Yesterday atWWDC, Steve Jobs neatlypresented iCloudas the perfect replacement for its soon-to-be-mothballedMobileMeservice… except that one key feature of MobileMe was missing: the Web apps.
Yes, as flawed as it may be, MobileMe lets you access your email, calendar, address book, photo gallery and iDisk storage via the Web as well as via Apple’s own devices. It was a key selling point of the service and yet, while customers are being transitioned over to iCloud, there’s as yet been no mention of Web access.
On theiCloud pagedetailing contacts, calendar and mail, there’s only mention of access via Apple devices. So, what’s happening? As I see it, it’s one of the following.
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While that argument makes sense on a commercial level to Apple, it will surely annoy people who want to check their email on a friend’s computer or add an appointment to their calendar from a hotel lobby PC.
Hopefully, Apple’s silence on the matter indicates that the company thinks it’sobviousthat iCloud will get MobileMe’s Web apps, so why mention it? However, given Apple’s track record for doing thing its way rather than the way everyone else thinks is obvious, I wouldn’t be certain of that.
Story byMartin SFP Bryant
Martin SFP Bryant is the founder of UK startup newsletter PreSeed Now and technology and media consultancy Big Revolution. He was previously(show all)Martin SFP Bryant is the founder of UK startup newsletterPreSeed Nowand technology and media consultancyBig Revolution. He was previously Editor-in-Chief at TNW.
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