anyone else slightly worried about the future of dotMac? Yahoo and Google given time on stage to pimp their own services, and dotMac not even mentioned?
I have to say that I was surprised to see Steve discuss two products that aren't even available. This has to be the worst Apple event I've seen yet. What ever happened to hosting an event where people could actually get their hands on what Steve was talking about?
You can order Apple TV today, with 100,000 units said to be in transit.
As for the rest, I don't think Steve J considered them as important for the Keynote as making a comprehensive presentation on iPhone. The iPhone is simply too big an announcement to limit it to a 15 minute segment. Also I believe that if Steve HAD presented iLife/iWork 07 and a preview of Leopard it would have been totally lost with the iPhone announcement.
The timing of the iPhone announcement, however, was perfect. Not only did it avoid having the FCC release the information it also gave everyone who would be signing a 1 or 2 year agreement over the next 6 months with a mobile carrier a chance to look over the iPhone and decide if they want to wait for it. Avoids frustration on the part of the customers stuck with an agreement that keeps them from buying the iPhone and also builds up a very large customer base waiting to order the iphone the first day it's available.
anyone else slightly worried about the future of dotMac? Yahoo and Google given time on stage to pimp their own services, and dotMac not even mentioned?
I dont know.
Windows users don't (can't) use .Mac and the phone is intended to appeal to them as well. By integrating services from Yahoo and Google, Apple can appeal to Windows users while avoiding costs and hassles of developing a .Mac based solution specifically for them.
Could they open .Mac to Windows users? Sure, probably, but then you're asking them to pay another $99 a year on top of the phone and its contract to be able to use it to its fullest.
The services mentioned from Yahoo and Google are free. Additionally, the Yahoo and Google services are very likely ones that both Mac and Windows users are already used to and comfortable with. Given the purpose of the new phone and the expectations Apple has for it, it doesn't hurt to have two solid companies like Yahoo and Google working with you.
ps - On a related note, Apple doesn't even offer a .Mac service anything like Google Maps so it's perfectly clear why they were on stage to "pimp their service".
pps - I have a .Mac account but I'm glad they aren't trying to force it on prospective buyers of the phone. I *would*, however, like to see them provide ties to it for those who do have a .Mac account.
ps - On a related note, Apple doesn't even offer a .Mac service anything like Google Maps so it's perfectly clear why they were on stage to "pimp their service".
pps - I have a .Mac account but I'm glad they aren't trying to force it on prospective buyers of the phone. I *would*, however, like to see them provide ties to it for those who do have a .Mac account.
Any chance Apple will upgrade .Mac in the near future? Larger storage limits, for example? Also, should we expect any major overhauls of iWeb, considering it seems to be a pretty weak app at this point?
I don't expect them to reduce the price, since Apple is usually pretty pricepoint-consistent, but I'm going to need .Mac to be a little more worthwhile before I climb on-board for the long haul.
anyone else slightly worried about the future of dotMac? Yahoo and Google given time on stage to pimp their own services, and dotMac not even mentioned?
I dont know.
I'm not worried. Steve used Google and Yahoo for endorsements, mentioning .Mac would only take away from their own "fire"
Windows users don't (can't) use .Mac and the phone is intended to appeal to them as well. By integrating services from Yahoo and Google, Apple can appeal to Windows users while avoiding costs and hassles of developing a .Mac based solution specifically for them.
Could they open .Mac to Windows users? Sure, probably, but then you're asking them to pay another $99 a year on top of the phone and its contract to be able to use it to its fullest.
The services mentioned from Yahoo and Google are free. Additionally, the Yahoo and Google services are very likely ones that both Mac and Windows users are already used to and comfortable with. Given the purpose of the new phone and the expectations Apple has for it, it doesn't hurt to have two solid companies like Yahoo and Google working with you.
ps - On a related note, Apple doesn't even offer a .Mac service anything like Google Maps so it's perfectly clear why they were on stage to "pimp their service".
pps - I have a .Mac account but I'm glad they aren't trying to force it on prospective buyers of the phone. I *would*, however, like to see them provide ties to it for those who do have a .Mac account.
There is the Windows XP iDisk Utility you should find in your iDisk.
As for .Mac users and the iPhone, the iPhone uses Widgets and Leopard will introduce .Mac syncing of Dashboard Widgets. See the connection yet?
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I wouldn't be surprised if Apple released one as well.
