Slash LaneThe 3.4MB update is available from the App Store or through iTunes. New features in version 1.2, according to Apple, include:
- designed for both iPhone and iPad
- Multitasking support for iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS (iOS 4 required)
- Quickly switch to another app and back using iDisk
- Play audio from your iDisk while using another app
- When app is opened, the last file or directory viewed is displayed
- Option to open iDisk documents in compatible apps such as iBooks
- When sharing a file, an email can be sent from any configured email account
- The URL for a shared filed can be copied and pasted
- Various stability improvements.
The iDisk application was first released for the iPhone and iPod touch in July of 2009. It allows users to remotely access files saved online via the MobileMe service.
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I hope this means Pages and Numbers will now work with iDisk. I was very surprised to find it did not support the cloud (like, say, QuickOffice).
About time. Now if Apple would just update the rest of their apps.
It would be nice if Apple's Remote would be updated to take advantage of iPad as well.
The specific mention of playing audio from the iDisk makes me wonder if Apple is finally going to start taking MobileMe seriously and get the performance to where it would need to be to serve as a "cloud-based" media hub.
It seems to me that Apple is taking the opposite approach to the one suggested in "Field of Dreams." We have all come, and now we are just waiting on Apple to build "it." "It" in this case, is the missing link between the great family of Apple products and services that now exists.
When I can seamlessly access all my AppleTV, iPhone, Mac, and iPad content over-the-air and save bi-directionally, I will be a very happy camper!
Tried to open a few .jpg files (5 MB and a 4MB) and I found an alternate way to go back to the iOS Home screen without pressing the Home button. It's also having trouble showing the whole top item in a directory or file list that's longer than the length of the screen when in landscape orientation. I scroll up to the top and it bounces down a bit to cut off half the name of the first item.
I didn't bother with the old iDisk app on the iPad so I don't know if these problems existed in previous versions. I hope they update Remote and Gallery soon.
-Chris