Now, here's what happens when I try to stream a video on my phone's internet connection:

* It takes 20 seconds of buffering just to start. * Assuming it's 360p, it runs for about a minute or two, then starts to buffer again. If it's higher, it lasts even less. * The video starts to buffer again. This takes another 20 seconds. * This repeats until the end of the video. * My phone company charges me €2 for data used in excess of my daily allowance.

My home internet connection is mostly the same experience, except I can watch a 480p video, and I don't get charged €2 for it.

A lot of places that I might be don't even get EDGE coverage, never mind 3G or anything better. For 25 of the 30 minutes of my most common bus trip, I don't have 3G coverage.

Here's what happens when I watch a video of any quality on my microSD card.

* I open the video in my video player. * The video plays, without interruption, until the end.

I'll be sticking with local storage for a while yet.

You can still just sync sporadically what you need, and keep the complete library on a HD or your main computer. Most peoples' collections won't even fit on a 128GB device.

I could, or I could just have my collection available when I decide to listen to it rather than have to think to put it on a smaller device beforehand.