Posted on 21 July 2008, at 9:10 am, by Christopher Spera
One of the things that I love about this biz is the opportunity to hook up with some really awesome people. Case in point – Ilium Software… Ellen Craw, one of the driving forces over at Ilium must have the inside track on finding awesome people. EVERYONE that I have dealt with over there is just fabulous to work with. Its really quite amazing… (Where the heck does she find them all?!)
Anyway, with the release of Ilium software’s eWallet for iPhone over the weekend, the burning question has been put to me a number of different times: When will the iPhone version have desktop sync?? Funny you should ask… I just got off the phone with Ellen, and she said the word, “August;” but also said that August 2008 is very aggressive. However, its something that is on their immediate to do list.
Existing eWallet customers that have *.wlt files will eventually be able to sync their existing wallet files with the iPhone version of eWallet. However, Ellen didn’t have the techical details for me (i.e. whether the sync is done directly via eWallet , as with the existing WM version, or whether it will be done with iTunes). It is not known whether iTunes will need to be installed to provide the sync conduit, or not. All of these technical details are still pending desgin/development.
HOWEVER, if you are wanting the total and complete scoop, including timing and any other juicy tid-bits, you need to check out Ilium Software’s Blog. You’ll find all sorts of cool information there.
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July 21st, 2008 at 9:22 am
That’s interesting. They could do what the folk at eReader did – just use iTunes/App Store for the App purchase/install process, then use your own OTA process for installing content. eReader has you use your eReader/Fictionwise login and pw to access your bookshelf, then you download whatever you want from there. eWallet could offer .wlt file suppport the same way – OTA.
July 21st, 2008 at 9:27 am
I’m not certain they want to host the files. eReader hosts the files. Although this is an interesting solution for them, I’m not sure they want to hold everyone’s password and credit card files.
July 21st, 2008 at 9:36 am
Omnifocus uses MobileMe storage — seems to work well with the downside that anyone who wants to sync must also subscribe for $99/yr to MobileMe.