iPad Will Make The Most Of Cloud Computing

iTunes’s acquisition of LaLa.com and the cheap(ish) data plan from AT&T may be signaling a significant change in the way Apple would have us access our media. If so, the iPad is going to fit perfectly into their little plan.

Even if this isn’t the case, apps like those from Simplify Media allow me to access my photos and music from a non sleeping computer as well as stream media to my Xbox 360.

I’m hoping I’m right on this one, but I think the 16GB iPad is going to be enough to cover my must have media and I can access the rest when in range of 3G or Wi-Fi.

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The iPad is another gateway for media, apps and books – it’s amazing that people don’t see it this way.
Think of the iPod – it was a gateway for your music. Apple made lots of money from selling the music.
Also, I find 16Gb more that enough for my iPhone 3GS. Will it be enough for the iPad? Not sure – I might go for the middle range just to be safe.
Ictus75
Exactly! Cloud computing will make it unnecessary to have to carry a lot of memory storage. With an ipad and the cloud, you can just grab what you need when you need it. it’s a portal indeed! It will be no different then having a dumb terminal connected to a server somewhere. except it will be wireless. This is very exciting!
Mark
It’s amazing how the naysayers don’t acknowledge the bigger picture on how the iPad can be a perfect cloud computing gateway. If I can access Google Docs, I have all my basic word processing and spreadsheet needs met – even better, think about how iWork for the iPad will work with iWork.com?
Edmcsqrt2
Cloud computing will be the wave of the future!!
Imagine accessing all your programs from AI to Animation Software to PowerPoint to Excel from the tip of your fingers anywhere in the world by just carrying an Ipad. Now that’s power at your finger tips. That’s how I invision Cloud computing will eventually kill the desktop/laptops.
My fear though is who will control the data?
Say I’m working on a very important project in the cloud, what’s my guaranty that the work I’ve done is 100% mine? Will my data be held hostage is say I forgot to pay the monthly dues?
Hmmm…whadya think?
eddie