iCloud

Bryan · 06-06-2011, 02:26 PM

Apple announced iCloud today. I think this will be huge and another great reason to use Apple over others.

Apple - iCloud - The new way to store and access your content.

Apple Introduces iCloud: Contact, Cal, Docs, Photos, and Music Syncing Free of Charge - Mac Rumors

Cam42 · 06-06-2011, 02:38 PM

Related note: Apple's gonna charge me $25 a year to be able to listen to music that I already own?

No thanks.

bobthecockroach · 06-06-2011, 02:45 PM

Meh. I don't see any reason I need this.

In other words, Apple still hasn't won me over.

Bryan · 06-06-2011, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Cam42

Related note: Apple's gonna charge me $25 a year to be able to listen to music that I already own?

No thanks.

no. that's not it.

the $25 a year will look at the music you already own (rather didn't get from the iTunes store) and give you rights to it on the iTunes store to download to any device of yours as much as you want.

Cam42 · 06-06-2011, 02:56 PM

It's still reselling me music that I already own.

Why should I pay Apple $25 a year to do something that I could do with a flash drive and twenty minutes?

Bryan · 06-06-2011, 03:02 PM

higher bit rate?

Cam42 · 06-06-2011, 03:05 PM

Not necessarily.

***Art*** · 06-08-2011, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan

higher bit rate?

How so?

Bryan · 06-09-2011, 08:14 AM

whatever you download from itunes store is 256kbps. if you have music that is encoded at 128 (and acquired from places other than the iTunes store) you can redownload the music at 256k

**redbaron** · 06-09-2011, 10:00 AM

The reason I won't download from iTunes is their low bitrate- Maybe it's just me but I have a hard enough time listening to audio that's compressed to 320kCBR anymore.

So, I can take my entire legal music collection and re-buy a lower quality version from iTunes for $25/year? Don't blame me for not running to sign up.

Aside from that, I've got a ton of friends who were charged a renewal for mobileMe within 48 hours of the announcement. You'd figure that Apple would not charge for the next year of a service they're discontinuing and rolling out a free one, but no. Got to collect that money! These are my hardcore Apple fans and they're actually pissed about it (though not as much as I would be... I'd have a hard time not sending ipod chunks to apple...).

***Art*** · 06-09-2011, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Bryan

whatever you download from itunes store is 256kbps. if you have music that is encoded at 128 (and acquired from places other than the iTunes store) you can redownload the music at 256k

Oh, so only assuming that what you already have is low rate. Got it.

WafflesAndSyrup · 06-09-2011, 12:44 PM

Well, now that we know how CGR feels about Apple...

Bryan · 06-09-2011, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Chocolate Bear

Oh, so only assuming that what you already have is low rate. Got it.

plus for $25 a year, you have a backup of all those non-itunes purchases (assuming they are sold though itunes and can be matched to itunes)

Cam42 · 06-09-2011, 01:27 PM

Incoming hipster alert: WEEOOOWEEOOO

But a lot of my music comes from local bands that aren't on iTunes. So there's that.

**Dwight Schrute** · 06-10-2011, 06:58 AM

a nice feature for existing apple customers who have perhaps never heard of big fancy words like cloud computing. and not a real reason to use apple over others, but perhaps another reason for snobbish apple fanboys to continue staying isolated from the cutting edge of the technological world.