FWIW, Steve's keynote was running on Keynote '07.
He also could've been running a Leopard Beta, if the rumours are true that iLife/iWork '07 use Leopard specific features.
I dont know.
I have to say that I was surprised to see Steve discuss two products that aren't even available. This has to be the worst Apple event I've seen yet. What ever happened to hosting an event where people could actually get their hands on what Steve was talking about?
You can order Apple TV today, with 100,000 units said to be in transit.
As for the rest, I don't think Steve J considered them as important for the Keynote as making a comprehensive presentation on iPhone. The iPhone is simply too big an announcement to limit it to a 15 minute segment. Also I believe that if Steve HAD presented iLife/iWork 07 and a preview of Leopard it would have been totally lost with the iPhone announcement.
The timing of the iPhone announcement, however, was perfect. Not only did it avoid having the FCC release the information it also gave everyone who would be signing a 1 or 2 year agreement over the next 6 months with a mobile carrier a chance to look over the iPhone and decide if they want to wait for it. Avoids frustration on the part of the customers stuck with an agreement that keeps them from buying the iPhone and also builds up a very large customer base waiting to order the iphone the first day it's available.
anyone else slightly worried about the future of dotMac? Yahoo and Google given time on stage to pimp their own services, and dotMac not even mentioned?
I dont know.
Windows users don't (can't) use .Mac and the phone is intended to appeal to them as well. By integrating services from Yahoo and Google, Apple can appeal to Windows users while avoiding costs and hassles of developing a .Mac based solution specifically for them.
Could they open .Mac to Windows users? Sure, probably, but then you're asking them to pay another $99 a year on top of the phone and its contract to be able to use it to its fullest.
The services mentioned from Yahoo and Google are free. Additionally, the Yahoo and Google services are very likely ones that both Mac and Windows users are already used to and comfortable with. Given the purpose of the new phone and the expectations Apple has for it, it doesn't hurt to have two solid companies like Yahoo and Google working with you.
ps - On a related note, Apple doesn't even offer a .Mac service anything like Google Maps so it's perfectly clear why they were on stage to "pimp their service".
pps - I have a .Mac account but I'm glad they aren't trying to force it on prospective buyers of the phone. I *would*, however, like to see them provide ties to it for those who do have a .Mac account.
ps - On a related note, Apple doesn't even offer a .Mac service anything like Google Maps so it's perfectly clear why they were on stage to "pimp their service".
pps - I have a .Mac account but I'm glad they aren't trying to force it on prospective buyers of the phone. I *would*, however, like to see them provide ties to it for those who do have a .Mac account.
Any chance Apple will upgrade .Mac in the near future? Larger storage limits, for example? Also, should we expect any major overhauls of iWeb, considering it seems to be a pretty weak app at this point?
I don't expect them to reduce the price, since Apple is usually pretty pricepoint-consistent, but I'm going to need .Mac to be a little more worthwhile before I climb on-board for the long haul.
anyone else slightly worried about the future of dotMac? Yahoo and Google given time on stage to pimp their own services, and dotMac not even mentioned?
I dont know.
I'm not worried. Steve used Google and Yahoo for endorsements, mentioning .Mac would only take away from their own "fire"
Sebastian
Windows users don't (can't) use .Mac and the phone is intended to appeal to them as well. By integrating services from Yahoo and Google, Apple can appeal to Windows users while avoiding costs and hassles of developing a .Mac based solution specifically for them.
Could they open .Mac to Windows users? Sure, probably, but then you're asking them to pay another $99 a year on top of the phone and its contract to be able to use it to its fullest.
The services mentioned from Yahoo and Google are free. Additionally, the Yahoo and Google services are very likely ones that both Mac and Windows users are already used to and comfortable with. Given the purpose of the new phone and the expectations Apple has for it, it doesn't hurt to have two solid companies like Yahoo and Google working with you.
ps - On a related note, Apple doesn't even offer a .Mac service anything like Google Maps so it's perfectly clear why they were on stage to "pimp their service".
pps - I have a .Mac account but I'm glad they aren't trying to force it on prospective buyers of the phone. I *would*, however, like to see them provide ties to it for those who do have a .Mac account.
There is the Windows XP iDisk Utility you should find in your iDisk.
As for .Mac users and the iPhone, the iPhone uses Widgets and Leopard will introduce .Mac syncing of Dashboard Widgets. See the connection yet?
Sebastian