With Mountain Lion, Apple brings iOS and OS X a big step closer

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There’s a good reason that people use the word “ecosystem” when discussing Apple products.

Indeed, the company has spent the last couple of years pushing the idea
that customers should have the same user experience regardless of which
device is in their hands. And now, just as iOS has evolved to unify that
experience across the
iPad,
iPhone, and iPad Touch, the latest version of OS X brings the Mac further into the fold.

Announced today as Mountain Lion (v10.8), the update brings many of the features born in iOS 5
and plants them on the desktop. Some of the additions, like Notes,
Reminders, and iMessage, are strictly functional, while others, like
AirPlay Mirroring, iCloud, and a deep Game Center integration, spread
the content love across your Apple-integrated universe.

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