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Why iCloud ?
Why iCloud, you ask? Because it's awesome (not very radical but still awesome). iCloud keeps all (well, most) of your data in sync between your iPad, iPhone, iPod and Mac. Create a new note on your iPad and see it on your Mac a few seconds later. Create a calendar event on your Mac and check it on your iPhone when you're on the go. iCloud keeps your Notes, Contacts, Calendars, Mail, Safari Bookmarks & Reading List, Pages Documents, Keynote Presentations, Numbers Files and even your Messages constantly in sync. iCloud even lets you keep Photo Streams so that any photo you take from your iPhone, iPod or iPad will automatically sync to all your devices. The possibilities are really endless. Let me give you a few examples of it's usefulness:
When you add something to your Reading List on your Mac, you probably want to 'read it later'. So you can read articles from your Mac reading list on your iPhone / iPad even when you're not at home. Similarly it also syncs bookmarks and even shows you which tabs are open on your other devices at any given time.
Another great example is Messages. You receive an iMessage on your phone number, right ? But with iCloud, even if someone sends you an iMessage on your phone number, you receive it on your Mac, iPhone and iPad at the same time and you can reply from any of these devices.
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iCloud also backs up all your contact, calendars, notes, iWork documents, etc on iCloud.com so that you can access them at any time from any device (including a PC!).
How to Set Up ?
What's the Catch ?
Well, as of right now, the main problem with iCloud is that you only get 5GB of storage free when you sign up. Since Mail, Calendars, Contacts, Notes, Messages, etc don't take up much space, your storage need really depends on how much you'll be using Photo Stream, iWork and iTunes Match.
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