Leopard Spotlight: iPhone notes syncing confirmed

They have modified that blurb very recently, it now reads "2. "Your notes folder acts like an email mailbox, so you can retrieve notes from any Mac or PC." The reference to the iPhone has been deleted! Great. :-(

I wish they'd get this on the iPod touch. I wonder if it will work with hacked iTouches.

No. If notes are just another IMAP folder called 'notes', then there is no need for dot-mac syncing, particularly as Apple would not make such an elemental feature dependent on a dot-mac susbscription.

They will provide other features that will make us want to purchase dot-mac. Sync'd notes is not one of them.

Considering that these notes are accessible from a PC, I would bet that this will be tied completely with .Mac. The only way they would show up as "Notes" on a Windows computer would be through .Mac Mail (on the web). The iPhone would just sync it to .Mac.

@12: i agree. i really like marker felt -- it's clean, readable, and its condensed width accommodates a surprising amount of text on the page.

@11: i don't think marker felt is technically a "bold" font at all. sure, its strokes are thicker than average, but it doesn't possess all of the qualities of a truly bold font. this is semantic, of course, and naturally you're still entitled not to like the font. :-) but i don't think it's quite accurate to accuse apple of committing a faux pas by using a "bold" font on a 2" screen.

Doesn't really matter how it's achieved, the fact that notes can be created and edited on the Mac, and the updated and carried on iPhone is what matters most... it's clear that Apple is gravitating towards making Mail.app the focus and center of communications, while iTunes is the center of all things iPod/iPhone.

Of course, to unlock these features, I expect Apple to be releasing a new firmware update either same day as Leopard's release, or before the end of the month. It'd be curious to see what happens to hacks at that point.

(Note to self)....

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I'm actually pleasantly surprised by Marker Felt. I think it works pretty well because it is very readable and is a relatively narrow font, so you can fit more characters on the small screen.

One of the better customized Palm fonts was the old narrow HandEra fonts, similar in principle (but way more professional looking.)

Agreed on the Felt Marker! On a 2" screen bold condensed is NOT a good idea... basic design 1 class, hard to believe Apple missed that.

Will it work on a non-intel mac?