Apple WWDC - iOS 5 for iPhone/iPad - iCloud

[little bob]

Unfortunately, as with every company, Apple makes their products in their keynotes look an awful lot better than in practice.

Some questions I've had that have not been answered by my various Apple insider friends.

1. Podcasts: There is no mention of wireless synching when it comes to podcasts. Heck, you can't even subscribe to a podcast on an iPad currently, so am I going to have to continue to hard wire sync for podcasts?

2. iCloud: Just how will iTunes determine what songs you have? Metadata? I can already see the software coming out to change the metadata of a song to anything you want, thus getting music for free. Also, what about video? I have over 200 movies that I own legally ripped to my home server. Can I upload and synch these too?

3. Bandwidth: With people having a large amount of media on all their computers, plus surfing, video game consoles, apple TV, Netflix, people are going to reach their ISP bandwidth caps pretty quickly.

All this seems like a good idea in theory, I'm just holding off judgement until I see it in practice.

Android is doing all of this and it isn't a problem yet. Why would it be now?

 

[Disney Dad Canada]

I DL podcasts to my iPad all the time. Check your settings.

You can download podcasts, but not subscribe.

My ISP is "Linksys" and it has no caps.

Bandwidth may not be an issue for the US, but in most other countries it's a huge issue.

Android is doing all of this and it isn't a problem yet. Why would it be now?

I can already wirelessly subscribe to podcasts via Android, as well as access all of my music from my home server. It's wait and see on iOS 5 as to whether it will allow you to do the same.

 

[little bob]

You can download podcasts, but not subscribe.




Bandwidth may not be an issue for the US, but in most other countries it's a huge issue.



I can already wirelessly subscribe to podcasts via Android, as well as access all of my music from my home server. It's wait and see on iOS 5 as to whether it will allow you to do the same.

I have been subscribing to podcasts on my iPhone for almost two years. I can access all songs,movies and pictures on my NAS from all of our iPhones and iPads.

 

[Disney Dad Canada]

I have been subscribing to podcasts on my iPhone for almost two years. I can access all songs,movies and pictures on my NAS from all of our iPhones and iPads.

You cannot subscribe to podcasts on an iPad. Can't be done. You can get more episodes, but thats it. In order to subscribe you need to do it on a computer through iTunes, then hard wire synch. Hopefully this is added in iOS5, but I haven't read it anywhere.

 

[little bob]

You cannot subscribe to podcasts on an iPad. Can't be done. You can get more episodes, but thats it. In order to subscribe you need to do it on a computer through iTunes, then hard wire synch. Hopefully this is added in iOS5, but I haven't read it anywhere.

I have been subscribing to podcasts on my iPad for over a year. I click update every day and it updates all of the podcasts that I listen to. I subscribe to video podcasts on my iPad and audio on my iPhone.

 

[Disney Dad Canada]

I have been subscribing to podcasts on my iPad for over a year. I click update every day and it updates all of the podcasts that I listen to. I subscribe to video podcasts on my iPad and audio on my iPhone.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=927717
http://forum.tipb.com/ipad-forum/188523-how-do-i-subscribe-podcasts-via-ipad.html

If you know of a way, other than an RSS reader (which is messy at best), than I'm all ears. There simply is no subscribe button for podcasts on an iPad.

 

[little bob]

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=927717
http://forum.tipb.com/ipad-forum/188523-how-do-i-subscribe-podcasts-via-ipad.html

If you know of a way, other than an RSS reader (which is messy at best), than I'm all ears. There simply is no subscribe button for podcasts on an iPad.

I use an app called podcaster. I use it every day and it works great. I don't know if it is an RSS reader or not.

However, you most certanly CAN subscribe to podcasts on iOS devices. Its how I listen to the DIS.

 

[MinnieDiva]

but I did see at the bottom of the announcement it says IOS 5 is compatible with iPhone 3GS (http://www.apple.com/ios/ios5/features.html)
Hope that helps!

Thanks! At least it's not going to be obsolete yet!

