Jobs talked for years about making Apple the center of your digital life. iCloud will be the back-end, but devices on your desktop, inyourpocket, and throughout your home are the front-facing aspect of that relationship.
His point gets to the heart of one of the biggest benefits of this new era in technology if you can access your work from wherever you are, on whatever device you have inyourpocket, then you can do so in a way that fits into yourlife.