If you’ve been reading my recent posts, you’ll know that I’ve been pondering the prospects of multi-device integrations and how my devices can be better utilised and data shared across all of them no matter which one I’m using at the time.
I’ve already taken the step to purchase a network attached storage device to centralise my files and other data and I’m now considering the set up of a media centre type set up that suits my budget and provides all of the features that I want. I’ve yet to set anything up yet (as I’m still awaiting delivery of the items from http://www.cclonline.com/, which I’ve used many times before and can’t recommend them enough).
But the thing that’s exciting me right now, is that it seems Microsoft have also been thinking along the same sort of lines and have developed something they are calling “Mesh”, which is part of their “Live” services. Mesh, despite the name (which to me conjures up images of a tangle), is a way of using online services and the internetwork to integrate all your devices together and allow you to, for example, view photos on your mobile phone or bring up documents created on your home PC on your laptop without having to go through the whole server-client-network storage-sharing thing. The Mesh platform just takes care of everything for you, using some of the Microsoft Live services, and some other online services such as Flickr for photographs, etc.
It’s a product/platform that I’m truly inspired by and can’t wait to get my hands on and start playing with. Mesh is currently available only in “Tech Preview” mode and on invitation-only at this point, needless to say I’m signed up and awaiting invite, but if this proves to be a successful service offering, then Microsoft may well have solved a big problems for users using multiple-devices and further springboard their online service offerings.
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