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Apple WWDC: iOS 5, Lion, iCloud

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-a-haircut-and-get-a-steve-jobs dept.

Steve Jobs was on hand today to kick off Apple's WWDC keynote. Lion took the lead, with no surprises except a $29.99 pricetag and a July ship date. iOS is getting a new "Notification Center"; Twitter is being integrated; he announced a split thumbable keyboard for iPads; wireless syncing; and a native IM system for iOS devices, shipping in the Fall. iCloud will be free, syncing apps (Mail, Calendar, Contacts and iWork apps) across devices. Photostream is iCloud for pictures. iTunes iCloud will let you re-download your tracks at last, and iTunes Match will let you match your ripped CDs to Apple's copies.

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  1. Re:itunes match: 25 dollar insurance..??? by Servaas · · Score: 1, Troll

    I care nothing for iTunes but for 25 dollars a pardon for past download crimes even I could go apeshit over.

  2. Re:In other words... by gumbi+west · · Score: 0, Troll

    Name one. I'm guessing it is just an improvement on an existing feature. Apple already has file sharing built in, this new one is probably just easier to use.

    Look, I've had system wide native pdf, spell check in every application for about 10 years, AFAIR, Windows 7 is the first Windows with those features and the pdf is not nearly as easy to implement for developers.

    There is also the fact that the Apple version just works. When you install Windows 7 or a new Linux kernel, do you have to restart? Why? OS X Lion don't require that.