iCloud: 85 Millionen Benutzer, "Strategie für das nächste Jahrzehnt"

Im Rahmen des Finanzberichts für 2011 stellte Apple eine ganze Reihe von Rekorden zu , Einnahmen usw. vor. Einer der größten Erfolge des vergangenen Quartals dürfte die iCloud sein: Gestartet erst am 12. Oktober 2011, zählt der Cloud-basierte Backup- und Synchronisationsdienst bereits 85 Millionen Benutzer. Das sind 50 Millionen mehr Accounts, als iPhone 4S verkauft wurden.

CEO Tim Cook zur Wichtigkeit von :

I think Peter shared earlier the number of customers that had signed up for iCloud, and it's already over 85 million, so it's incredible that this has happened in just a few months' period of time. We're thrilled with it, and the response from customers has been incredible. It's solved a lot of problems that customers were having and made their lives much much easier.

It was a fundamental shift recognizing that people had numerous devices and they wanted the bulk of their content in the cloud and easily accessible from all of their devices, and you know, I think we're seeing the response from that. With 85 million customers in just three months, it is a very very important part — it's not just a product, it's a strategy for the next decade.

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