Does this also create an offsite copy? So if your house burned down you are covered? I do use an offsite solution that is excellent, but like to look at new tech.
Unfortunately that is a limit of these units, Pappy. However, if you had a second unit somewhere else, you could mirror your primary unit to an offsite secondary drive, like at work or another home such as a family member. I'm thinking of installing a secondary at work.
pz do these cloud drives have the ability to host videos or pictures through links like Photobucket does? Or is there any software that you can use to accomplish this?
Not that I'm aware of, muebe - that would be a great idea, but also expose your drive to potential hacking (since now everyone would know of it's existence). I've simply placed my photos on the cloud drive, then Picasa maps to it. I click and choose images, which are then automatically uploaded to Picasa web albums and share that link via emails or on forums. Nice thing is that if you limit your photo size to 2048x2048 (or smaller) then they allow an unlimited number if images.
Does the WD Cloud Device show up as a mapped network drive on you home desktop? I use a free backup software called FBackup and an external 2G drive but I've always had issues networking that external so my Wife's PC and laptop can see it ... sounds like this would be perfect for doing backups also. This way we could all do our backups to the cloud and then when on the road I could access the backups and have access to all the files on my PC 
What do you think? Am I on the right track?
Absolutely, smoker pete - you can map the drive on your home network, attach a secondary drive through the cloud's USB 3.0 port and actually setup automatic backup from your personal cloud to the USB drive. However, if your house burns down then everything is lost unless you do offsite backup as Pappy mentioned. When you use the cloud at home, then you are using it through your in home network. If you are out traveling somewhere, then you can still access your personal cloud via a login that you create when you set up the drive. You can have as many login accounts as you like, and access from anywhere in the world.
Thats pretty cool ... I see Cisco is bringing on the "Fog" next... seriously...
The Nikon camera I had recently and the one Kerry does have auto connects to our I-Pads and loads the pictures through a wifi connection. You can also control the camera with Ipad or phone.
I really like the personal cloud space idea where its yours. Not just out there on somebodys server somewhere....
I want to get a wireless-enabled media card for my camera as well - that would make the system perfect for my needs! ... and I too like the data on my personal cloud rather than on a retailer somewhere that might decided to charge me one day when the mood suits them.
