Apple Confirms iCloud Product: What Will It Do?

by SodaHead Tech Posted 2011/05/31 17:42:13

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	Predict particularly cloudy days	14 votes	28%
	Convert e-mails into gold	7 votes	14%
	Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud	29 votes	58%

Looks like iCloud, another Apple product, is officially in the works. Problem is, no one really knows what it's going to do.

Will iCloud be iTunes in the cloud, the next generation of MobileMe, all of the above, or something more?

Apple confirmed Tuesday that it will launch an online service called iCloud next week -- but that's as much information as we're getting for now.

Dare to guess what the newest Apple item will do?

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FordCrews 2011/05/31 18:49:58

Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud

+5
Delay and further confuse the development of cloud based crap, why can MicroSloth, Crapple, $ony, and Ci$co not keep their greedy little hands out of open source developed technology? These companies will try to cram their own bastardized standards on the rest of us, this technology was developed and perfected in the p2p/emulation open source communities, now these mega companies want to make a buck off the hard work of all those volunteers, in doing so they will put their own patented non standard twists on everything gumming up the works, keeping innovation generations behind where it should be.
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PDenoli 2011/06/01 14:15:14

Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud

....steal your personal information, aggregate it, share it with thousands of companies for a fee, generate tailored advertizements, collect and then lose your financial information, maybe a few bank accounts and credit card numbers. Accidentally track everyplace you go, and cross-reference that with your financial transactions, etc. etc.

Oh, and it might have a 6MP camera!!

...that takes pictures when you aren't aware of it and streams them off to a distant server to improve future services for you. It's all for you!

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Bill G53 ~PWCM~JLA 2011/06/01 14:11:32

Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud

I asked what the "i" stands for. One person said it stands for "information" but another said it stands for "idiot."

Maybe Sodahead needs an "iDecide" app.

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synful90 2011/06/01 14:10:12

Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud

yet another overpriced and useless apple invention i'm sure lol i actually don't care what it does

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Markie 2011/06/01 13:18:35

Predict particularly cloudy days

+1
It will make I-Money (Insane)

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Tau_Seti 2011/06/01 12:30:37

Predict particularly cloudy days

It is a pity there were no meaningful options presented.

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S123 to Tau_Seti 2011/06/01 13:58:33

+1
What do you think it really dose?

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Tau_Seti to S123 2011/06/01 14:25:10

It is the future because it uses their servers to store your information and provides streaming entertainment which means cheaper computers.

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Tau_Seti to S123 2011/06/01 15:58:47

Word has it that if you upgrade to Lion OS, your music library on iTunes will automatically be moved to iCloud with enhanced audio.

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guitarplayer2571 2011/06/01 08:01:17

Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud

probably malfunction like the rest of their stuff does? i got an ipod touch that is just begging to thrown against the wall!

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Kidclarke 2011/06/01 07:53:08
S123 2011/06/01 07:31:02

Convert e-mails into gold

Actually, it will turn them into gold clouds that rain drops of gold.

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PaulAhkolik 2011/06/01 03:50:56

Predict particularly cloudy days

A company that sells an over-priced version of an operating system based on (originally) open-source (Unix) software wants to offer a cloud solution. I'm sure there's an irony in there somewhere.

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Diane 2011/06/01 03:28:26

Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud

I think it allows you to store your iTunes on the "iEthernet." (I'm just kidding, there is no iEthernet -- yet.) Anyway, I hope it does well, because I own shares of Apple stock.

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theunbubba 2011/06/01 02:59:43

Convert e-mails into gold

It will make a bunch of Apple fanbois squirt. That's all it's intended for. Anybody with half a brain will be buying a Motorola Atrix.

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Dave Brewster 2011/06/01 02:49:19

Convert e-mails into gold

It will probably be another thing we don't need.

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Euphrosyne 2011/06/01 00:56:18

Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud

It's completely pointless to keep making this stuff anymore unless the technology has actually been improved and offers something new.

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lulzifer 2011/06/01 00:06:20

Convert e-mails into gold

Something sinister, no doubt.

