In this day and age, any smart device is just a portal. People expect to be able to access and seamlessly integrate their docs and data between phones, computers at work, computers at home, tablets, be it Android, Windows, Linux, iOS...
In my opinion, Google is the only company that gets it. Too bad, too, as they are Evil.
iCloud doesn't work on iOS, that is you can't access web interface from an iOS device. If a program on iOS acts up, e.g. there's a sync issue, you can't just fire up a browser and access your data online. You have to find a different computer.
iCloud also sucks all by itself. It's excruciatingly slow on my PC. I can fire up Google Calendar and enter a new meeting or task in the amount of time it takes iCloud to load. And forget about working with spreadsheets, Google Docs walk all over Numbers on PC.
And, guess what, I can't access iCloud from an Android device. No sir, to use Apple services, you must use an Apple approved system, or set up a sync between programs.
So why would I want to use iCloud at all ? It's slow, it's very limited, it misses important features like Tasks (Reminders) in Calendar, it practically begs me to use Google services instead. I do want to get away from Google, but unless MS fixes their Live Calendar application, I am stuck for now... Google is fast, full of features, and truly multiplaftorm. MS is not as fast, missing some important Calendar features like search and Tasks in calendar views, but it also works well in most browsers and most systems. Apple seems to exist in a bubble, not that it's a major problem as I can still use their hardware with Google or MS services, but they could be so much more.
In my opinion, Google is the only company that gets it. Too bad, too, as they are Evil.
iCloud doesn't work on iOS, that is you can't access web interface from an iOS device. If a program on iOS acts up, e.g. there's a sync issue, you can't just fire up a browser and access your data online. You have to find a different computer.
iCloud also sucks all by itself. It's excruciatingly slow on my PC. I can fire up Google Calendar and enter a new meeting or task in the amount of time it takes iCloud to load. And forget about working with spreadsheets, Google Docs walk all over Numbers on PC.
And, guess what, I can't access iCloud from an Android device. No sir, to use Apple services, you must use an Apple approved system, or set up a sync between programs.
So why would I want to use iCloud at all ? It's slow, it's very limited, it misses important features like Tasks (Reminders) in Calendar, it practically begs me to use Google services instead. I do want to get away from Google, but unless MS fixes their Live Calendar application, I am stuck for now... Google is fast, full of features, and truly multiplaftorm. MS is not as fast, missing some important Calendar features like search and Tasks in calendar views, but it also works well in most browsers and most systems. Apple seems to exist in a bubble, not that it's a major problem as I can still use their hardware with Google or MS services, but they could be so much more.