years. Kind of like an Onlive service for graphics.
- adumbratesly0
Reasonable synopsis from the NYT re iCloud... http://nyti.ms/mG6QMF
- brandelec0
i'm still on mobileme and got a message that they're renewing/extending my subscription until next summer for free while all my shit migrates to icloud.
nice idea.. but like some are saying, it's already being done
- raf0
Email has been a cloud service since... always, this is especially apparent when using IMAP on phone, computer and the web client. Every change is visible everywhere, you can pick up your half-finished email draft from anywhere.
But as far as phone software cloud hosting goes... yesterday's announcement doesn't make so much difference here. I can already redownload the apps I purchased before and do so using the phone only, without the computer. The only problem is I don't have a list of all apps I bought like I have in the Mac App Store and the iPhone store doesn't make it clear which apps I had already paid for.