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iCloud Launches For Developers, What to Expect From Apple's Service?

ICloud works as a ‘sync’ service which means that when you edit a document or photo on your iPhone, iPad, Mac or PC, you can automatically have it pushed to any other device of your choosing; meaning if you take a picture with your iPhone it will show up on your iPad within seconds ready for you to edit.

It also will provide you with a backup file on your Mac.

The iCloud.com website will function as the new home for its user’s data. It contains a calendar, an address book and a new section called iWork. These all look almost identical to their iOS counterparts.

MobileMe, a similar service Apple provides, already used this same style in integrating common iOS functions into it.

The MobileMe service will be replaced by iCloud.

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The iCloud website does not allow you to edit or view your documents yet according to recent screenshots. Instead it urges users to open up their apps on their iOS device and switch on iCloud.

This ability to view your documents on iCloud.com may not be available until the official launch, unless Apple decides to make editing documents exclusive to iOS devices.

Windows users can also enjoy the iCloud service. The site offers an iCloud Control Panel for Windows which allows you to configure it on the PC.

iCloud service is free and allows you up to 5GB of storage. But users requesting more storage will have to pay. For an extra 10GB it will cost $20 per year, for 20GB, $40 per year and for 50GB, $100 per year. The extra storage can be purchased on the iCloud settings app on your iOS device.

iCloud’s storage will not include your photos, iTunes music , your apps or your purchased books so users will not need to purchase extra space to provide for those.

iCloud will officially launch to the public sometime in September.

Buffalo CloudStor CS-WV/1D Review — The Gadgeteer

I had the opportunity to attend a briefing with the Buffalo Team, including their Product Manager, and their Technical Lead for the product. They explained how their product offering differed from the rest of the products on the market in that they listened to the market and found a core requirement for sharing media amongst family and friends was missing from today’s offerings. With this requirement and a good set of technology already in house, Buffalo partnered with PogoPlug to deliver the CloudStor product with the promise of making sharing media between friends and family as simple as point and click. In this review we will see if their promise is something that can believed, or is it marketing hype. Before we dig into the product review, let’s take a look at the Buffalo CloudStor product in more detail.

What is the Buffalo Cloudstor? From the Buffalo Technology Website at http://www.buffalotech.com/products/network-storage/cloud-accessible-storage/cloudstor-is-your-personal-cloud-storage-solution-learn-more/

“CloudStor from Buffalo Technology goes beyond simple home storage. CloudStor is a personal cloud storage solution designed with you in mind. It is your portal to freely access and share your data, photos, videos, music and much more with anyone, anywhere over the Internet. And because none of your data resides in the cloud, CloudStor is your secure solution to store and share digital assets easily and freely. Another way to access your personal cloud storage on the go is through apps for mobile devices. At all times, you’ll only be seconds away from your content. Also, whether you’re at home, the office or on the road, your CloudStor user experience remains the same. It looks and operates just like a hard drive on your PC or Mac. CloudStor can even integrate with Facebook and Twitter for easy sharing from your personal cloud storage to popular online services. CloudStor is that easy. Just plug it in, turn it on and create your free personal cloud storage account at myCloudStor.com.

• CloudStor Pro CS-WV/1D features a fast 1.6 GHz processor for enhanced performance, up to 2X faster!” The team at Buffalo sent me the Pro version of the Buffalo CloudStor CS-WV/1D for my review.  With a single 2TB drive the Buffalo CloudStor Pro, like the regular version, has room for a second drive, which I did not try to add during the review. The Pro version also has a faster processor and a bit more memory in the system, then the regular version, which I appreciated in my review. For the review I followed the purchase criteria that I provided in the “ 13 things to consider when buying a home media server ” blog posting on February 16, 2011. As a reminder, the 13 things are: For my testing I wanted to share my media with my parents in New Jersey and a colleague in California. My parents are not very technology savvy, but they enjoy seeing pictures of their grandchildren and watching videos that I share. I usually use a private video site and a public photo sharing site to upload and share my content with family and friends, so I was intrigued to try the Buffalo CloudStor out as I thought it would cut down on me having to upload my content to another site where I may lose control of it. I should give you the reader a bit of background on my home network and internet connection so you understand that your mileage may vary. I recently upgraded to a Time Warner Docsys 3.0 Cable Modem and am using their “Wide” offering with 30Mb/s downstream and 5Mb/s upstream capacity. To connect my devices, I have a couple of networks, including a N wireless network and a physical Gigabit Ethernet between my devices when there is an Ethernet port handy. This gives me the best of both worlds for when I want to share files between devices. Not everyone is going to have the luxury of a fast network connection and this plays an important role in working with videos and other media as you will quickly find that uploading 100MB of home movies can take an hour or more if you are on a slower connection, or in this case sharing that bandwidth with your family, friends, and colleagues when you want to share a video or other media. One nice thing about the Buffalo CloudStor is that it will transcode media to other formats so those viewing your content remotely do not need to have same device that you have in order to watch or listen to your content.

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