I feel I don’t require iCloud

[Chung Ae]

I am using iCloud for about over 24 hours from now and frankly speaking that I do not think that I need this anymore. I am saying this because I feel that iOS 5 itself is great and iMessage is just dazzling. Is here someone else who feels the same?

[Zared]

Here are some of the points that I need to share with you so that you can understand that what are the benefits of iCloud.

• Your data is stored centrally in a datacenter, not on a specific device. Does the device (eg mobile phone) is lost or damaged, your data is still there.
• A data center usually makes multiple copies. It burns through a computer, which makes them more copies there. However, falls from your home computer, the data may be lost forever.
• You save yourself a complicated setup. For example, you buy a new phone, log on only briefly, and immediately have all your phone numbers, appointments, etc. on the new device.
• They are several ways to access your data, for example, view an electronic book on your phone, but also the laptop at home and office computers.
• You do not have large memory on your device, because the data is stored externally and accessed only when needed. Also, software is often hardly necessary.

[Jugo]

iCloud doesn't actually carry me something which Google didn't, except that now that I am the Mac OS support guy, I moved over therefore I can utilize it and have first hand experience. It certainly makes it easier with my tablet/iMac/Air/iPhone4S as it works so flawlessly.

[Captain Samuel Salt]

There are some disadvantages with this which I am listing below.

• You need an Internet connection to access your data. Is it bad or completely tear off (e.g. the train), you often do not come close to them.
• They are from the data center operator dependent, because he has your data. Financially weak companies that could go bankrupt, or with technical problems which are very risky.
• A well-managed data center may have problems (eg, lightning). You have to do when an accident is no real opportunity to own something.
• For corporate users can be a problem, because the German data protection that keeps illegal - they do not know where your data is located (which country).
• The major suppliers are attacked by criminals to steal or destroy data, but agencies are interested in queries (eg FBI, CIA).

[Bhuvana21]

The most important thing that I liked about this is the "cloud" makes new applications possible, for example, that a group of people working simultaneously on a text that is located centrally in the datacenter.