MacDailyNews reader “Aaron,” While searching for a tutorial on emailing photos from his iPhone to his iWeb page, has uncovered a page on Apple.com that does not do what normal incorrect addresses (URLs) do.
Normally, incorrect URLs – for example: http://www.apple.com/ilife/guidedtour/emac.html – return the error message:
Looking for something? The page you tried was not found. You may have used an outdated link or may have typed the address (URL) incorrectly.
But, the URL http://www.apple.com/ilife/guidedtour/iphone.html returns a curious result: an active (placeholder) page, not the usual error message, with a missing QuickTime movie.
What it means is unknown, but it raises tantalizing questions, chief among them, as “Aaron” asks, “Why would iLife need a guided tour for the iPhone unless there is some integration coming?”
Things that make you go hmm….
Why indeed?
Doesn’t the iPhone integrate with iWeb photo libraries. You can send a picture taken with your iPhone and upload it directly to you iWeb photo library
Yes you can send to web gallery via iPhone I’m guess that’s what this movie is going to show.
Guessing too
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Once when looking into a mirror I saw a woman standing next to me who wasn’t there …and a man with a pair of fine scissors who wasn’t me. She said something to me that didn’t make sense ..and I didn’t even seem surprised. I don’t know if I was just a placeholder for someone else …or had crashed someone elses imagination …but I’m glad I finally found a reason to tell someone.
Actually, the iPhone integrates with .Mac web Galleries, which is not a function of iWeb, but rather an extension of both iPhoto, and iMovie. Let’s also not forget that the hub of the iPhone is iTunes, which is also a component of iLife. So, really we have integration with 3 of the 6 iLife apps.
Having said that, there already are ample videos about the aforementioned integrations, so one is left by this with the impression that there are some new tricks up iPhone’s sleeve coming up soon.
Where shall we start?
There are working links for:
/ilife/guidedtour/small.html
/ilife/guidedtour/medium.html
/ilife/guidedtour/large.html
Odds are Apple had intended to make a page specially formatted for the iphone – /ilife/guidedtour/iphone.html
Ohhhh wait a minute. Yep. Sure enough. If I navigate to apple.com/ilife on my iPhone and then click the guided tour button, I get no options for small, medium, large or downloads… I go straight to ilife/guidedtour/iphone.html and the option to start a movie is shown…
A little commonsense would have made this obvious. Apple is quite smart about sending you to an optimum page for your experience.
Straw grasping??
@Hmm:
Good sleuthing!
anti-creative cretin…
Can I have some of whatever you were on?
Sorry folks, you’re off the mark. iDVD is coming to the iPhone. Bank on it.
MDN MW = “yes” as in, y u p.
As I’ve said before Apple is not done introducing iPhone iTrix. I still see Apple offering iWork Mobile before the end on 2008, so some form of iLife Mobile is not a big is not a big stretch.
I was visiting Area 51 last week and noticed a hangar now marked “iPhone.”
Weird.
MDN will publish anything…
Including you John.
Keynote presentations from your iPhone?
Oh, that’s iWork. But still would be nice.
Nice, but not helpful if you live in the United States (as I do) and cannot purchase the iPhone.
Read that as being in the states in which AT&T;, and therefore Apple, refuse to service.
AT&T;is even coming to the great state of Alaska in December. They have bought Dobson Communications (Cellular One up here) which will add about 2 million customers to the rolls. Can’t wait. I’m getting one and both my married daughters are getting one.
Hadn’t heard that, Waiting in Alaska! Perhaps there is hope for the world after all!
I admit that I will probably wait for version 2 anyway, but at least life will have meaning again!
…as will the mythical web page!
… because they are incompetent!
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http://www.apple.com/ilife/guidedtour/iphone.html is a link for the iLife guided tour when viewed from the iPhone.
Way to go, “Aaron” – if that is your real name!
iTunes is not part of iLife. The only programs that are on the iLife DVD are iPhoto, iWeb, iMovie, iDVD, and GarageBand.