What iCloud Means for Mobile
iCloud is Apple’s next step to change the way that consumers interact with mobile. And it’s going to work.
It’s amazing to see Steve Jobs vision come to life more than a decade after he speaks about it in the 1997 WWDC closing Keynote:
With the iCloud Storage APIs developers can now enable applications to store files and key value data (e.g. application state, settings) remotely. iCloud can then push this state and any user designated content wirelessly to any device. A truly persistent mobile experience.
More importantly, and what will be the key for user experience, is iCloud’s ability to seamlessly address the issues of version control, conflicts and syncing for users that are constantly jumping in and out of internet connectivity and application switching. All of these issues which if not addressed would spell a disaster for the service. Naturally,
Much overdue, and a sigh of relief for many is the iPhone and iPad’s ability to exist independent from Macs and PCs. Apple has taken the central hub of our digital lives, the computer, and demoted it to just a regular device. The Cloud is now the hub that will seamlessly centralize our content and experiences across all platforms.