it seems like you set up the data sources and it syncs in the background. in the presentation, they were talking about never having to hit a save button.
On 1/10/09, Michael Hodish <[email protected]> wrote: > TreoHi, all, and happy new year to you. > > I'm following with interest these comments on the pre. I had not really > considered the merits of having my data in the cloud for a mobile device, > but the more I think about it, the more sense it makes. > > As it is, on my constellation of desktops in various locations, I have > increasingly been using log me in, and actually doing all of my work on one > machine, just accessing it remotely, rather than having data scatterred all > over the place, which is kind of the same idea, except that I have control > over the storage, and I use a vertically integrated app (dental practice > management and records), and there is, so far, no google-dent! (Just > kidding, would not put that data in the cloud, honest). > > I do use a gsm treo, having gone back to it after my brief foray into an ATT > Tilt. The data was surely fast enough on the tilt to support cloud > computing, and that data speed is really the ONLY thing that I miss after > having gone back to the 680...otherwise, the retrograde swap has been all > positive. > > I do travel abroad from time to time, and maintain foreign sim cards for the > places to which I often travel. This, finally, brings me to my question: > > I will assume that there will be a GSM Pre. It makes no sense that there > would not be, otherwise it is a USA only product. So, there will be a GSM > pre, or some other model using the new OS in GSM, soon enough. > > Could anyone tell, from what we have seen so far, can you ONLY access your > data live on line, or can you also synch with your cloud apps? I would not > want to have to rely on OTA data access overseas, it costs a fortune. > > TIA, enjoying the lively discussion. >
