Apple iCloud

Apple introduces iCloud, a set of free new cloud services that work seamlessly with applications on your Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or Personal Computer to automatically and wirelessly store your content in Apple iCloud and automatically and wirelessly push it to all your mobile devices. When anything changes on one of your mobile devices, all of your devices are wirelessly updated almost instantly. Thanks to Apple iCloud purchased iOS apps via the Apple App Store and Apple iBookstore will now be downloaded to all your mobile devices, not just the device it was purchased on.

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Apple iCloud Storage
In addition, the Apple App Store and Apple iBookstore now let you see your purchase history, and simply tapping the Apple iCloud icon will download any apps and books to any iOS device (up to 10 devices) at no additional cost. Apple iCloud Storage seamlessly stores all documents created using Apple iCloud Storage APIs, and automatically pushes them to all your mobile devices. When you change a document on any device, Apple iCloud automatically pushes the changes to all your devices. Apple's Pages, Numbers and Keynote apps already take advantage of Apple iCloud Storage.



Apple iCloud Backup
Apple iCloud Backup automatically and securely backs up your iOS devices to Apple iCloud daily over Wi-Fi when you charge your Apple iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Backed up content includes purchased music, apps and books, Camera Roll (photos and videos), device settings and app data.



Apple iCloud Photo Stream
Apple iCloud's innovative Photo Stream service automatically uploads the photos you take or import on any of your devices and wirelessly pushes them to all your devices and computers. So you can use your Apple iPhone to take a dozen photos of your friends during the afternoon baseball game, and thank to Apple iCloud the pictures will be ready to share with the entire group on your Apple iPad (or even Apple TV) when you return home. Apple iCloud will store each photo in the cloud for 30 days, which is plenty of time to connect your devices to Apple iCloud and automatically download the latest photos from Photo Stream via Wi-Fi.



Apple iCloud Price & Availability
The Apple iCloud beta and Apple Cloud Storage APIs are available immediately to iOS and Mac Developer Program members. Apple iCloud will be available this fall concurrent with iOS 5. Users can sign up for Apple iCloud for free on an Apple iPhone, iPad or iPod touch running iOS 5 or a Mac running Mac OS X Lion with a valid Apple ID. Apple iCloud includes 5GB of free cloud storage for Mail, Document Storage and Backup. Purchased music, apps, books and Photo Stream do not count against the storage limit. Apple iTunes Match will be available for $24.99 per year (US only). Apple iTunes in the Cloud is available in the US and requires iTunes 10.3 and iOS 4.3.3. Using Apple iCloud with a PC requires Windows Vista or Windows 7; Outlook 2010 or 2007 is recommended for accessing contacts and calendars.