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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. Your mother by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    She's still a whore btw.

  2. Annnnnd it's a big nothing. by Chitlenz · · Score: -1, Troll

    I was hoping for some new iphone ... or flash support... or SOMETHING new. Icloud? SERIOUSLY?

    I think it's painfully evident that programmers and marketing people think completely differently about tech at this point. To me, The Cloud (TM) was the SAN 10 years ago (storage area network), and it changes absolutely NOTHING. Except maybe now apple can cut you off from your own computer whenever they feel like it.

    No thanks, come back when you guys learn to innovate again though and we'll try again, mmk?

    --
    Imagination is the silver lining of Intelligence.
  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. So behind the times... by Civil_Disobedient · · Score: -1, Troll

    iOS is getting a new "Notification Center" ... Like my Android phone.
    Twitter is being integrated ... Like my Android phone. Facebook as well.
    a split thumbable keyboard for iPads ... Like my Android phone.
    wireless syncing ... Like my Android phone. Also, 3G syncing.
    a native IM system for iOS devices ... Why would I want a "native" system when I can use an open one? (Like my An... oh, never mind)
    iCloud will be free ... Like Google services are on my Android phone.
    syncing apps (Mail, Calendar, Contacts and iWork apps) across devices ... Like my Android phone.
    Photostream is iCloud for pictures ... And Picasa is iCloud for Android. So what?
    iTunes iCloud will let you re-download your tracks at last ... Hahaha! By Grabthar's Hammer... what a feature!
    and iTunes Match will let you match your ripped CDs to Apple's copies ... Unless Apple doesn't have a copy.

    Apple is looking more and more pathetic by the day.