Apparently, Apple has offered iCloud which is a set of services that the company is testing right now. Its aim is to integrate both iOS 5 and in Mac OS X Lion. Another important fact is that iCloud consist simply of a new distribution strategy of songs from the iTunes Store, but most fields cover the entire ecosystem of data iOS and Mac OS X: Calendars, contacts, folders, tasks, music, videos, etc. You would have almost all your data in the cloud thanks to Apple's own servers.
iCloud is the evolution of MobileMe. A new set of free services in the cloud that allows us to keep our information and content on all our devices, automatically and without wires, integrating seamlessly with iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC. iCloud is responsible for storing the information of your mobile devices and computers to keep them synchronized, detecting when there is a change in one of them to update all other wirelessly almost instantly. Have a look on the features below.
To get started with iCloud you do not required anything. All you need is an web browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox. Each registered user of the service for free offer 3 GB of free storage space and about three dozen different applications, which we describe below a bit more. The registration is also easy. According to the creator’s iCloud, the system automatically creates a daily backup of user data, and thus the risk of losing stored on company servers Xcerion data has been virtually reduced to zero. Also, the developers of service guarantee the security of user information and protect it from viruses and other malicious software modules. To copy files from this computer into a virtual protocol supports WebDAV, and how to configure it in detail in the documentation for iCloud.
Features :
- iTunes in Cloud : With iCloud, the music you purchase in iTunes appears automatically on all your devices. You can also download your past iTunes purchases. Where you want, when you want.
- Photo Stream : With iCloud, when you take a photo on one device, it automatically appears on all your other devices. No syncing. No sending. Your photos are just there. Everywhere you want them.
- Documents in Cloud : If you have the same app on more than one device, iCloud can automatically keep your documents up to date across all your devices. So you don't have to.
- App, Books and Backup : iCloud makes sure all your devices have the same apps. And books. iCloud also backs up your information. So if something happens, it can help save the day.
- Contact Calendar and Mails : iCloud stores your email, calendars, and contacts and automatically pushes them to all your devices. So you can switch from one device to another and still go about business as usual.
What does iCloud offer ?
iTunes in the cloud allows you to download the music you have previously purchased on iTunes on all your devices without additional cost, and if you like the new songs you buy will also automatically download all of them. The same applies to applications from the App Store and iBookstore books, which are automatically downloaded to your devices, not just where they were purchased (if payment was not better for you.) In addition, the App Store and iBookstore let you now see your purchase history divided into categories to re-download any you've had in the past but deleted it in all your devices (up to a maximum of 10 devices).
Photo Stream automatically upload the pictures you take or you import any of your devices by sending them to rest so that, for example, if you take a picture with your iPhone, when you get home you will find the reel in your iPad well as the iPhoto library on your Mac and saved to the Photos folder in Windows. To save space, Photo Stream follows three different policies when it comes to storing photos, Macs and PCs stored all the photos you take, the IOS device, usually with less space than a computer, just store the last 1,000 photos can move to an album that we want to carry around permanently, and finally, iCloud saves photos taken during the past 30 days, enough time to connect your devices to be automatically downloaded via Wi-Fi.
- 3 GB of disk space on a server iCloud for storing user files
- More than 30 free applications to work with office documents, email, music, videos, etc.
- More than 20 free widgets
- More than 20 games
- Back up user data
Images that you shoot with the iPhone migrate by Photostream iCloud in which, once the device is attached to the Internet via WLAN. There they will be saved for 30 days. Should they be constantly available, you have to pack them in an album. On the unit for the most recent 1000 pictures available. Mac or PC, however, save all images permanently.
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