Because any cloud’s silver lining could be shinier.
We’re all for progress, especially when it comes to Apple gear, but sometimes good ideas can get lost in the shuffle. If that’s the case with MobileMe’s iDisk, it’ll be too bad. Sure, Documents in the Cloud is convenient, but Dropbox has taught us to love a folder full of stuff we can access anywhere, anytime. As Apple’s iCloud strategy grows, as iOS devices get increasingly powerful, and as third parties make use of iCloud storage, having every file we need in one location might make our digital lifestyles that much easier to manage.
Photo Stream could use some sharing lessons from MobileMe.
Photo Stream rocks for making your latest photos available on every device you own. But pictures are meant to be shared with the world, and right now that’s just not as easy as it should be. We can email our Photo Stream pictures to friends and family, but that’s a clunky way to share those captured memories. How great would it be to export our best shots to persistent online galleries, even if they took a bite out of our iCloud storage plans? The possibilities, and all the elegant gallery templates you just know Apple would create, are too tempting to pass up.
There’s something wrong with this picture. Apple needs to fix it.
Don’t get us wrong—we’re thrilled that iTunes Match lets us stream our libraries to other computers running iTunes (work computers may never be the same). But it’s a shame we can’t do the same thing on our iOS devices. The limitation might be Apple’s way of making sure users of Wi-Fi-only iOS devices have the same experience as their friends with 3G-powered iPhones and iPads, but we hope it’s a short-lived phase. After all, streaming iTunes Match would be a perfect fit for the 8GB iPhone 4 or iPod touch and a lot cheaper than a subscription to most current streaming services.
OS X could look sharp in a leather iOS jacket.
True, there are plenty of VNC (Virtual Network Computing) apps that will let you log in to your Mac and control it remotely. You probably use one or two already. But now picture one iCloud-style, and just maybe with a little faux leather styling thrown in for good measure. Let’s face it: we may love our Macs, but more and more of us leave the computer at home and travel with an iOS device in our pocket. Accessing the power of OS X from iOS, Apple-style, could make our vacations even better.
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January 14, 2012 at 12:00pm
None of the above. Just get the Mac and iOS versions of iWork to exchange data seamlessly. Until then, Dropbox rules OK.