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Monster Claws 2011/05/31 22:32:06

Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud

it looks like an editting set up?

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WGN 2011/05/31 21:58:33

Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud

None of the above, it will do what the PC's program does, and as usual, it will do it better and faster along with raining on the PC's parade.

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Anonymouse BN-0 ~bibbityboo~ 2011/05/31 21:36:21

Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud

I would guess it's Apple's take on the Chromebook using the Internet to do everything, with very limited storage space on board and incredibly speedy systems.

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SebaTheSociallyAwkwardPenguin 2011/05/31 21:15:14

Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud

is this the whole "Cloud Computing" thing?

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kent 2011/05/31 21:14:02

Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud

+2
I know exactly what it will do...it will part you from a few hundred bucks, and make Steve Jobs even richer.

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Selketskiss 2011/05/31 21:13:14

Predict particularly cloudy days

Maybe ICloud will cloud your mind like bainwashing so you can be controlled....LOL

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Xerxes,Phantom of PHAET 2011/05/31 21:11:19

Convert e-mails into gold

don't know

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DANNY_B0i♛ 2011/05/31 20:45:10

Predict particularly cloudy days

What the hell is an iCloud? 0_o

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sml 2011/05/31 20:43:14

Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud

+2
Actually - NONE OF THE ABOVE! It is most likely an online service for cloud computing which entails using Apple's servers to store your data, the use of their software, etc.!!! SodaHead Tech needs to get with the times! The cloud computing concept has been around for 20 years - its only becoming more accessible now with new technology and higher internet connection speeds!

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SebaThe... to sml 2011/05/31 21:15:33

thats what im thinking

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MOMMA THOMAS 2011/05/31 20:42:01

Predict particularly cloudy days

MEH

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John® 2011/05/31 20:37:50

Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud

+1
A lame attempt to do what Google does.

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Riverama 2011/05/31 20:22:37 (edited)

Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud

It's a music service kind of like the Amazon Cloud Drive, where you store your multimedia files on the internet, instead of a local drive.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/...

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Liberty Blade 2011/05/31 20:12:46

Predict particularly cloudy days

You can listen to your itunes collection anywhere you can get internet.

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smitty 2011/05/31 20:06:29

Predict particularly cloudy days

It will create a job for a bunch of attorneys while google sues them.

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S123 to smitty 2011/06/01 14:05:19

Why? What will it do?

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holdenferall 2011/05/31 19:30:37

Predict particularly cloudy days

+2
Actually, it will create cloudy days.

It will give Apple, one of the most fascist tech companies in the world, the ability to aggregate your personal information at unprecedented rates. Think Google II but with a prettier phone.

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Faaris 2011/05/31 19:16:28

Predict particularly cloudy days

it sounds similar to SkyDrive :/

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socokid 2011/05/31 19:13:36

Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud

+1
It's called iCloud. It seems fairly clear it will be cloud based storage for customers. I've been a MobileMe customer for years, and am able to sync quite a bit with it, host websites, share photos online, email, and a virtual "hard drive" (called iDisk) to place whatever you want on it. So this is either a complete revamp of that service, or something much larger.

I predict something much larger. But, as an ex-Apple employee, we used to stand around the TV watching Steve give his keynotes to find out what was new, just like everyone else. Secrecy there is taken VERY seriously.

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FordCrews 2011/05/31 18:49:58

Same thing the iPad does, except it's in the shape of a cloud

+5
Delay and further confuse the development of cloud based crap, why can MicroSloth, Crapple, $ony, and Ci$co not keep their greedy little hands out of open source developed technology? These companies will try to cram their own bastardized standards on the rest of us, this technology was developed and perfected in the p2p/emulation open source communities, now these mega companies want to make a buck off the hard work of all those volunteers, in doing so they will put their own patented non standard twists on everything gumming up the works, keeping innovation generations behind where it should be.

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smitty to FordCrews 2011/05/31 20:07:34

Well said.

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WhereIs... to FordCrews 2011/06/01 00:04:17

Because they have no ideas so they steal them?

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