I don't see the point in this product when I can share photos with others using Dropbox, Google Drive or even OneDrive.
Microsoft Xim
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#12Interesting feat is only one person needs the Xim app installed for all to participate
I'm guessing the app has a small built-in webserver - or perhaps relays through a 3rd party webserver - and the others join up in their browser using some kind of websocket like transport? Wonder if they direct the others to the app user's phone's internal wifi IP?
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#13I don't see the point in this product when I can share photos with others using Dropbox, Google Drive or even OneDrive.
I think that it's not meant to replace those. It's meant to replace the act of passing your phone around in person — say, around a dinner table — in order to show photos to the people you're with.
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#14I never really had any problems with sharing/showing photos, don't see the purpose in this app.
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#15Thank god; another way to share photos with my friends.
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#16Once again Microsoft being pretty low-key with the fact that this is a Microsoft product just like they did with Sway. [1] * No mention in the title bar or above the fold. * First mention of Microsoft is in the footer. * iOS App Store and Google Play links are before the Window Phone Store. * Mockups include iOS looking device and Androidy Device (however the largest one might be a Windows Phone?) [1] https://www.swa…
They also change the name from "Windows Intune" to just "Microsoft Intune", and did the same with "Windows Azure" to just "Microsoft Azure".
There is definately a shift with Microsoft under Nadella, and i think it can be seen with a alot of small details already.
[1] http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/10/window...
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#17I assume the idea is to replicate the experience of projecting your vacation slides onto the wall and forcing your loved ones to watch?
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#18Thank god; another way to share photos with my friends.
I know, right! I mean, there's already Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Flickr, Imgur, Dropbox, Google Drive, Google+, email, MMS, LinkedIn, Myspace, and hosting one's own site. But we need more options to share blurry photos of backgrounds or mediocre desserts.
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#19I don't see the point in this product when I can share photos with others using Dropbox, Google Drive or even OneDrive.
I think that it's not meant to replace those. It's meant to replace the act of passing your phone around in person — say, around a dinner table — in order to show photos to the people you're with.
So what's wrong with passing the phone around?
Now I have to ask everyone to pull out their phones.
"Mine is in my purse, let me go grab it" "I left mine in the car, oops" "My battery is dead"
Then I have to text/email them the link.
"I didn't get the link" "I have no service here"
Whereas, passing a phone literally takes a millisecond.
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#20Unlike everybody else, when it's Microsoft, iOS app comes the last.