Cloud Clients A cloud client consists of computer hardware and/or software that relies on cloud computing for application delivery , or that is specifically designed for delivery of cloud services and that, in either case, is essentially useless without it. Examples include some computers , phones and other devices, operating systems and browsers . Cloud Clients- Image Source Cloud Clients is the term used to refer to the devices and often the devices' operating system that are used to access Cloud Services. Some examples of these include: Smartphones, iPhones, netbooks, iPad, thin clients, thick clients (AKA fat client), and so on. Thin client - often refers to a computer that has very basic functionality, and mainly offloads the bulk of functionality to a server. Thick clients ( fat client ) - A computer that doesn't need or rely on a server to run. A typical computer is a thick client. With Cloud Computing, whichever cloud client you use to connect to your Cloud appl