Cultured Code has been relatively quiet since gain a splattering with Things at Macworld Expo ’ 09 . Its Mac and iPhone clients have received a few underage update since then — and won an Apple Design Award — but now the company has laid out a kind of non - roadmap for the two merchandise . If you read between the personal line of credit , this tilt of upcoming , evolutionary improvements may reveal a somewhat important new feature article in the works .
In a position ironically titledThis is not a Roadmap , Cultured Code reveals a few details about what ’s coming in the next few release of Things for Mac and iPhone . Things 1.2 for Mac will be all about keyboard support , bring many more keyboard shortcuts and better the Quick Entry board experience . It will also bring public eye backup and nag - ins for third - party apps , though the troupe does not say precisely which apps will shortly toy easily with this approaching version .
thing 1.2 should arrive within the next week or two , and the following releases will focus on over - the - air sync , coaction , and other significant melioration .
thing for iPhone and iPod tactual sensation is slated to receive keep for repeating tasks , join forces with contacts , and Push Notifications .
That last detail , combined with the troupe ’s state desire to do over - the - aviation sync , is where things get interesting . Cultured Code says it wants to do sync without requiring substance abuser to have a MobileMe account or their own WebDAV hosting .
If I may go out on a limb for a moment , one of the few conclusion that can be deduce here is that Cultured Code may be cultivate on some form of host sync resolution . This might allow internet admission to your tasks while away from any of your Things - enable machine , but at the very least , somekind of internet - based sync seems necessary to provide Push Notifications for iPhone and iPod touch drug user .
I contacted a Cultured Code spokesperson for comment , but I have n’t receive a response so far . If the tree branch I work out on could actually materialize in the future tense , it would doubtless be a massive blessing for Things . Lowering ( or in effect eliminating ) the bar for sync and sum up Push Notifications will bring a howling raw bed of economic value . It would also give Cultured Code a very large branch up on most of its contender in the to - do market .
Keep in mind , however , that I am merely putting two - and - two together with a fair acid of Bob Hope . I ’m just a felicitous Things user and an eager early adoptive parent . We ’ll have to wait for Cultured Code to bring out the new features along this non - roadmap to find out the truth .
