For a large group of people, their current personal computer may be the last one they ever buy. For people using smart phones or iPads, those devices do most of what most people need. The main remaining reason people need a PC or Mac is because you need one to activate your iDevice and to backup the data.<\/p>\n
But keeping data in a device contains risks of loss or theft. What if all you really had was “the cloud”? – an abstract place “somewhere out there” where your data is kept safe and backed up and available to any device you own, or wish to share your data with?<\/p>\n
Welcome your new data vault – iCloud.com. iOS 5 is getting close to its final form, and includes the ability to “sync to the cloud” – to backup your iDevice in the cloud with no need for a computer with a physical hard drive.<\/p>\n
Should you wish to keep using a PC or Mac, if you have WiFi, the iPhone\/pad\/pod will sync to iTunes without having to plug the device in using a USB cable – it will just sync over WiFi<\/p>\n
Resistance is futile – you will be iSsimilated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For a large group of people, their current personal computer may be the last one they ever buy. For people using smart phones or iPads, those devices do most of what most people need. The main remaining reason people need … Continue reading