On Tuesday 13 January 2009 11:03:14 am Levi Wallach wrote: > Backups can be created and immediately sent to an online storage place > (which could be your home PC).
I'm sure you followed the discussion regarding online backup of, say 4 GB. Any idea what that will to do to your not really unlimited data plan? Let alone how long a restore will take. > As for "ad hoc file transfers" not sure > what that means, but really any file can be stored somewhere other than the > device itself and still be accessed by the device, albeit maybe not as > quickly... By ad hoc, I mean transferring files to computers and other handhelds (including cameras) that aren't part of the so-called "cloud". Stuff that you want to do -- stuff that you can do now -- even though you hadn't planned or set it up. Like using your card in a camera, or transferring a copy of some freeware program to a friend, or loading your music at 3 MB/sec instead of your real online speed. For me, lack of support for legacy apps is minor as I expect most of the functionality will be ported to something the Pre will use (assuming sufficient adoption to interest programmers). Software problems are usually overcome. Not so with hardware limitations.
