“Apple has commenced its first public developer beta test for its new iCloud services, announced the first Web apps and set additional storage pricing for its much-improved cloud-based services suite,” Jonny Evans reports for Computerworld. “Apple last night switched on the iCloud.com domain, but only for developer members of MobileMe.”
“Behind the wall, you’ll get access to online Web-app versions of the Mail, Contacts and Calendar and Find my iPhone apps,” Evans reports. “What we know so far shows Apple has been thinking about what most of us use our computers for.”
• We probably use a Web browser, email, Twitter.
• Many might keep a music and movies collection, we probably possess an address book and diary.
• We create/read documents, spreadsheets, photos and presentations.
Evans reports, “In various ways, these are just some of the features you can look forward to on any Apple device, thanks to iCloud.”
Much more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
When iCloud is fully developed it’ll be a game changer and put those Droid fans in a jagged crying frame of mind.
Prediction: iWeb will be a cloud app
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… “What we know so far shows Apple has been thinking about what most of us use our computers for.” If that’s so, why are they killing off iWeb and hosting? OK, I don’t believe any “great” web sites were developed with iWeb, or that any great sites were hosted on MobileMe space, but … lots and lots of little family-sized and teen-sized sites – OK, “vanity” sites – made use of the option.
I can’t see myself using iCloud (or indeed any other service) for storing media other than when in a location where I have fast (and free) wifi. My phone just about handles downloading webpages at a decent speed, and at home if I used it with any regularity I would use up my data allowance in no time. It’s a nice idea, but the internet connections aren’t there on a broad enough basis to make this a huge game changer. Better to have than have not I suppose.
Try downloading a purchased song on iTunes over 3G. It’s remarkably quick. Any presentations/photos/documents will be even quicker.
Granted, hd video will still be too slow, but that’s not what iCloud is for, afaik.
iCloud is certainly a gamechanger, bet on it.
iCloud’s effectiveness will grow as wireless network bandwidth grows. With a quality 4G connection, for instance, HD video is viable. The faster and more reliable the wireless connectivity gets, the more that iCloud will function like attached storage.
I have two business oriented iWeb sites … Not great but better and easier to navigate than many ” professional” sites and they look great on iPads. Coming from a background in advertising and posessing skills is way more important than the tools.
Check out http://www.mobiletasktracker.com... My iPad/iPhone app’s website and http://www.ovatc.com my vacation rental site…
I have two business oriented iWeb sites … Not great but better and easier to navigate than many ” professional” sites and they look great on iPads. Coming from a background in advertising and posessing skills is way more important than the tools.
Check out http://www.mobiletasktracker.com My iPad/iPhone app’s website and http://www.ovatc.com my vacation rental site…
So I have a question, when is Fred Metz going to get on MDN’s permanent payroll already. He supplies half of MDN content practically.
Fred Mertz is actually a troll living under MDN’s bridge. He emerges occasionally into the sunlight to post articles on MDN. Then he crawls back under the bridge to trawl for more news stories.
So Fred is the good kind of troll. We have more than enough of the other kind.
Maybe Fred Mertz is actually SteveJack…
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