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macminer · 10-08-2011, 05:35 PM

I'd agree that perhaps Cloud storage is OK for typical, casual user. But there are many situations where it just won't work:

Travelling on a plane, ship, bus or coach which doesn't have WiFi
Using the device outside of urban zones (trekking, at sea etc.)
Professional (or semi-pro) uses. Quite often one needs many files on hand (references, presentations, databases etc.) and just can't wait till they download from the cloud
Personal videos. I can understand that there are many people for whom commercial movies are enough, but there are quite a few who like to shot, admire, share and store their own! Storing these in the cloud is a no-no!
Photographers: Kindle Fire could have been a nice device to review the photos you have just shot, on a relatively big screen, if only it had an SD slot!

In fact, I could give half a dozen situations from my own experience when there was no access to the internet and I badly needed a particular file. Luckily, it was there - on my pendrive or SD card. Perhaps the most untypical was a situation when I needed some sheet music for a service in a church. There was no internet in the whole building but an SD card full of PDFs (which I had in my wallet) saved my life. I am sure many people would be able to recount a similar story when there was no WiFi (or it was too slow) and their only hope was a USB stick or SD card.

10-08-2011, 05:35 PM	#62
macminer Connoisseur Posts: 98 Karma: 660420 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Poland Device: Boox Nova 3, Lenovo Tab 4 8" (formerly many others)	I'd agree that perhaps Cloud storage is OK for typical, casual user. But there are many situations where it just won't work: Travelling on a plane, ship, bus or coach which doesn't have WiFi Using the device outside of urban zones (trekking, at sea etc.) Professional (or semi-pro) uses. Quite often one needs many files on hand (references, presentations, databases etc.) and just can't wait till they download from the cloud Personal videos. I can understand that there are many people for whom commercial movies are enough, but there are quite a few who like to shot, admire, share and store their own! Storing these in the cloud is a no-no! Photographers: Kindle Fire could have been a nice device to review the photos you have just shot, on a relatively big screen, if only it had an SD slot! In fact, I could give half a dozen situations from my own experience when there was no access to the internet and I badly needed a particular file. Luckily, it was there - on my pendrive or SD card. Perhaps the most untypical was a situation when I needed some sheet music for a service in a church. There was no internet in the whole building but an SD card full of PDFs (which I had in my wallet) saved my life. I am sure many people would be able to recount a similar story when there was no WiFi (or it was too slow) and their only hope was a USB stick or SD card.