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This is currently the weakest link in the overall Apple experience, and it gets even worse if you want to use, say, Google Contacts and Calendar.
by easp 14y ago
This is currently the weakest link in the overall Apple experience, and it gets even worse if you want to use, say, Google Contacts and Calendar.
- Drbble 14y agoInconvenience of using non-Apple products is part of Apple's design philosophy. They have no interest in interoperability beyond what came accidentally when they used BSD/NEXTStep tech to replace OS 9.
- alanh 14y agoThat is, strictly speaking, not true. Trivially so, since you said “no interest.” If they had none at all, why would they go so far as to actively support non-Apple services? Relatedly, their aggressive support of the Web as a platform is by definition interoperable. Their best-in-class mobile browser (or nearly — source: PPK/Quirksmode) can almost be considered a universal interoperability module.