Let's Integrate These Devices

One clear result of the proliferation of portable devices in the past couple of years has been that people end up with more devices to carry around and to store their files on. Many people now have a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop and sometimes a PC at home. All for good reasons. A smartphone is good for quick access on the move. A tablet for easy acccess and partial functionality, a laptop for generally full functionality and a PC for premium functionality and storage, where such is needed.

In many cases, if not most, these are not completely coordinated. Apple owners have a better chance than most, as long as they stick to apple products and only buy a iPhone, and iPad and a big Mac. But the rest of the world is in trouble. There are some techniques for synchronizing. Most of the portable products have synch capabilities, but they often are crude and cumbersome. Then there is the cloud, where files could be stored and accessed by some if not all of the products, but then working in the cloud can be slow and difficult, and in some cases costly, when you don't have a high end data plan.

The bottom line is that there is a real need for more user friendly and effective means of establishing synchronization between these different devices. For one rumination on this general topic, check this article.