Not long after the concept of Google Cloud was introduced, Microsoft's LiveMesh has already begun trial use through invitation. Although there is no apparent smoke-filled battle among IT giants for the future share of the aggregated network, they are all ready to go and poised to seize the opportunity!
Live Mesh mainly uses the Internet as a personal data center, synchronizing personal information stored on computers, mobile phones or other electronic devices through the network. This technology can help users synchronize photos, documents, and other personal data scattered across computers, mobile phones or other terminals. By using this technology, if a user takes a photo with their mobile phone, the digital photo frame at home will soon synchronize these photos and display them. Its emergence makes us vaguely feel that an era where everything can be connected may be coming.
The phrase "Connect Everything" suggests that Mesh and Google Cloud do have some distinctions. One focuses on synchronization, linking, and sharing, while the other emphasizes cluster computing, file storage, and real-time collaboration. This is somewhat different from many previous reviews of LiveMesh articles. It might be due to personal opinions, or it could also be because Yiiiha lacks depth in understanding its essence:)
From the pictures, we can see that through the LiveMesh client, devices can be added arbitrarily, not limited to common digital devices such as Mobile Phones, MP4s, PPCs, PCs, Macs, etc. It might also include numerous daily household appliances like digital camcorders, digital cameras, surveillance cameras, digital TVs, multimedia set-top boxes, etc. LiveMesh not only achieves the step of "Connect Everything" but also makes people who use LiveMesh more dependent on the network, with the goal being "online at all times," which will inevitably rely on global Wifi support and readily available internet access platforms.
Imagine the future state of LiveMesh, where all your digital devices, including home appliances and even cars, are connected to the LiveMesh network and can easily interact and share with friends and colleagues. As LiveMesh becomes more widespread, people's reliance on single-function mobile storage devices like digital companions and external hard drives during travel, daily office work, study, and life will decrease.
In the morning, while commuting on the subway to work, you use your Pocket PC to watch current news out of boredom and suddenly see a message about a certain road being under repair and closed for several days. You then log into the network with your PPC to find the map of the road mentioned in the information and upload it through LiveMesh to the GPS in your car at home, just in case.
On holidays, you take your wife and children for an outing in the wild and take videos along the way with your DV. At the same time, grandparents or friends far away at home might be watching TV, and the channel bar on the TV will show "Your loved ones (friends) are currently having fun outdoors, shooting with DV..." When selecting this option, they can watch the live video you are shooting with your DV on TV. Your DV can also switch channels to receive video messages sent by friends and interact in real-time. Just like a true show ^_^
Since LiveMesh is still in the closed testing phase and Yiiiha hasn't received that rare trial invitation yet, it seems that at least for now, we cannot showcase its appearance or features. Everything is just Yiiiha's speculation. Once the public beta version of LiveMesh is released, Yiiiha will join everyone in deciphering its mysteries:)
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