I think the definition of "cloud" is creating some miscommunication here. Cloud is not all or none. If you think "
cultural" changes are required to allow people to use cloud then you are totally mistaken or have a very different use of the term "cloud" as what it really means to mass-market and phones. Let me explain...
First off, I'm not talking about "cloud" as abandoning traditional PCs & hard drives or having terminals only with all of your personal (and corporate) data in "clouds" managed by an anonymous party. That is fantasy land nowhere close to reality. There is obviously a need now & in the future for local data (and local apps) as well as "cloud" data (as well as web/cloud apps). The need for both will remain distinct for years to come, even if you had worldwide 5G unlimited bandwidth devices.
Cloud data - so to speak -
CAN/NEEDS TO BE AVAILABLE LOCALLY. For example your
google calendar (in a cloud) sync'd to outlook mobile. The cloud complaints fail to realize this or think it will be a non-option one day. BTW it's also why google docs has an "offline mode".
People have been using "clouds" since ftp and made mass-market by
webmail which of course was introduced many years ago. Of course you know of the services like Microsoft Office "cloud", nevermind the huge success of google docs, photoshop online, etc. You might not see that as a "cloud" but it sure is!
Unfortunately MS is just a few years late and not implementing
cloud integration which is absolutely necessary and expected for mass market devices (ie. smartphones in 2010+).
People want to gain access to commonly used info wherever they are on all devices. Clouds allow that (even though it's confusing and essentially should be invisible to the customer). Mobile phone bandwidth limits cloud & sync presently to things like calendar, contacts, bookmarks, notes/memos, etc. Even streaming music or media from a "cloud" is not reasonable and will be excessive bandwidth.
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Originally Posted by Paragon
Whoooa dude. You are way off on this. First, the 99% number you mentioned is nothing more then a number you invented, not based on fact in any way. Your vision of cloud computing is way off when you compare it to email only. Furthermore there is a great difference in not wanting email on a single device, and having reside solely in a cloud.
There are some real cultural type changes that we have to accept before the masses are going to be willing to fully embrace the "cloud"
Dave
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