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Yep, we’ve been saying the iPhone is a great example of cloud computing – or more accurately Software plus Services – for a while. I’ve said this at a few recent conferences and it always get’s a raised eyebrow when I put an iPhone in my presentation but it gets the message across. The combination of Internet connected devices and Internet delivered services is the direction the industry is headed.
To quote Steve Jobs form the All Things D conference:
“I think the marriage of some really great client apps with some really great cloud services is incredibly powerful and right now, can be way more powerful than just having a browser on the client”
How the iPhone is Cloud Computing's Killer App conveniently forgets that the original premise of the iPhone was to deliver apps through the browser in a SaaS fashion but now embraces rich clients. It also sort of suggests that the iPhone connecting to Exchange over the air is a big new thing when Windows Mobile has been doing this for years.
The point still stands though – the iPhone is a great cloud connected device that demonstrates the power of (rich client) Software combined with (Internet delivered) Services
Comments
Anonymous
October 08, 2008
Great blog. I was curious to see why highlighting the iPhone as a great cloud computing example caused raised eyebrows - then read your "About" page and immediately understood. Been with WM since the ORange SPV, but have now deserted to the iPhone ! Regards, Irving beta@trundlin.comAnonymous
October 08, 2008
Windows mobiles have been doing e-mail for years, but as they have been such awful phones, then its hardly relevant to anyone serious about making a call. I really wanted WM to be great, but progress seems to be very slow.Anonymous
October 08, 2008
really? WinMobile has sold many millions of devices so not sure you can characterise that as slow progress.Anonymous
October 08, 2008
Will Silverlight be released for the iPhone? Will live mesh be released for the iPhone? I want the magic of Microsoft software for my iPhone!Anonymous
October 13, 2008
I'm surprised at the number of iPhone apps that don't take advantage of the S+S model. For example, many of the twitter apps don't work offline which is a missed opportunity! It seems clear that these developers should embrace the concept of S+S and they'd have more competitive products... The best iPhone apps are the one's that offer a great software + services experience.