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Comment It's a framework for apps to use (Score 1) 189

by JonMcL on Thursday October 13, 2011 @10:34AM (#37701482) Attached to: No PDFs, No Co-editing On Underwhelming Apple iCloud

I'm no expert, but isn't it a framework for both iOS and Mac Apps to use? Out of the box it does very little, except for a few Apple functions that are already taking advantage of it (Safari's "Reading List" for example). But if someone wants to create a PDF editing tool, you just use the iCloud API to store your PDFs. Then the Mac version of the PDF editing tool can access the same file as your iPhone version. Or your iPad can do the same. It's a storage device that apps have access to. It is not a storage device that you will browse for files in. Also, each app will only have access to it's own data.

No PDFs, No Co-editing On Underwhelming Apple iCloud 189

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 13, 2011 @10:20AM from the praise-so-faint-it's-hard-to-make-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Apple's iCloud service has been a little overlooked in the bunfight for the iPhone 4S. When it was first announced some predicted it would wipe out companies like Box.net, DropBox and so on. As the NYTimes put it, "Maybe Apple will kill them all.' Box.net's CEO disagreed and it looks like he was right. You can't store PDFs and images on iCloud except with PhotoStream, there's no co-editing, and the document management interface is a shambles."

Comment Re:Heh (Score 1) 212

by JonMcL on Saturday October 30, 2010 @08:37AM (#34072240) Attached to: Microsoft's Silverlight Strategy 'Has Shifted'

Just an FYI -- Firefox doesn't support MP3 natively in the audio tag either. Only OGG is supported.

Comment Murky brown seems to be a theme here (Score 1) 472

by JonMcL on Thursday September 14, 2006 @05:05PM (#16108676) Attached to: Microsoft Launches the Zune

Not only is the brown color an odd choice, but I love the picture of the happy couple standing in the water.

That shot was taken at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge (I believe) in NYC. So the happy couple is playing in the East River -- not one of the cleanest waterways in the world. You can see the nice murky water at their feet :)

Oh and also, as someone else pointed out, those pics and text seem awfully hi-res for a QVGA display

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