Hold on. It’s just a rumour. But a tasty one at that. 9to5Mac reports that their ‘best source’ has dumped a truckload of information on them. The first bit, iWork takes to the cloud.
The first big piece of information is that iWork is going into the Cloud. Not just storage, either. We are talking interface for Numbers, Pages and Keynote (which is going to see some interesting new templates and transition additions). Yes, the iWork applications are now going to be Web Applications.
Imagine having Pages and Keynote icons in your MobileMe web apps! I hope Apple does a good job integrating iWork 09 desktop apps, with iDisk storage and the MobileMe web apps. I’m sure they will.
Of course, questions still remain as to whether these (still rumoured) apps will work on the iPhone and iPod Touch, and whether they will work with any browser on the market (using some of that awesome Google Gears technology). And for the love of all things sane, will Apple release a window viewing app especially for Keynote presentations! Be prepared for a lot more rumours to surface, as we approach D-day.
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Great it is. So will I be entitled for its use, if I get iWork 09. Prolly not, but if yes, then it would be icing on the cake.
I’d say if it does happen, it will be tied to MobileMe. I just hope they don’t charge extra for MobileMe+iWork Online (they have a tendency to do that). I don’t think it will come free for desktop users though.
From what I’m hearing, MobileMe isn’t the smoothest or reliable Apple product. I wouldn’t be one of those people that jump at the chance to store my school/work documents in the Apple cloud until they get it all fixed up.
Best source or not it’s junk, and if it’s not, I hope it is. Apple’s MobileMe is so F’ed up. It ate -alot- of -important- and -detailed- contacts, replacing them with nothing or incomplete crap. Their web interface is horrible, slow, doesn’t work the same as software, lacks features the web rendition of iCal is infuriating.
Honestly web apps are crap, and I say that as someone who actually makes his living writing them! Don’t expect to see a passable substitute for the desktop versions, decent integration or respect for your data. Apple has failed to deliver these things with everything web related they touch.