I don't get it, why so much excitement over a cloud service? Lion or iOS 5 I und...

panacea · on May 31, 2011

Currently iOS devices are peripherals that need to be plugged into iTunes on a Mac for syncing purposes.

iCloud might be a step away from that.

We don't know yet what the cloud service is, but Apple has been building out some impressive amounts of data center resources, so it's likely to be an interesting service, whatever it is.

pohl · on May 31, 2011

Is there excitement? All I see is a press release on a website.

mishmash · on May 31, 2011

Ignoring the rumor community, right now TechCrunch, CNET, CNN, and Fox News all have front pages stories about Apple/iCloud/WWDC.

The BBC doesn't mention Apple specifically, but does have an article asking: Is cloud computing ready for primetime?

pohl · on May 31, 2011

I'm sorry, I took the word "excitement" to indicate a heightened emotional state of some sort. Yes, I agree there are lots of sites out there pumping this for page views. I don't find that out of the ordinary, though.

mishmash · on May 31, 2011

Ah my misunderstanding. I'll just add then that I'm personally excited to see where iCloud will land on the speculation spectrum from a full AWS cloud infrastructure to a simple online iTunes media player. ;)