Apple iCloud, iOS 5 Arrive to Usher in Post-PC/Mac Era
The lumbering feature creep of iTunes was beyond ridiculous. Thankfully, we won't need that crappy desktop program much longer to get the most out of your iOS device.
Now available for download through iTunes is Apple's iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. iOS 5 brings with it the usual batch of improvements in an update, but the big news is iCloud and the weaning off of PC or Mac dependence.
With iOS 5, users can download system software updates right on the device without needing to connect to a computer. iCloud also makes it possible to backup and restore data without the need to sync to iTunes.
Even with iOS device storage stretching up to 64GB, Apple's put a 5GB cap on its free iCloud quota per user. Still, that should be enough for most users to backup the most important email, documents and app settings. Purchased music, TV shows, apps, books and Photo Stream do not count against the storage limit. Additional iCloud storage upgrades are available to purchase starting at $20 a year for 10GB, $40 a year for 20GB and $100 a year for 50GB.
While not everyone believes in a post-PC future like Apple does, there's no denying how inconvenient (and at times, just silly) it was to have mobile devices depend so heavily on iTunes. Good riddance to that.
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Post-PC/Mac Era ?????
Are you kidding me?!?!
I read the title, and that was it......
Ah yes. The do less for more era has arrived. We should celebrate.
I´m getting tired of the Post-PC concept like is going to happen in the next 5 years or even less!! People really have to understand that PC will stay around for a looooong time or... forever!!!
Post-PC/Mac Era ?????Are you kidding me?!?!I read the title, and that was it......
More like post Steve Jobs era...
As far as I'm concern the "post PC era" will never begin, as ANY and ALL PC (as on "Personal Computers") that I built and will always built myself *cough* for that Personal Touch *cough* will always be present in MY life.
Same way that NO icrap will ever find its way into MY personal space.
Q: What is that icloud so dark, and why is it moving like that?
A: Run!, is not just and icloud is an itornado! Save yourself!
Post PC/Mac Era ?????
I read the title and the article.
Are you kidding me?!?!
yes yes i do indeed see the end of the pc, in 2008 we hit 1 BILLION pcs with an expected 2 Billion in 2014 due to emerging markets. I think we should all now take these useless products that you can do nothing with and throw them all away.
What is it with the media and apple?
On what device do the media think the programmers at apple are using to CODE the F****** products that the media w**k all over?
On what device are the media going to use to write their sycophantic articles, an iPhone, an iPad? I'd like to watch them write a 1000 words on one of those devices, that or share sensitive article data on the iCloud, go on.
Hell do these idiots even know what PC stands for? just because the device they use runs its software on some server somewhere and stores their s**t on some other server doesn't mean it's not PERSONAL or doing any COMPUTING.
I'm still desperate to know where apple plans to find people educated and knowledgeable enough to write stuff for the devices/ideas they throw at us. iCoding, iChipDesign idiocracy here we come
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy
I read the title and the article.
Are you kidding me?!?!
lol
Instead, now we'll use the crappy iCloud!
Well, at least he recognised that iTunes is crappy.
Portable USB 3.0 1TB WD HDD: $100. Double the price, 20 times the capacity. Why would I back up something on the "cloud" if hard drives and USB sticks are cheap as dirt?!
iCoding, iChipDesign idiocracy here we come http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy
+1, that movie reflects the average consumer's mind VERY precisely.
iturd lol
Portable USB 3.0 1TB WD HDD: $100. Double the price, 20 times the capacity.
Sorry, mis-read. SAME price, 20 times the capacity (as opposed to $100 50 GB iCloudOfCrap)
I wonder, how long till first cloud BS gets hacked and the data gets - no, not stolen, but infected/erased/corrupted? Just so that the "average (dumbass) user" stops going for the hype and uses his brain for once?
Here's a simple analogy: would you rather store your clothes in your cupboard or in your neighbour's house?
Update without having to connect to a computer? Great! S now they can erase your jailbreak more easily.
Still on a jailbroken 3GS that can tether without paying ATT extortion money. Was good at the time, but I'll be upgrading to Nexus Prime or Galaxy S2 in the next month or so.
i like how you don't have to use itunes now for system updates.
thanks apple for not making me pollute my PC with itunes anymore
It even pulls Steve Jobs back down out of the Cloud...
cccchhheeeerrrrrrrrtttttttreality field distortortortion....
I really don't think there is such thing as a post-PC era, at least not in the near future...
Since all your new sli core i7 boxes are worthless now... I'll take them off your hands and I won't even charge you!
