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Google is not forcing web apps on mobile devices. There are Android apps for Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Maps, and Reader.

by dannyr 15y ago

ajross 15y ago
That's kind of what I'm thinking. This only looks revolutionary if you haven't been watching Android at all. When the G1 shipped with universal integration with gmail, calendar, contacts, google checkout, etc... it was a revelation. When the "share via..." interface was extended (often via third parties) to handle youtube and twitter and facebook etc... it was really great... And now this is a focus for Apple too. Great, I'm sure they'll do a good job and come up with some fantastic new ideas. But let's not pretend this is a whole new market or a fundamental innovation. Handsets have been moving in this direction for 3+ years now.
- mishmash 15y ago
  >Handsets have been moving in this direction for 3+ years now. And iTools is 11 years old. Don't believe the popular iTools/dotMac/MobileMe is crap argument either, iDisk was badass when it debuted. And despite all the press regarding MobileMe's launch, the syncing actually works really well too. You can image a machine, plug in your AppleID, and within a few minutes - all of your stuff (including individual app preferences, wallpapers, Dock icons, etc.) show up. Restart and launch Migration Assistant on a gig network, and within an hour or so you can completely mirror entire workstations. It even copies Photoshop registration and *nix config files. iCloud is simply the continuation of a vision Apple has been working on for more than a decade. :)
  - tjogin 15y ago
    Exactly. For Steve Jobs it's closer to two decades, even. As described in Steve Jobs' closing keynote of WWDC 1997, where he outlines his setup from eight years earlier (1989). http://youtu.be/3LEXae1j6EY?t=14m25s http://youtu.be/3LEXae1j6EY?t=14m25s This idea didn't come to Apple via Google, it predates Google's existence, by a decade. The technical solution was different then, but Steve's focus is on the user experience, and that is quite similar.

Google is not forcing web apps on mobile devices. There are Android apps for Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Maps, and Reader.

by dannyr 15y ago

Google is not forcing web apps on mobile devices. There are Android apps for Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Maps, and Reader.

That's kind of what I'm thinking. This only looks revolutionary if you haven't been watching Android at all. When the G1 shipped with universal integration with gmail, calendar, contacts, google checkout, etc... it was a revelation. When the "share via..." interface was extended (often via third parties) to handle youtube and twitter and facebook etc... it was really great... And now this is a focus for Apple too. Great, I'm sure they'll do a good job and come up with some fantastic new ideas. But let's not pretend this is a whole new market or a fundamental innovation. Handsets have been moving in this direction for 3+ years now.

mishmash 15y ago
>Handsets have been moving in this direction for 3+ years now. And iTools is 11 years old. Don't believe the popular iTools/dotMac/MobileMe is crap argument either, iDisk was badass when it debuted. And despite all the press regarding MobileMe's launch, the syncing actually works really well too. You can image a machine, plug in your AppleID, and within a few minutes - all of your stuff (including individual app preferences, wallpapers, Dock icons, etc.) show up. Restart and launch Migration Assistant on a gig network, and within an hour or so you can completely mirror entire workstations. It even copies Photoshop registration and *nix config files. iCloud is simply the continuation of a vision Apple has been working on for more than a decade. :)
- tjogin 15y ago
  Exactly. For Steve Jobs it's closer to two decades, even. As described in Steve Jobs' closing keynote of WWDC 1997, where he outlines his setup from eight years earlier (1989). http://youtu.be/3LEXae1j6EY?t=14m25s http://youtu.be/3LEXae1j6EY?t=14m25s This idea didn't come to Apple via Google, it predates Google's existence, by a decade. The technical solution was different then, but Steve's focus is on the user experience, and that is quite similar.