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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Fritz Laurel said 4:34PM on 6-09-2008
I totally understand the concept, but much like .Mac, I'm at a loss as to why I would need it.
I can already sync between my Mac and my iPhone. Maybe if I had another Mac it would be useful??
Thanks for the updates today!
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Michael said 4:55PM on 6-09-2008
What I want to know is will I be able to use my own domain like I can with Google Hosted Gmail? If not then it's a real no go for me and I can't recommend it to any of my clients the way I do with Google Hosted Gmail.
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Johnny said 5:01PM on 6-09-2008
I'm sure as .Mac allows this now, so will MobileMe.
bearrock said 4:40PM on 6-09-2008
stupid question, i'm sure, but what about iweb? no mention anywhere of me.com or mobileme working with iweb. i would think that it would, but there's nothing offial.
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TomWBrowning said 4:49PM on 6-09-2008
http://www.apple.com/mobileme/features/mac.html
Scroll down a little.
thekevinmonster said 4:40PM on 6-09-2008
fritz: wireless sync. push email that isn't yahoo.
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Fritz Laurel said 5:18PM on 6-09-2008
Ahh, so there's wireless sync and email push, eh?
Well, I still don't need wireless sync or email push and I can't think of anyone I know who would *need* it either. What I have w/ my current iPhone works very well enough.
cheers,
fl
G said 4:40PM on 6-09-2008
The AJAX web apps do look very cool. Unfortunately I'd never use them and it's still $99 per year, which is not worthwhile to me for many reasons. Pass again.
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Adam said 1:42PM on 6-10-2008
Why don't they make MobileMe free or just have a one off payment, instead of being in a subscription service. They would get more people if it was advert supported.
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SubGenius said 4:41PM on 6-09-2008
Why no Notes.app syncing? I would love to be able to access and updates my iPhones notes on a desktop computer through Mobile me.
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brock bruce said 4:42PM on 6-09-2008
or official.
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yakov chodosh said 5:52PM on 6-09-2008
wireless (bluetooth) sync with phones is a feature that comes with every phone made in the last 5 years or so... except for one prominent example... hmm
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Bobby said 4:49PM on 6-09-2008
What about using your own domain?
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Aldebaran said 9:55PM on 7-13-2008
It seems the only difference between .mac and Mobileme is the increase to 20 GB storage space, and the push functions for email, calendars, and contacts. Multiple device auto-syncing is and has been enormously useful on .mac for some time now (and includes Dock items, mail preferences, Dashboard items, and more for actual Macs). As far as the Ajax apps on the web, Apple has gradually improved web access for all those features over the years. I really don't see what all the fuss is about over the change. Oh wait...the multi-sync capability is now available to Windows users. That's the real story here.
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brock bruce said 4:58PM on 6-09-2008
thank you sir. i should have seen that myself. instead i watched the guided tour. iweb and mobileme together forever. (or until the next rebranding)
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Graham Stevens said 5:08PM on 6-09-2008
hmm no more xxxx@mac.com?
The guide includes a xxx@me.com address...
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Mike said 5:09PM on 6-09-2008
Am I the only one who thinks the MobileMe name and logo are so "un-Apple-like"?
Opinions on the services provided aside, the logo just seems too "cartoony." And .Mac is a way cooler name than MobileMe.
Maybe it's just me......
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YodaMac said 5:29PM on 6-09-2008
I agree 100% about the new re-branding... however...
.mac only appeals to Mac users and Apple clearly is gunning for as many Windoze switchers as they can get.
Fortunately those of us already signed up can keep our .mac email address. We now just have to live with that awful, silly, slightly-fabric softener-esque "me" cloud. :P
sigh.
homagetogorto said 5:53PM on 6-09-2008
Then again, "Yahoo!" is a fundamentally ridiculous name, and we don't think twice about it anymore.
Mike said 6:11PM on 6-09-2008
The difference is Yahoo! has always been Yahoo!. It didn't change from cool to ridiculous overnight. It's always been ridiculous.
The problem is, Apple is going from a serviceable name like .Mac to a generic, crappy (technical term) name like MobileMe.
I understand their want (and need) to crossover and get the Windows users, but surely the ad execs and brainstormers at Apple could have come up with something better than that. I mean really: "My email address is xxxx@me.com." How self-absorbent does that sound?