Has anyone noticed how many iPads are selling? If you say that millions of people are stupid for buying iPads and that only u are the only smart one I would bet that your probably not any older than 19. Because that's how kids act they think they know everything and everyone else is dumb. The iPad is pretty freakin awesome. In fact I'm using it right now too leave this post.
They are implying that because you no longer need a PC to sync music or do updates to your iPhone that you won't need a PC again.
OK
So what kind of iDiot buys a PC solely for syncing their smartphone?
The post-PC era will only happen when the smartphone is a replacement for:-
Photo editing, and not just cropping borders
Video editing
Playing games, real games, not crappy Farmville
Anything that involves optical drives, read, rip, copy
Anything that involves hard drives or flash drives
Archiving and backup, 3G speed and 5Gb space is pointless when you have 5Tb of video
Home Theatre, when the smartphone can run XBMC and beam it to my TV, maybe
Programming, because fart-apps aren't going to write themselves
Porn, do you trust Apple to keep safe your stash of dwarf-pregnant-horse fap material?
It seems the idea of what the cloud is has become distorted, it was supposed to be distributed processing so that huge server farms could wield super-computer power to do tasks and just beam you the results via the internet, now it seems it has orphed into nothin more than online storage? Hasn't every ISP since the mid 90's offered online storage as part of your package?
Has anyone noticed how many iPads are selling? If you say that millions of people are stupid for buying iPads and that only u are the only smart one I would bet that your probably not any older than 19. Because that's how kids act they think they know everything and everyone else is dumb. The iPad is pretty freakin awesome. In fact I'm using it right now too leave this post.
I sir,
trump your millions,
by three, read it, THREE orders of magnitude.
That sir, is the power of Billions.
Props to the caustic attitude towards Itunes, Marcus. It makes Tom's look like old Tom's again.
So basically PCs are doomed because they're no longer needed to update iPhones?
Get out of the Apple coma already, how do you think apps are made?
Don't use iTunes.
Problem?
There are PLENTY of other places for 'cloud' storage. Some MUCH cheaper and MANY more features (see: dropbox).
The prices they wanna charge to spying and stealing data is ludicrous, I would rather a home server that I can log in. Much more secure, with many more features.
I sir,trump your millions,by three, read it, THREE orders of magnitude.That sir, is the power of Billions.
Gartner stats show 275 million PCs sold this year so far
15 million iPad sold this year so far
...
Do the math, the iPad is as much of a threat to the PC market as the MP3 player is
Gartner stats show 275 million PCs sold this year so far15 million iPad sold this year so far...Do the math, the iPad is as much of a threat to the PC market as the MP3 player is
They're different markets!
It'd be like saying "2million more Hilux were sold than mini coopers"
You can't be serious in your post.
Are you a troll?
Never mind. My apologies. I misread your post
Has anyone noticed how many iPads are selling? If you say that millions of people are stupid for buying iPads and that only u are the only smart one I would bet that your probably not any older than 19. Because that's how kids act they think they know everything and everyone else is dumb. The iPad is pretty freakin awesome. In fact I'm using it right now too leave this post.
Actually your post makes your sound like a giddy 13 year old boy that just got an ipad from his parents. either that or another insane apple fanboi
"i" should be removed from the alphabet before Apple sues everyone about the use of the letter "i".
I could care less about iCloud! BIG WHOOPDIE FREAKIN DOO!
I'll be using Ubuntu One, because it gives you the same exact free service, but it works with Android, iOS, Ubuntu (linux) and Windows.
Until you hit your 2GB-5GB cap then iCloud gets to be pretty expensive.
Has anyone noticed how many iPads are selling? If you say that millions of people are stupid for buying iPads and that only u are the only smart one I would bet that your probably not any older than 19. Because that's how kids act they think they know everything and everyone else is dumb. The iPad is pretty freakin awesome. In fact I'm using it right now too leave this post.
I would check your grammar before you start telling people how stupid they are and how your iPad is superior. Too bad the iPad does not support grammar check.
Has anyone noticed how many cd's Justin Beiber is selling? If you say millions of people are stupid for buying his cd's than you are probably not older than 19. That makes about much sense as your comment. Android owners and Apple Inc. are the exact same. They want to have full control over there devices. Anyone that owns an Apple device is a sheep and likes being told what is good for them and have no control over their own device. Sheep get super excited for updates that have been on Android for years thinking Apple invented them. Enjoy your 3.5 inch screen with no 4G, adobe flash, or any control over your phone or tablets registry.