{"id":4377,"date":"2011-02-14T14:48:16","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T22:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=4377"},"modified":"2011-02-14T15:17:02","modified_gmt":"2011-02-14T23:17:02","slug":"rumer-iphone-mini-cloudphone-um-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/rumer-iphone-mini-cloudphone-um-really\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumor: iphone mini to be a cloudphone. Um Really?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Wait a sec.. So the new iphone mini, which will be smaller iphone physically will also have something else that is smaller.. memory. As in no on-board storage.\u00a0 A cloudphone. Ok. So basically all\u00a0 your contacts, email, photos, music will be stored in the cloud and access able via At&T edge?\u00a0 When you can get it?\u00a0 I’m calling BS on this one.<\/p>\n

However moving much (not all) of the storage to the cloud AND letting people use microSD’s.\u00a0 So what are REALLY the core things you need on your phone?\u00a0 Contacts. I have to be able to use the phone as a phone and keeping a record of recent calls and my address book is pretty important. Can I live without the images of my contact to save memory, yes, I can do that.\u00a0 SMS.\u00a0 Sorry, I have to have that on record as well. The last 5 messages is enough though, I do not need the whole conversation. Email.\u00a0 THIS I need and here we can be talking about some memory demand. But again, if we just stored the title and perhaps the first 150 words for each message, I can live with it.<\/p>\n

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So as far as CORE things I need on my iphone, we are not talking about a lot of memory.\u00a0 But its the apps that really made the phone popular and to force people to be on wifi or in a 3G or 4G area to use apps will not work. However, if we have access to more storage on a card, then this could be a non issue because the customer buys the memory and as much memory as they need. Also what happens when I want to take a picture or a movie and I do not have 3G?\u00a0 I cant do it?\u00a0 Right.<\/p>\n

No, I think the latest rumor that the iphone mini will be a cloud based only phone is off, but I CAN see many thing moving to the could as long as a memory slot is offered.\u00a0 Without that slot?\u00a0 Umm.. I’m going to have to say we could have a phone that is going to really piss users off.<\/p>\n

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