Apple's goal with iCloud and Air* is not to compete with Dropbox. iCloud, in general, seems poised so that no matter what device it originated on, you can find

Apple's goal with iCloud and Air* is not to compete with Dropbox. iCloud, in general, seems poised so that no matter what device it originated on, you can find your data. Take a look at PhotoStream. Yes, you can't delete individual files, and yes, it has very few features. That's not the point. The bottom line is that any photo you took on your iPhone appears almost immediately on your other Apple devices. You can view them on your AppleTV, you can flip through them on your iPad, you can download them to iPhoto. There's no extra step, the photos just appear. iCloud is Apple's attempt for this to happen for all of your data. Airdrop is a red herring. It's to solve the short-term problem of "I have a file on Computer A, and I want to transfer it to Computer B." In the end, ideally, this would never happen. Your app of choice would grab the file from iCloud seamlessly. I don't think Apple cares that this doesn't work on Windows. Like the new owner of the Jaguars said, "I think I can clarify at this point for me a fan is somebody who is a season ticket holder."