Comments on: iCloud costing Apple up to $150m to charm labels?

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:14:00 +0000

“Such a process will be quicker and more straightforward for users, and is likely to be a key element of Apple’s value proposition at iCloud’s launch.”

This “value proposition” will be mitigated or altogether invalidated by capped data. iCloud is DOA for music listeners and only appears to hold the most value in synchronizing documents and photos (i.e. lighter file sizes). No one is always using WiFi, which would be the only time that streaming music via iCloud would not affect data usage on a mobile carrier. That said, synching music files directly to your devices via iTunes still appears to be the most productive use of your time, not working to pay $25/year on a service in which you’ll barely be able to indulge after paying your carrier 3-4 times more for capped data plans.

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:14:00 +0000

“Such a process will be quicker and more straightforward for users, and is likely to be a key element of Apple’s value proposition at iCloud’s launch.”