Again, I think this begs the question of whether or not we are looking at a fundamentally new usage model.
Do you keep all your email on every computer you access it from? Do you keep a copy of your music on every computer in your house? No, and no, probably...they're somewhere out on the cloud/network. So, if we believe that our phone will have good, high-speed Internet connectivity a vast majority of the time we're using it, why not rely on the cloud for most of that? Apart from airplane trips, I'm struggling to think of times when my Treo (on Sprint) didn't have 3G access, meaning I could stream video and audio to it as needed. Now, if the Pre isn't a good receiver for some reason, that breaks the model, but I still contend the model has merit. On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 2:06 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Exactly. Right now we have all our media on the sd card, so if a hard > reset is required, it's not a big deal. But if the media as well as data > and apps are in RAM and we have to reset - while nowhere near a computer > - what can you do? > > I just want to minimize problems before they start. Even assuming we > will never experience a hard reset on the Pre.... > > On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:22:41 -0500, "Art Alexion" > <[email protected]> said: >> Great, but I think Alli had the point when she suggested the nightmare >> of restoring 8GB over the air. Server to PC, how long does it take you >> to download even 4 GB in real world conditions? >> >> And does "all your settings" = "all your data"? >> >> >> >> Gmail wrote: >> > how about this from the article; "but the phone does come with an >> > automatic wireless backup feature, good for restoring all your setting >> > in case something bad happens to the handset." >> > >> > On 1/12/09, Craig Froehle <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not the least bit happy about losing what >> >> I consider a very valuable bit of functionality. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Alli <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I understand that. But have you ever been fortunate enough to have >> >>> everything crap out on you when you're home in front of your computer? >> >>> Noooo...it only happens when you're in the cab on the way to the >> >>> airport. Or in a strange airport during a layover. That was the beauty >> >>> of restoring from your sd card. >> >>> >> >>> Craig Froehle wrote: >> >>>> Palm said the Pre won't come with desktop software. The USB port >> >>>> allows it to be accessed just like a flash drive, so conceivably, you >> >>>> should be able to plug it in, drag a copy of its contents to a PC, and >> >>>> then disconnect. Restoring would be the reverse of that. >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
