Re: [Fed-Talk] iCloud question (UNCLASSIFIED)
Re: [Fed-Talk] iCloud question (UNCLASSIFIED)
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] iCloud question (UNCLASSIFIED)
- From: "Pike, Michael (IHS/HQ)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:30:22 -0400
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] iCloud question (UNCLASSIFIED)
I just need activesync for ota to all devices. I don't use outlook.
Activesync is one thing Microsoft did right.
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On Jun 8, 2011, at 11:22 AM, "Hamilton, Daniel J Mr CIV US USA USAASC" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> "Reminders go to Outlook, Some of the iCloud stuff works on Windows"
>
> Correct but iCloud works via iTunes windows to sync to iOS devices. To
> sync to a non-iOS device, you'd have to have a non-iCloud sync through
> Outlook. So:
>
> iOS Device <----> iCloud <--> PC iTunes <--> outlook <--> non-apple
> Outlook Sync <--> Android/WinPhone
>
> Even then, iCloud syncing through Outlook is not doing anything that
> isn't already there in some way (contacts, calendars, reminders, email).
> Safe to say iCloud is more than that - photos, docs, app data (there are
> iCloud APIs being shown to developers this week at WWDC).
>
> Assuming iCloud works as advertised, the iOS platform would be seamless.
> Any integration with other device platforms is going to be incomplete
> and haphazard, which I think is an argument Apple is going to want to
> make in its favor.
>
> R
> Dan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Esler [mailto:email@hidden]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 12:08 PM
> To: Hamilton, Daniel J Mr CIV US USA USAASC
> Cc: Pike, Michael (IHS/HQ); email@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] iCloud question (UNCLASSIFIED)
>
> Some of the features are. Reminders go to Outlook, Some of the iCloud
> stuff works on Windows.
>
> I'd say "don't know" at this point. Too early.
>
> j
>
> On Jun 8, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Hamilton, Daniel J Mr CIV US USA USAASC
> wrote:
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>> Everything I saw/read/hear is that its iOS specific.
>>
>> Normally, I'd say but maybe in the future, but I can't think of any
>> competitive advantage to Apple to open iCloud up to non-iOS devices.
>>
>> R/
>> Dan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fed-talk-bounces+daniel.hamilton6=email@hidden
>> [mailto:fed-talk-bounces+daniel.hamilton6=email@hidden]
>> On Behalf Of Pike, Michael (IHS/HQ)
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 11:55 AM
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>> Subject: [Fed-Talk] iCloud question
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>> I have moved away from MobileMe in regards to contact and calendar
>> management because it only pushes to iOS devices, and as you know, I
>> have many...
>>
>> I've moved to live.com because it supports true activesync across
>> everything (iOS, Android, WP7, etc) and it is free. I'd use Google
> but
>> until they can get their contact management system to work right (quit
>> adding everyone that leaves me an email, and trying to mix people
>> together) they arent a viable option.
>>
>> I would love to move back to iCloud or MobileMe or whatever it is, and
>> the promise from the keynote about it talking to everything made me
>> happy.
>>
>> Does anyone know if iCloud will support true activesync or is it iOS
>> specific like the current MobileMe?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>>
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