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Apple Announces ICloud To Launch This Fall
By Joe Purcell
Expert Author
Article Date: 2011-06-07
On Monday at the Word Wide Developer's Conference (WWDC) Apple announced its new iCloud to launch this fall. The service will give 5 GBs free with their new iOS 5. The iCloud is a seamless way to integrate content from applications one uses so that it is accessible from anywhere.
The iCloud is expected to replace MobileMe which will shut down the end of this month on June 30. MobileMe was a $99 per year service that was admittedly a bust. The iCloud is expected to solve the problems and fulfill the shortcomings MobileMe users experienced.
Unlike MobileMe which was available only to certain applications, iCloud can work with any application that ties into the iCloud API. At release it is planned to work with a handfull of iOS applications including iTunes, iPhoto, iBooks, iWorks, and it backups applications, contacts, calendars, and mail. Application developers can tie into the service as well. Instead of transferring data between devices by hand, which is often a large and painful task, iCloud does it all automatically. From contacts to music, iCloud keeps data across all iOS devices in sync and up to date.
There is certainly the worry of down time, which even large companies like Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter experience often. Yet, the benefit of such things as "buying a song on an iPhone and having it pop up on an iPad a moment later."
Cloud services are certainly the way of the future. Apple has been known to always stay on top, and the iCloud service is certainly putting them in the spotlight. Time will tell how the iCloud fares and how well it will rival other cloud services to come.
About the Author:
Joe Purcell is a technology virtuoso, cyberspace frontiersman, and connoisseur of Linux, Mac, and Windows alike.
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