Apple Brings iCloud Photos and More To Android With New Web-Based Apps 12
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: With no fanfare or public announcement, Apple has launched a mobile version of its Web-based interface for accessing iCloud services like Notes, Reminders, and Photos. Located at icloud.com just like the desktop version, this mobile site works on the default browsers for both iOS and Android devices (with some caveats for the latter) and has a more limited scope than users already saw on the desktop Web. That smaller scope starts with the Web apps that are available: the mobile version only offers Photos, Notes, Find iPhone, and Reminders. By contrast, the desktop version also offers Mail, Contacts, Calendar, iCloud Drive, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and Find Friends. It's possible Apple will add more apps to mobile Web over time.
Just sayin (Score:1)
Reminders is the single worst todo app I've ever used. The sole reason to use it is that's where Siri dumps anything you verbally ask it to remind you of.
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Wait, doesn't iOS use a providers model? (Score:2)
On Android the actual.calendaring data is managed by a calendar provider. One of many you can choose, use and install.
And the calendar app is simply a client, using the providers interface.
I'd be surprised if iOS didn't do that too.
So tge calendar data should be available from any calendar app, no matter how Siri dumps it.
Do away with desktop app?! (Score:2)
I only use the horrible, cpu consuming windows service to access photos easily, this update to iCloud looks like an excellent replacement!
No "Messages"? (Score:2)
Plus the fact that you can't set default apps in IOS - Apple apps always open addresses in Apple Maps, web link in Safari etc.
The only way to have choice (and platform portability) is to completely avoid Apple apps altogether. (in IOS, not OSX though.)
So I've long been using Google Photos, and Chrome on my iPhone.
Say no to vendor lock-in.
(Yes, better than before when Apple did not even allow you to *install* competing products without a jailbreak. )
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I think all iPhone browsers must be based on webkit. The browser choice on iPhone is in some ways even more a lie than it is on Android.
I don't like them any better than Google, but Amazon Drive will still let you sync your phone and computer. Google removed that feature because reasons.
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I think all iPhone browsers must be based on webkit.
Yes, but that has some advantages and is not completely terrible. You still get a choice of user interface.
Chrome or Firefox on iphone still let you use your desktop search history, saved passwords, etc.
And you get to choose which apps are opened to handle non-web URLs.
A pity about the lack of extensions though.
Re: More crap software from apple (Score:2)
Coming from the right one, that is, fanboy.
Thanks! I always wanted that! (Score:2)
Like the plague!