BiscottiGelato

yes peter, as an islave, u should bundle urself to all apple products in order to use iCloud.
iCloud is simply a backup system that sync all files automatically to the internet storage.. for android, you can use app like Dropbox or SugarSync
ricrick 發表於 2011-10-5 13:47

Don't know about SugarSync. But saying that Dropbox is same as iCloud makes your comment weight a lot less.

iPhone vs Galaxy from a user's perspective (not some meaningless number comparison)

iPhone
- Glass and stainless steel (vs plastic on Galaxy...)
- iPhone 4 camera, esp video mode, is > Galaxy S2 already
- Apple Ecosystem, incl. iCloud, Airplay, Apps and songs you bought, etc (if it's worth anything to you)
- Superior App Store
- Smaller phone (if you like smaller over bigger)
- Siri (if it works)

Galaxy
- Thinner and Lighter (but bigger...)
- Bigger screen
- Open source and more flexible customization (if it's your type of thing)
- Better multitasking? (iPhone doesn't multitask with some 3rd party apps?)

Really can't say Galaxy is faster. Can only tell when he iPhone 4S and one does speed comparisons. I bet you the iPhone will be faster on most of the tasks. Camera alone we know start up is 3 times faster, which is very important...

Cloud... it depends on at which point you draw the line. One can say true cloud involves a pure visual and input client with no nothing on it (not even OS or web browser) and functions with a server which contains your OS, your Apps and your data. In that sense, even Goog's def is not far enough. This makes sense for a 0 latency network.

For a land line network (over-wifi or whatever), Goog's definition probably make sense.

However with wireless 3G/4G networks the way it is today, this is simply not feasible. I think Apple's definition of 'Cloud' makes more sense for the current state of our mobile networks. All the data is in the cloud, but applications which requires responsiveness is still on your device.