 

[PHILCT]

PHOTOSTREAM will put your photos to the ICLOUD.

So I plan to use my IPAD 2 with camera kit to import pictures to the IPAD 2's Camera Roll.

Some of the new features will allow you to create new ALBUMS directly on the device, and not run back to the PC ITUNES to have it to do this feature, with pc wired re-syncing to your IOS device to hold the new album you wanted in the first place.

I am hoping that the PHOTOS app will also allow sorting, or at least to create a new album with the new preferred sort order. Has anyone heard anything on the ability to sort, or select multiple photos when creating this new album creating feature ? I would like real album sorting, and not virtual sorting for uploading to a PC or MAC, via wifi. Again I want to use the IPAD 2 as a standalone device while I am on vacation, and make it function well, while I am on vacation.

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Currently my personal camera's videos (Quicktime Movies) will not play on the IPAD 2 device, maybe they have the wrong bit rate or whatever.
My only recourse is to load them back to the wired pc ITUNES, and then let ITUNES sync them again back to the IPAD 2 where it does it's magic conversion from a new folder on the PC I created, and with ITUNES wired syncing the new album back to the device the video finally plays on the IPAD 2 because it is now in H264 format. (Like a hour later too)

Do you think ICLOUDS and PHOTOSTREAM will handle personal camera videos via the cam kit to upload to the cloud, and will there be a virtual ITUNES syncing back to the device to put the VIDEOS back to the device in the favored APPLE format that ITUNES sync does today (H264)?

I wonder if PHOTOSTREAM will even upload these videos to ICLOUD, one thing can be said for 1000 photos limit, but how much limit on VIDEO uploading (I am not talking about Hollywood Videos). If you take long IPHONE videos, will you get them up to ICLOUD?

Just think of all those PC programs as well as PC ITUNES program that does VIDEO conversion to the H264 format, will ICLOUD have an ICONVERTVIDEOS counterpart?

I bought my IPAD 2 in order to NOT bring a laptop with me to Dinseyworld, and store my photos on the IPAD 2 immediately at Disneyworld, I wonder if this will make life easier to do this, without relying on a PC or MAC to resync my ITUNES stuff back up and down. I prefer to do all my editing right on the device and stop using my PC or ITUNES for this function.

I was amazed how much the feature of CREATING ALBUMS on the PHOTO app, got very little attention at the Conference !

I am wondering if IOS 5 is baby steps or the cure for what ails what I would like to do with PHOTOS and VIDEOS taken from my camera and stored on my IPAD 2.

Today I got an email from my niece, have I found away around all the problems of organizing photos/albums on her IPHONE directly with the ROLL CAMERA file, and I just smiled.

I am very surprised that people have not screamed over these issues in the past. I was not aware of them when I bought my IPAD 2.

How to survive on the IPAD alone, without running back to the PC or MAC to make things better?

I Appreciate other's feedbacks on this subject.

 

[Disney Dad Canada]

I use an app called podcaster. I use it every day and it works great. I don't know if it is an RSS reader or not.

However, you most certanly CAN subscribe to podcasts on iOS devices. Its how I listen to the DIS.

What i was talking about was directly through the iPad's version of iTunes. I didn't realize that Apple allowed 3rd party podcast apps.

Do you think ICLOUDS and PHOTOSTREAM will handle personal camera videos via the cam kit to upload to the cloud, and will there be a virtual ITUNES syncing back to the device to put the VIDEOS back to the device in the favored APPLE format that ITUNES sync does today (H264)?

From all I've read, iClouds won't be touching videos of any kind at all.

 

[Disneybridein2k3]

Disney Dad Canada --

I understand your concerns. May I make a suggestion? Before looking at all of the potential problems with IOS 5, wait until it comes out in the fall and see what problems you are actually going to face with it. Your concerns may be unfounded. Until then, you are worrying for nothing.

 

[darrengs]

So no more need for iTunes.... then I am happy!

 

[Cyrano]

Some very interesting announcements. Looking forward to IOS5 in the autumn