Who's going to use iCloud when it's released?

[JPS]

Bit of a tough one this, as I use a lot of apple products, and so it would seem logical to subscribe to their new iCloud service when it's officially released to the public for sign up, but I use gmail for email, calendars and contacts so weighing up the potential switch.

What do you all reckon? Are you going to use iCloud when it's here?

[Danand]

Not for me- I think I'm too much of a dinosaur. Plus I spend enough time in areas too far from a cell network that id rather have what I need on my device.
Ps shouldn't this be in "general discussion" or whatever it is called, as opposed to Rolex general discussion?

[InVision]

What does that have to do with rolex watches???

[WyoWatch]

Originally Posted by InVision

What does that have to do with rolex watches???

Agreed.... as to the topic at hand, I personally will not be using an "i" anything whether it be itouch, ipad, iphone, icloud, etc. Just like a car analogy - if Apple = Ford, I'm a Chevy guy.

[JPS]

If someone could please move the post to the correct area of the forum please, thank you

[Onikage]

I've never owned an ianything. Guess the marketing hype doesn't appeal to me. I'm not interested in all the nonsense that comes with the new phones..Though I do have a touchscreen phone, I still find it annoying when you have to flip it around because I don't want the screen horizontal, I want it vertical dammit! Then there's the unresponsive onscreen keyboards and numeric pad. Grrr

[STEELINOX]

Am I almost to 10k posts, heck yea I will be cloudin it !

[eric23]

I am sick of clouds, I like sunny weather!

[z32turbo]

Originally Posted by eric23

I am sick of clouds, I like sunny weather!

[daunwaun]

Im waiting for the blackberry version...i think its called "black cloud"

[mikey]

I am ready for iOS 5 for my iPhone 4 bring on the iCloud!

[smowery13]

Not a huge fan of the concept yet, will have to be sold on it when I comes out for my personal application, atm is kinda limited

[looking to buy]

Everybody is trying to get us to use some form of Cloud computing. I think the main reason is that it allows them to charge us a monthly fee to store information on their servers. But I am not at all convinced of this yet. A good hard drive (high quality like a Raptor drive) on your home computer and then using a service like Logmein, allows you to access your data, move files, manipulate files, etc., for a fraction of the cost. And, it lets you keep your data under your control.

I recently was considering using Cloud computing for QuickBooks for my business. I had an Intuit employee tell me I was crazy. He stated that if their servers were hacked, which he felt likely to happen, all of my data would be at risk.

So I keep considering it, but for now I use the Logmein company's system to access my computer from anywhere and it seems to work pretty well. I do keep all contacts and my calendar in Gmail but all business data stays with me.

[masterserg]

Originally Posted by looking to buy

Everybody is trying to get us to use some form of Cloud computing. I think the main reason is that it allows them to charge us a monthly fee to store information on their servers. But I am not at all convinced of this yet. A good hard drive (high quality like a Raptor drive) on your home computer and then using a service like Logmein, allows you to access your data, move files, manipulate files, etc., for a fraction of the cost. And, it lets you keep your data under your control.

I recently was considering using Cloud computing for QuickBooks for my business. I had an Intuit employee tell me I was crazy. He stated that if their servers were hacked, which he felt likely to happen, all of my data would be at risk.

So I keep considering it, but for now I use the Logmein company's system to access my computer from anywhere and it seems to work pretty well. I do keep all contacts and my calendar in Gmail but all business data stays with me.

Yeah ... especially after the sony psn fiasco ... not that I have any top secret data anyway ... i'd probably give it a shot for a few things when on the go.

[agsstructures]

I will be using it but I do not think I will be getting the iPhone 5. I have the iPhone 4 now and am very happy with it!

[fusionstorm]

Originally Posted by looking to buy

Everybody is trying to get us to use some form of Cloud computing. I think the main reason is that it allows them to charge us a monthly fee to store information on their servers. But I am not at all convinced of this yet. A good hard drive (high quality like a Raptor drive) on your home computer and then using a service like Logmein, allows you to access your data, move files, manipulate files, etc., for a fraction of the cost. And, it lets you keep your data under your control.

And what happens if your home computer and hard drive get stolen, or break? Do you have that data replicated to another storage device? If so, how often are you replicating your data?

I'm not saying cloud is infallible, but a good service provider will always have your data available. For most people, manual methods of backing up to your own device(s) still leaves some Single Point of Failure in the process.

[JasoninDenver]

I will definitely be joining. I have really been looking forward to better cross-device syncing. I have a home mac, office mac, Ipad and Iphone and syncing between them would be much better with the Cloud.

[SLRdude]

Been using it and loving it since June.

[looking to buy]

Originally Posted by fusionstorm

And what happens if your home computer and hard drive get stolen, or break? Do you have that data replicated to another storage device? If so, how often are you replicating your data?

I'm not saying cloud is infallible, but a good service provider will always have your data available. For most people, manual methods of backing up to your own device(s) still leaves some Single Point of Failure in the process.

I use a back up service with Intuit and I use Drop Box as a back up service.

[Sperry]

Hey, I just went from 1- to 4 GB RAM, and installed the 10.6OS, Snow Leopard.

What to say! Snappy and fast! Especially with the upgraded Safari!

Yes, iCloud will be free, and free is for me! I'll loose my web hosting, but whatever . . .

[fusionstorm]

Originally Posted by looking to buy

I use a back up service with Intuit and I use Drop Box as a back up service.

Both cloud services.......