Now, Steve Jobs took the stage on Monday to show off Apple's latest products, 史蒂芬．賈伯斯週一登上舞台，對外展示蘋果的最新產品，
but he didn't show off a new phone or computer; the focus was solely on software. 但是他並未展示新手機或電腦；這次的焦點完全放在軟體上。
Now, Jobs took the wraps off the next version of the Mac operating system, the next version of its mobile operating system, 如今賈伯斯已經公開的商品包括新版Mac作業系統、新版行動裝置作業系統、
and the product that will tie it all together -- the iCloud. 以及能將這些作業系統連結在一起的iCloud。
Now, the long-awaited iCloud is essentially an online storage space, but Jobs explained how it is much more than that. 各界期盼已久的iCloud其實是個網路儲存空間，但賈伯斯說iCloud的內涵遠勝於此。
Some people think the cloud is just a hard disk in the sky, right? 有些人認為，雲端不過是天空中的硬碟，對吧？
And you take a bunch of stuff and you put it in your Drop Box or your iDisk or whatever, 你把一堆檔案存入你的網路硬碟或你的iDisk或這一類的裝置裡，
and it transfers it up to the cloud and stores it and then you drag whatever you want back out on your other devices. 這些儲存裝置再將檔案轉存到雲端，然後你再將你要的檔案抓回你的其它裝置裡。
We think it's way more than that. And we call it iCloud. 我們認為我們的商品遠遠超越這點。我們稱之為iCloud。
Now, iCloud stores your content in the cloud and wirelessly pushes it to all your devices. iCloud會將您的內容存放在雲端裡，並且以無線方式傳輸至您所有的裝置中。
Now, iCloud is built off the back of Apple's digital hub strategy. Now, Jobs first unveiled the digital hub in 2001. iCloud是以蘋果的數位中心策略為基礎建造而成。賈伯斯首先在二○○一年公布了數位中心，
Now, the idea was that your computer is at the center of your digital life, and all your data is collected and stored on your computer, 目的就是把電腦當成是你的數位生活中心，你所有的資料都在蒐集來之後存放在電腦中，
and your computer is the central hub that synchs all that data to all your devices. 你的電腦成為將所有資料同步傳輸到你所有裝置裡的作業中心。
But, as Jobs explained, Apple's digital hub doesn't work anymore. 但是，誠如賈伯斯所說，蘋果的數位中心已經停止運作了。
Devices have changed. They now all have music. They now all have photos. They now all have video. 裝置已經改變了，現在的裝置都有音樂，都有照片，都有影像。
And so if I acquire a song, I buy it right on my iPhone. 如果我要拿到一首歌，我可以直接用我的iPhone手機購買。
I want to get that to my other devices, right? I pick up my iPad, and it doesn't have that song on it. 我想要把那首歌傳輸到我的其它裝置裡，我拿出我的iPad，裡頭沒有那首歌，
So I have to synch my iPhone to my Mac, then I have to synch my other devices to the Mac to get that song. 所以我得將我的iPhone和我的Mac做同步處理，然後我得將我的其它裝置和我的Mac做同步處理，以便取得那首歌。
But then they've deposited some photos on the Mac, so I have to synch the iPhone again with the Mac to get those photos. 接著他們又在Mac裡存了一些照片，所以我又得將我的iPhone和我的Mac做同步處理，以便取得那些照片。
And keeping these devices in synch is driving us crazy. 要不停地將這些裝置做同步處理簡直把我們搞瘋了。
So what is the solution? Well, you take the Mac from the center of the hub, and you demote it to being just another device, and the cloud becomes the center. 那解決辦法呢？你把Mac從數位中心裡移出來，然後把它降級當成另一台裝置，雲端則成為數位中心。
And the computer joins your phone or tablet as just another gadget that needs to be synched. 這時候電腦和你的手機或平板電腦一樣，變成一台需要做同步處理的裝置。
But there are many limits to iCloud. Now, it is not a streaming service. 但是iCloud有很多限制。它不是一種串流服務。
Now, if you want to access your data on a certain device, iCloud, it makes it easy to download songs to a gadget, but you actually have to download it. 如果你想透過某個裝置拿到你的資料，iCloud能讓你很容易將歌曲下載到裝置裡，但你得實際動手去下載它。
You can't save space by leaving it in the cloud and streaming it. 你不能為了省下儲存空間而把資料留在雲端裡串流。
Also, no Web access. 同時，iCloud也無法透過網路連結。
Now the iCloud will freely share things like documents between your devices, but you'll need an Apple device and the right app to access them. iCloud讓你可以在不同裝置上分享譬如文件類的檔案，但你得有一台蘋果裝置和適當的應用軟體才能做得到。
Unlike Google Docs, you can't access documents through the web. 和谷歌的Docs不同的是，你無法透過網路取得文件。
And lastly, the storage is limited, iCloud will only keep the last 30 days worth of photos on its servers. 最後，儲存空間是有限制的。iCloud只會將過去三十天內的照片儲存在它的伺服器中。
Now remember, Jobs said that the computer has been demoted from being the central hub to just another device, 別忘了，賈伯斯說電腦已經從數位中心被降級成為一台普通裝置，
but the only device that will store all your photos is... your computer. 但是唯一能儲存你所有照片的裝置……還是你的電腦。
Now, whether those limits will affect the popularity of iCloud, now that remains to be seen. 這些限制是否會影響iCloud的受歡迎程度仍有待觀察。
Now, we'll find out when Apple releases iCloud later this year. 等蘋果在今年稍晚推出iCloud的時候就能見分曉了。