Actually, storage of music in the "cloud" is a flaw in iTunes - it is not easy to have multiple machines in my home access multiple iTunes libraries (my son see my daughter see mine, etc.). Might the Pre and others like it have a similar issue?
-- Edward Fultz (978) 807-4225 [email protected] -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Craig Froehle" <[email protected]> > 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 > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
