Google's Chrome Cloud Vs Apple's iCloud

Google and Apple have quickly pushed their way into serious domination when it comes to the markets of mobile devices and smartphones. Even though Apple has finally endorsed the fact that cloud computing is the future. In fact, Apple has finally decided to grant the iPad and iPhones to run and be backed up without being connected to another computer running iTunes.

But, ask a few Google supporters and they'll tell you that Apple's iCloud doesn't have as many of the new features as they should. But are they correct?

They'll say that Apple appears to be a bit behind the times, at least in their endorsement of the cloud as being at the axis of our digital universe. But, as Apple has been quoted as saying, "The Web is the center of the universe. For Apple, your device is the center of the universe."

As is their M.O., Apple has taken a "run of the mill" idea, if you will, and stripped it down to its bare bones. Apple believes this to be most important to their users. They've taken this "bare bones" version and offered it up in an easy a way as possible. This approach has culminated in an iCloud is about as different as it could be from Google's attitude toward mobile and cloud computing.

Google's Approach

Google's idea of cloud computing is mostly web based, as are the bulk of their ventures. This carries with it some advantages. The most desirable of those being the fact that any gadget that has an internet connection and a web browser can have quick and easy access to all of the services Google offers; email, calendar, maps, docs, IM, and the list goes on and on.

The problem with this approach, some would say, is that for all the bells and whistles, the services are still, and will always be, dependent on an internet connection.

Apple's Approach

Basically, Apple is not using the iCloud as the means of transportation, but more of the "brain behind the train." The iCloud is the guide by which all Apple apps will send their data exactly to where it's supposed to go, and be on time. All of your data, taken from numerous devices, iPhone, iMac, iPad, etc., synced up, and sent back to the devices, where it's easy to use and keep track of.

Despite the fact that lots of apps can hook up directly with Google, the services have been created for basic, web access. And, it's true, Google went even further with the cloud based computing concept with their Chrome OS and the soon to be released Chromebooks, although they run no local apps, except for the OS that is really no more than a browser.

In a nutshell, Google's cloud depends solely on what may happen in the future. Free internet access in every corner of the globe. Will it happen? Who knows? But, Apple's iCloud is practical for today's web. And most likely, it will be practical for the web of tomorrow, too.

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