mob (banned)On the next level.. join:2000-10-07 San Jose, CA |
mob (banned)
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2011-May-10 8:57 am
Google Cloud storage?Yeah, it's called GMail. | |
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| Duramax08To The Moon Premium Member join:2008-08-03 San Antonio, TX |
Re: Google Cloud storage?said by mob:Yeah, it's called GMail. This. I send so much stuff to my gmail account, mostly pics from my phone. Works good man. | |
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| | mob (banned)On the next level.. join:2000-10-07 San Jose, CA |
mob (banned)
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2011-May-10 9:37 am
Re: Google Cloud storage?Exactly. I hate the tiny sms pics, so I try to send them as emails on wifi if possible. | |
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I use Orb (free), which shares all forms of media/data from my home PC. Can have TBs of data access from phone or laptop. Between Orb and Dropbox, that's all you need to live in the cloud. | |
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Jameson
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2011-May-10 12:07 pm
Re: Google Cloud storage?said by xenophon:I use Orb (free), which shares all forms of media/data from my home PC. Can have TBs of data access from phone or laptop. Between Orb and Dropbox, that's all you need to live in the cloud. Orb is not cloud | |
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Re: Google Cloud storage?Basically Orb does the same function (for media) yet is only limited to size of storage on your PC. It's not a 3rd party cloud service, it's a personal cloud service. Since it does all forms of media/files, it's offers more than Amazon/Google cloud services. | |
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mob (banned)
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2011-May-10 1:24 pm
Re: Google Cloud storage?yeah, and I have a NAS that does all that + more on a 25/25 fiber run. But I still use GMail to send big pics from my phone via wifi. | |
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Re: Google Cloud storage?Does your NAS have a transparent iPhone/Android app? Orb has a smartphone client that directly plays media from a personal media server. | |
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djdanska
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2011-May-10 1:48 pm
Re: Google Cloud storage?Yeah, and it works like complete crap on both my android products. I've moved onto plex and playon instead. They work fine on my dell streak 7 and hd2. I do have music on the amazon cloud too. Orb lost me as a user. | |
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Re: Google Cloud storage?Yeah, I use Playon too... haven't tried Plex yet. Not having any issues with Orb though on Android. | |
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2011-May-10 2:00 pm
Re: Google Cloud storage?I started using plex once they released their android app. Did not seriously use them until they also released their roku app, which works very well. Better than playon for roku actually. | |
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JasonOD
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2011-May-10 9:02 am
Can't see this succeedingOr at least it will be a bumpy ride. Look for:
1) Lawsuits 2) No one outside Android will support this (IOS, WinPhone7, BB, etc) 3) It's made by google, which = lack of trust, no support, and a likely crappy beta experience | |
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2011-May-10 9:19 am
Re: Can't see this succeedingsaid by JasonOD :2) No one outside Android will support this (IOS, WinPhone7, BB, etc) 3) It's made by google, which = lack of trust, no support, and a likely crappy beta experience Man, that gmail has been a killer... so unreliable and unsupported. Google just can't do anything right, can they? | |
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said by JasonOD :3) It's made by google, which = lack of trust, no support, and a likely crappy beta experience It's called Google Music Beta. Karl forgot that piece of the service's name. I think Google will launch it a make a big deal of the service. True techies will embrace it and leverage the service. The mass populace will care less....especially if Apple ever launches its service. Depending on how Google employs the service, it could sync music off of Android devices into the cloud, in a similar fashion as it does with apps and settings. Users eventually may not even realize they're using Google Music Beta. | |
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| Thaler Premium Member join:2004-02-02 Los Angeles, CA |
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said by JasonOD :1) Lawsuits They don't seem to have stopped Amazon from releasing their cloud service, nor do they seem to be a deterrent for Google and/or Apple (whenever their cloud-based iTunes lifts off). said by JasonOD :2) No one outside Android will support this (IOS, WinPhone7, BB, etc) Nobody outside Windows Phones supports Zune streaming, nor do non-iOS devices support iTunes. Again, limited support doesn't seem to stop these software developments from operating. said by JasonOD :3) It's made by google, which = lack of trust, no support, and a likely crappy beta experience Because Apple, Microsoft, and BlackBerry all scream super trustworthy, right? All mobile devices come with EULAs with sizes that could crush a small country, regardless of their manufacturer. | |
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2011-May-10 1:12 pm
Re: Can't see this succeedingsaid by Thaler:said by JasonOD :2) No one outside Android will support this (IOS, WinPhone7, BB, etc) Nobody outside Windows Phones supports Zune streaming, nor do non-iOS devices support iTunes. Again, limited support doesn't seem to stop these software developments from operating. This is a non-issue; Google can just write an app for that. Most of the music I listen to on my iPhone is from an Shoutcast server, so I just use a third party app. The iPhone music player doesn't support Shoutcast at all, and Safari only has partial support (no support for metadata, no support for AAC+v2, etc). The same can be said for other music apps like Pandora. You don't need to use the built-in iPhone app to play music. | |
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Thaler
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2011-May-10 6:07 pm
Re: Can't see this succeedingWell yeah, a third party can come in and make all the exclusivity moot. Or hell, maybe Google might continue to play the device-agnostic field and make it available to all mobile platforms.
