Living in the clouds used to be a saying for those with heightened aspirations. Basically a term reserved for telling people to snap back to reality and stop dreaming. Well, the day is now, 2010 and everyone is in the cloud to some extent, except if you live in the mountains without wifi or even a basic CDMA1 connection (where i wouldn't mind being btw). Pretty much an involuntary participation, let's just say it would be very difficult to not mingle in the cloud.
Right now, i've gotten off my blackberry and switched back to an Android phone. In the last year or so i have switched phones about 14 times. I've been on everything from iphones 3g, 2g, nokias, multiple blackberries, other androids and it seems i keep getting drawn back to either Android, Blackberry and iPhone. So when i switched to this HTC HD2 (gsm), basically the sister phone to HTC EVO (non-gsm). The fastest and largest screen to date. I guess i could go into the specs but that'll get very boring and techie so ill just say, the screen is 4.3" (almost an inch larger than iphone 4), 1 Ghz processor, 1/2 oz heavier than the iphone and does double duty as a wifi hotspot! Needless to say, it's a great phone that comes with Windows mobile so spent a little time and cooked it. It's now a dual boot between Windows and Android 2.2 firmware.
Setting up my phone book was about 3027 times easier to do than with blackberry which reminds me of Apple computers back in the day, proprietary this, proprietary that. Which basically means lots of time fumbling just to get your phone prepared. So, i signed into the phone with my google credentials and bahm! im pretty much done. Anything else done after that point is just personalizing it and making it more awesome.
So now that my contacts, calendar, and basics are all synchronized i wondered if there was a way sync/backup SMS, call records and any other Android fixins. So after reading a few blogs here and there the best thing to do is "root" it and get some backup software that will copy and backup every single stitch of coding. "Rooting" allows complete control over your phone if you know how to manipulate that kind of power... Muwahahahaha.... Okay, but seriously, one can write all sorts of Linux based applications since the phone's OS is based on the best operating system out there, ...Linux. But it can just as easily brick your phone if you know nothing about it. And by Brick i mean it will be as useless a a brick!
So as i search for a way to backup my phone and all the bells and whistles ive setup and customized. Ultimately, i would like to have it backed up in realtime on the "cloud" (explained in the above photo). However, until there i recommend "Astro File Manager", "Sprite Mobile Backup" seemed pretty cool, MyBackup Pro is excellent and lastly, Picasa (photos only).
So there you have it! Not exactly all moved into the cloud but i suspect very shortly it will be even easier.
And as i write this blog, I should also note that moving in the cloud does raise a few things to think about, like privacy issues.