.Mac syncing coming to iPhone 2.0?

I was wondering if this was going to be one of the new features. It only makes sense that they would give support like this to their current .Mac members. Not only would it help push .Mac, but I can only imagine that it might encourage .Mac members who don't currently have an iPhone to get one.

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.

"One of the biggest questions that I had following the iPhone SDK event was how we non-Enterprise users were going to get the cool new wireless syncing features promised to ActiveSync Exchange users."

What I've been wondering is when will those businesses like us running only Macs and Mac OS X Server get feature parity with Exhange Server?

I'm also dying for push e-mail. It's time!

I'm all for this if I can get this functionality:

*) Shared AddressBook groups with my wife, so that we only have to maintain one set of groups for friends and family. Note, I said "groups" not the entire AddressBook, as neither of us is interested in the other's business contacts. Also both of us have to have read +write access to the common groups so we can update them on the move.

*) Multi-calendar support on the iPhone. Why is this taking so long? Ok it's not possible to see multi-calendar month views on a iPhone the way you do in iCal, but you could flick through them in serial fashion. A mutli-calendar day view would work on the iPhone, and so would a multi-calendar List view (Google has already shown how to do this).

*) Shared (multi) calendars, so my wife and I always have up to date, synchronised access to social events, birthdays, etc. Again, this needs to be read + write by both parties on the move.

*) ToDo support enabled in calendars, so we can share task lists, shopping lists, etc.

Oooh! I called this last August. I love it when i am occasionally right!
http://babygotmac.com/a/why-the-new-mac-suddenly-matters/

Let's get push e-mail - as detailed by SJ recently.

We also want to be able to hook up the bluetooth iPhone with my bluetooth Laptop. Why do I need a Nokia to do this !!!

Hopefully those with the SDK will release an app that achieves this - even if Apple is reluctant.

Already being a .Mac subscriber, I am strongly hoping for this feature. I don't yet own an iPhone but plan to when it goes 3G. I will be VERY disappointed if they don't implement something so obvious.

The only way I would consider subscribing to .Mac was if it provided all the push/syncing capabilities to my iphone that a corporate exchange server would to employees. THAT my friends is worth far more than $99.99 a year to me at least. If this is true I'm sure .Mac email would not get pushed it will probably be iCal syncing wirelessly. Weak.

Come on, Apple! Give us WebDav (at least iCal-sync) support for iPhone 2.0!

Hmm... what about "Enterprise Customers" who use Mac OS X 10.5.x Server..?

I would think the ability to sync OTA with Leopard Server would be a step in the right direction for Apple.

There are A LOT of Mac Server Admin who shook their head in astonishment that Exchange syncing was offered before looking after your own "back yard".

Lets hope Apple puts this right - and quickly!