I personally feel that Amazon MP3 will be going this route, as Amazon already has good footprints on all the mobile platforms already. it's just a matter of time before they implement the Cloud player into other platforms. | |
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45612019 (banned)
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2011-May-10 9:22 am
"Audio quality for streaming files can be as high as 320k&qWhat is this, the 1990s? What a useless service.
Lossless streaming or nothing, Google. Get on it! | |
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Thaler
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2011-May-10 12:10 pm
Re: "Audio quality for streaming files can be as high as 32We had nothing until Amazon fired the first shot w/ lossy streaming - and this wasn't all that long ago. Once ISPs quit crapping themselves over caps, then maybe we'll talk lossless. Right now though, I'll take more free online storage, thank you. | |
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Why? Not even audiophiles can tell the difference between 320Kbps MP3 and lossless audio in blind tests, and the only reason to have lossless audio is to avoid generational deterioration when re-encoding. If you're streaming audio, particularly to a mobile device, there's no generational deterioration concerns, so lossless is pointless. In fact, streaming lossless audio is a waste of bandwidth, since you're blowing most of a megabit per second on the placebo effect. | |
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2011-May-10 8:35 pm
Re: "Audio quality for streaming files can be as high as 32lol @ worrying about one megabit a second of bandwidth usage. Like I said, what is this, the 1990s?
I'd rather just set up a streaming server on my home connection. Yes, that's right. Most "civilized" areas of the United States have broadband connections available to consumers with upload speeds in excess of 1 mbit/s now. | |
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Thaler
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2011-May-10 11:03 pm
Re: "Audio quality for streaming files can be as high as 32said by 45612019:lol @ worrying about one megabit a second of bandwidth usage. Like I said, what is this, the 1990s?
I'd rather just set up a streaming server on my home connection. Yes, that's right. Most "civilized" areas of the United States have broadband connections available to consumers with upload speeds in excess of 1 mbit/s now. You do know that having > 1 Mb/s from your home connection doesn't guarantee you have a > 1 Mb/s to your cell, or non-capped service, right? Unfortunately, capped/throttled mobile data providers are still a wide majority these days. | |
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45612019 (banned)
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2011-May-10 11:19 pm
Re: "Audio quality for streaming files can be as high as 32So you're saying Google would be immune to throttling? | |
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Thaler
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2011-May-11 12:54 am
Re: "Audio quality for streaming files can be as high as 32I'm just saying that lossy service beats no service, that is all. | |
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twaddle
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2011-May-10 9:36 am
Cloud computing and CAPSCloud Computing for the consumer isn't going to fly for very far or very long in the face of CAPS.Waht good is having storage or apps stored remotely when you are penalized for accessing them and running the very real possibility of over-extending the sesnseless CAPS imposed by less than benevolent ISPs. THere will come a point to where even the most desperate consumer will say no to the continual shift of business expenses to the catagory of surcharges. The Internet will be relegated to the elite few who can afford to use it. Never fear the golden goose called the Internet will be killed by capitalism at its worst.. | |
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2011-May-10 9:59 am
Re: Cloud computing and CAPSsaid by twaddle :Cloud Computing for the consumer isn't going to fly for very far or very long in the face of CAPS. I have a couple choices here. Take my collection of songs from all my old CDs and put the songs on my cellphone and home PC. Or put the songs in the Cloud(either Amazon or Google). This is a no-brainer. Put them on both. Access my songs from the device itself and no bandwidth charges are incurred. And have the songs in the Cloud for backup purposes in case my home PC self destructs or my house burns down taking the original CDs with the fire. | |
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Yawn... I agree with you, but I've been complaining about this for several years on THIS forum. | |
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Tomek
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2011-May-10 9:37 am
Cloud problemsRecent Amazon issues show how cloud service can be unreliable. Music or documents, I do not feel confident in those services, especially privacy. | |
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2011-May-10 10:15 am
Re: Cloud problemsit is just as reliable as your home pc.
actually it would be more reliable. | |
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| Thaler Premium Member join:2004-02-02 Los Angeles, CA |
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What problems? My music's still been up since Amazon released the service.
If you're talking about small hiccups, then honestly - I couldn't care. It's music, not missile codes. Being without my tunes for a few minutes, even a few hours, isn't life-ending. However, if you really want to see how to bungle up the cloud, look no further than Sony. | |
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sivran
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2011-May-10 3:00 pm
Hoping it'll be better than AmazonHere's hoping it won't sort your music in the same brain-dead manner that Amazon CloudDrive does! | |
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