Thursday, June 9, 2011

Will you use cloud computing?

I swear Steve Jobs would mind meld our brains to our devices if he could. I’ve read that he never wanted the button on the iPad- he wanted everything to work with tactile input, and now it looks like he may get his wish with the next rollout— rumor has it that Apple just added multi-touch gestures for the iPad and next iPhone.

But I digress- today’s topic is about cloud computing. With Jobs’ keynote speech on Monday at the WWDC (WorldWide Developer’s Conference), Apple introduced their next computer operating system, Lion, which will make our computers more like iPads, and simplify syncing across devices. Documents you create with Pages, Apple’s text editing application, for example, will be automatically saved to “the cloud” so whatever device you next use Pages on, your document will be available to you. This will likely spur more people to use Apple software, esp. those who are casual users, but is unlikely to change the habits of heavy-duty word processing or layout program users such as myself.

The first 5 GB of this cloud storage is free, and more is available for a subscription cost; this from apple.com: “Your purchased music, apps, and books, as well as your Photo Stream, don’t count against your free storage. That leaves your mail, documents, Camera Roll, account information, settings, and other app data. And since those things don’t use as much space, you’ll find that 5GB goes a long way.”

So, readers, how comfortable are you with the idea that all your information will be stored on Apple servers? How much privacy are we willing to forgo to take advantage of the convenience and downright cool features available to us? Take a moment to vote in the poll!

Will you use cloud computing?



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