iCloud introduced by Steve Jobs

16. 123jdl posted on 06 Jun 2011, 23:02 0 0

Apple extended their subscription to June 30, 2012 at no additional cost. This will give those users a chance to migrate over to iCloud services.

19. Droid_X_Doug posted on 07 Jun 2011, 03:14 1 1

The subscription to MobileMe was extended to June 30, 2012. However, there are some services like iDisc that Apple has so far been silent on what is going to happen after June 30, 2012. There are small businesses using Quick Books for Mac that are also using iDisc for secure, remote archiving of the business data from Quick Books. If iDisc goes away, those folks are screwed come June 30, 2012.

39. Lucas777 posted on 07 Jun 2011, 21:00 0 0

why dont u give them a small amount of time to tell u... they just freaking introduced the service... and it is free? so why wud it be a huge problem to update?

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21. Droid_X_Doug posted on 07 Jun 2011, 03:16 1 1

I know 2 friends who had their MobileMe subscription auto-renewed as recently as last week.

40. Lucas777 posted on 07 Jun 2011, 21:01 0 0

welll obviously they like it enough too kep it...

20. Droid_X_Doug posted on 07 Jun 2011, 03:14 0 0

But iCloud sounds sexier than iSync.... :-)

32. Xpple (unregistered) posted on 07 Jun 2011, 09:03 1 1

NO. . . no it really doesn't. It sounds stupid like most apple device names.

The Mac was a good name and fit the company. All this iDevice bs is just stupid. The fact that so many other people follow and name their products with a lower case i shows just how lame people are these days. . . people can't even think anymore.

37. protozeloz posted on 07 Jun 2011, 12:42 0 0

actually iSync could be related with only synchronization services wile iCloud represents cloud services in general (like storage and others) not only Synchronization so my guess is that iCloud was more fit to the job

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36. Gozer the Gozarian (unregistered) posted on 07 Jun 2011, 12:21 1 1

Look...Apple stole the "Cloud" concept and made it their own. Now I bet Apple will sue everyone else for copyright infringement and intellectual property rights, claiming they invented it, own it, and run it. Plus, they own the rights to the sky, ground, outer space, and the letter "i".

Steve Jobs is such a hypocrite.

41. Xpple (unregistered) posted on 08 Jun 2011, 10:09 0 0

Yeah, they'll sue anyone that uses sync to the "cloud" for multiple devices. . . cause it hasn't been around before iOS5.

Kind of like Apple trying to sue MS over the Mac gui when both companies blatantly copied Xerox--before anyone says apple paid licensing fees, etc. . . no, they paid to take home an alto, not to blatantly copy the OS. Xerox was just too stupid to realize what they had.

10. 530gemini posted on 06 Jun 2011, 18:45 1 0

You don't have to rebuy it. But there is a subscription fee if you want that service. The fee is a flat rate of $24.99 compared to Amazon's $50. Google has not named their price yet, but I really doubt it would be free. Google does not have data centers as huge as Apple's, that's for sure.

11. Sniggly posted on 06 Jun 2011, 18:57 1 0

Gemini...are you and I discussing something here without insults or stupidity?

Wow...okay, let me take this in...all right, taken in.

Your explanation makes more sense. One thing Apple has done very well is build an incredibly robust music store. I can't fault them for that.

33. Xpple (unregistered) posted on 07 Jun 2011, 09:07 1 0

Google has the largest data centers in the world. Apple is finally putting some money it centers but they are far behind Google. That's Google's bread and butter--they need massive data centers just to carry out all the web crawling they do not to mention all their online apps they've had for years that Apple is just now starting to add.

Dude. . . really, get off the apple juice and realize they aren't #1 at anything.

Like their products, love their product, but please stay in reality.

38. protozeloz posted on 07 Jun 2011, 12:44 0 0

Google has mail and other services, they store data from users in lots... so yeah their servers should be bigger than apples

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9. 530gemini posted on 06 Jun 2011, 18:42 0 0

Just watched the demo and I get it now. Files don't get automatically saved to all devices. It is saved in the cloud and can be accessed by an added folder labelled "stream". You can view the file from that folder and then decide whether you want to save it in your device or not. It will be saved in the cloud for 30 days for your ipad/iphone/ipod touch, but stays permanently on your computer. After that, it gets purged.

12. protozeloz posted on 06 Jun 2011, 21:39 0 0

it can be turned off

14. Lucas777 posted on 06 Jun 2011, 22:34 0 0

ait only holds it for 30 days too.. so by then it will be everywhere on ur devices...

15. 123jdl posted on 06 Jun 2011, 23:01 0 0

Actually, the 30 days only applies to the photos. If you want to have your photos stay there longer, you will just need to move them to an album.

22. Droid_X_Doug posted on 07 Jun 2011, 03:22 0 0

But it is only 'free' to purchasers of songs and video (and maybe books) from Apple's i-ecosystem. And you have a non-free cost of entry - you have to buy OSX-Lion or iOS 5 (and last I checked, iOS 5 was not free, you have to buy a compatible device...). OSX-Lion also requires the purchase of a compatible device (which definitely aren't free...).

If the execution of iCloud is not biffed (like MobileMe was), this could be the next great thing for Apple.

31. protozeloz posted on 07 Jun 2011, 06:46 0 0

told ya XD cloud services are just great in a couple of years with 4G and 20GB cap there wont be an issue at all... even if you are all the time on 3G

34. AppleFUD (unregistered) posted on 07 Jun 2011, 09:11 0 0

Nothing!
Well, actually it does less than many of those other services. This is just Apple apeing other services and features. Sure, adding them as core features is great for users but let us not think they are being inventive at all. They are blatantly stealing other people's & companies' hard work and adding it to their platforms.