SkyDrive enters the App Store after dispute with Microsoft ends

For those of you who use SkyDrive this will be great news, first noted by The Verge, Apple has finally allowed Microsoft’s SkyDrive onto the App Store. For those unfamiliar with the App it allows users to access and manage their files stored on SkyDrive.

Readers might remember that in December Apple refused to allow updates to the SkyDrive app, the dispute was about whether or not Apple should 30% of what users had to pay for additional storage.

Microsoft has stated that they have resolved the dispute in the following way:

We worked with Apple to create a solution that benefited our mutual customers. The SkyDrive app for iOS is slightly different than other SkyDrive apps in that people interested in buying additional storage will do so via the web versus in the app.

This is what is new in version 3.0

– Updated to support iPhone 5 and iPad Mini
– Download full resolution photos to your iPhone or iPad
– Improved support for opening SkyDrive files in other iOS apps
– Improved support for uploading files to SkyDrive from other iOS apps
– Updated app icons and visuals
– Other bug fixes