“The anticipated ability of Apple’s iCloud network to take some processing and traffic burdens from wireless carriers’ networks has been predicted by one analyst to cause ‘collateral damage’ for rival handset maker Research in Motion,” Neil Hughes reports for AppleInsider.
“Shaw Wu with Sterne Agee issued to investors Friday in which he declared that iCloud will make it even tougher for companies to compete with Apple. He reiterated his belief that iCloud will ‘change the game’ in the highly competitive mobile space,” Hughes reports. “In his view, iCloud will make iTunes even more powerful and useful for end users. That would be a huge blow to RIM, Google, Amazon and Microsoft, all of which have struggled to compete with iTunes in its current form.”
Hughes reports, “But iCloud is predicted to have a particularly significant impact on RIM, which offers its own unique push network for users of BlackBerry smartphones. ‘While iCloud doesn’t replicate all of RIMM’s push network, the ability for iCloud to offload data center processing and traffic from carriers is attractive,’ Wu wrote.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn W.” for the heads up.]
Not to mention the fact that people with iPhones, iPods, and iPads will no longer be required to sync their devices with a “PC”. That’s so 20th century!
However, the iCloud will probably not sync data from your apps (i.e. Angry Birds progress) so you will probably still need to sync with that PC to have a restore available if something goes wrong with your iOS device.
Based on what are you making that assumption?
There’re an increasing number of iOS device owners who don’t even have a computer. Apple would very much like to welcome them to their universe! Who knows? They’ll probably end up buying a Mac, eventually.
I’m waiting with bated breath to see if iCloud will allow me to seamlessly sync contacts, calendar events and emails over the air between my MBP, iPhone and iPad which currently requires a paid service like MobileMe or an Exchange Server.
If Apple is intent on creating a business driven seamless ecosystem for its devices this will be it. It’ll be a boon to small businesses not to have to invest in backend infrastructure. This in turn creates an entryway for Apple to penetrate business and commercial use.
Google’s Gmail syncs mail, contacts and calendar events wirelessly between iPad, iPhone and MBP right this minute for free.
Yep and if u have an android device (gasp) it does it between all your computers and phone. 🙂
Um, you don’t need an Android. An iPhone is a phone and a MBP is a MacBook Pro. That’s a computer.
I’ll nail my ball sack to a flaming tree trunk before I will ever have anything to do with Google again. Screw’em!
So, are you saying you don’t like Google?
When will Apple learn, iCloud doesn’t need any feature, or be able to solve anything better; just make it iAd supported free and put a beta tag on it, and every basement dweller and the publications that sustain them will hail the iCloud a game changer.
RIMM has giant data centers that gives their corporate clients a huge amount of control over huge numbers of devices, with the current iPhone system you can only control up to 5 handsets at a time on any single account.
That’s why enterprise has not fully embraced the iPhone and still clings to BlackBerry.
Will this change Monday?
At the very least .Mac/MobileMe will have to be a little better than it is now.
Not true. The limitation is that you can sync an iTunes account with up to five COMPUTERS. You seem to have your facts confused. As far as Enterprise support for management of IOS devices, you seem to be outta the loop: http://www.jamfsoftware.com/solutions/mobile-device-management/
If iCloud eliminates the need to synch an iPad/Phone/Touch with a PC then this is the official coming out party for these devices as true post-PC gadgets rather than satellite devices of a PC.
That’s a big deal and an interesting play by Apple. It shows, again, that they are willing to take a risk with a core business, Macs, in order to move aggressively towards the future.
It’s a stark contrast to Microsoft, which is playing defense, again trying the same old “Windows Everywhere” strategy with Windows 8 to run on all devices.
Chuck, that’s right, I hope Apple plays it offensive…
In some context Apple’s iCloud is better but when it comes to enterprise support then it becomes a challenge. We have used a 3rd party solution to secure and manage our iPhones, iPads & Mac devices.
https://scalefusion.com/apple-device-management-features