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- MobileMeMobileME is KillingMeI cannot give it even one star b/c it is not usable.I am not exaggerating: this is the most worthless pile of junk I've ever been asked to pay for. If you do get an iPhone, save your money and look for another solution. I...
- Tags: MobileMe
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Slimming down the bloated iTunes 8 installer
- How do you supersize a simple music manager? Ask Apple. The Windows version of iTunes 8 takes up nearly 200MB of space on a Windows PC, including kernel-mode drivers, multiple system services, and at least one add-in. It takes a supersize helping of chutzpah to create an ad that criticizes...
- Tags: Apple iPod, Apple QuickTime, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Bonjour, MobileMe, Apple Software Update, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-10-03
- An inside look at Apple's sneaky iTunes 8 upgrade
- I'm reading lots of complaints about the new iTunes 8 update causing horrific problems on Windows machines, including widespread reports of STOP errors, aka the Blue Screen of Death. So how can a supposedly simple software update cause a fatal crash? Maybe because this isn't a simple software update. Once...
- Tags: Driver, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, MobileMe, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- MobileMe's Rolling 1 Percent Outage
- MobileMe's Rolling 1 Percent OutageYahoo is just as bad.I have a Yahoo account that they cannot seem to fix. Have not been able to access it now for 3 months. Have over 200 unanswered messages in it. They do not seem to care, nor I would believe Apple. Have even...
- Tags: MobileMe
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- MobileMe's Rolling 1 Percent Outage
- So pretty much every day these days, about 1% of MobileMe Mail users can't access their email. Today, my access was down -- and somehow I don't expect I'm alone. This, even though there's no acknowledgement of a problem -- on Sept. 3 any way -- on Apple's Support Page for...
- Tags: Inconvenience, Outage, MobileMe, E-mail, Mortgages, Manufacturing, Online Communications, Finance, Capital Structures, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Apple discontinues MobileMe status blog
- Wow, that was quick. MobileMe's status page is no longer going to be updated. Promising to "write a posting every other day or so to let everyone know what's happening with MobileMe" the blog-like page started out strong, with three posts in July. Then...
- Tags: Blog, Apple Inc., MobileMe, Tidbits, Blogging, Internet, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Apple's MobileMe: Why don't we just call it a beta
- Apple announced another 60-day freebie extension for MobileMe customers. MobileMe is the synchronization service that launched along with the iPhone 3G and App Store and you could argue that going 2-for-3 with a strikeout isn't bad. But this isn't baseball. MobileMe has been a black eye for Apple and the...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Beta, MobileMe, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- MobileMe subscribers get a 60 day extension
- MobileMe subscribers get a 60 day extensionTotally Out of Line This TimeOkay, Jason I think you have forgotten, er, uh, ooooh. Thanks for sharing!Samfree trial too?is this for people on the free trial, too?RE: MobileMe subscribers get a 60 day extensionApple tried to push too many products out at...
- Tags: MobileMe, MobileMe subscriber
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- MobileMe subscribers get a 60 day extension
- The following email was sent this evening to MobileMe subscribers detailing a free 60 days extension of their service. This extension is in addition to the 30 days that were given back in July. We have already made many improvements to MobileMe, but we still have many more to...
- Tags: Subscriber, Extension, MobileMe, E-mail, Online Communications, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- MobileMe: Still Not Up (To Anyone's Standard)
- MobileMe: Still Not Up (To Anyone's Standard)Especially the double standardIf this were a Microsoft service continuing to flounder like this I can't imagine what the outcry would be like. Not that Apple hasn't been rightfully raked over the coals either, but given the history of the techie blogosphere I...
- Tags: MobileMe
- Discussion threads 2008-08-12
- Gmail outage the latest cloud stumble; Where's the offline synching?
- Google's Gmail outage on Monday was the latest stumble for nascent cloud computing services, which are becoming the lifeblood for small businesses and startups. The Gmail outage--along with Amazon's stumbles of late--raises a few key questions: Where's the offline synchronization capability? Can we depend solely on the Web? Is Microsoft's...
- Tags: Software, Google Inc., Google Gmail, Backup, Microsoft Corp., Outage, Service, MobileMe, Ryan, Cloud Computing, E-mail Providers, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
- Apple: Shut down MobileMe immediately
- Apple: Shut down MobileMe immediatelyWhat about .Mac?I'd have been happy with them waiting to release it until it was perfect, but in it's current state it's exactly like .Mac with a flashier interface. I don't see how it's really a detriment to keep it going. MobileMe's sync actually...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Mme, Apple Inc., Shut-down MobileMe, MobileMe, Shut-Down, job, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Apple: Shut down MobileMe immediately
- Not long after blogging about Apple's MobileMe mea culpa ten days ago comes a leaked email memo purportedly authored by Apple CEO Steve Jobs and sent to all hands regarding the MobileMess. A few hours after the Ars Technica piece on the MobileMemo from Jobs, setteB.IT published...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., MobileMe, E-mail, 3G, Online Communications, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Jobs acknowledges MobileMe failure
- Jobs acknowledges MobileMe failureMobilMe... maybe notBack in 2005, I gave up all of my other sources of email, etc. in favor of .Mac. Without warning or notification, they switched to this "less than" lovely system. It wasn't broke, so why fix it... especially in the way that they did. It's...
- Tags: E-mail, cloud computing, job, MobileMe, MobileMe failure, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- MobileMe drops subscribed calendar syncing
- MobileMe drops subscribed calendar syncingMobileMe InconsistenciesSo Far, MobileMe is not delivering on its Grand Promise. As such, it can't yet be considered as even a 1.0 offering, but rather a Beta that costs its users $99/year or less for those who have obtained discounts. Until Apple can figure...
- Tags: Desktops, MobileMe, Apple Inc., MobileMe drop
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable
- Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be ReliableWow, you know it is bad when...You know it is bad when one of your most fervent fanboys tells you to stay away from an Apple service![i]The planned iDisk File Sharing featured was delayed[/i]More vaporware from Apple. Sounds like once again, they've...
- Tags: Desktops, Groupware, MobileMe, Mossberg
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable
- In a scathing indictment of Apple's MobileMe service, the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg calls the service "far too flawed to be reliable." The US$99 per year service – which is supposed to push contacts, calendars and email from iPhone to computer – has been hobbling along...
- Tags: E-mail, jason D. O'Grady, MobileMe, Online Communications, Apple Inc.
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Immobile Apple
- Immobile AppleApple needs to get their act togetherI'm a big Apple supporter but they really need to be held to the fire when it comes to issues like this. .Mac has always seemed a little janky and I was hoping MobileMe would be the turnaround point. Looks like they screwed...
- Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Apple Inc., MobileMe, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- MobileMe push is limited and subscribers get a 30-day extension
- MobileMe push is limited and subscribers get a 30-day extensioni'm test driving it now...with the 60 day free trial.mainly, i want the idisk and the calendar. I like the idea of having a web/desktop calendar that syncs with my iphone. My old treo used to sync with outlook, and that's...
- Tags: Groupware, MobileMe
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Apple extends MobileMe subs after rocky launch
- Apple extends MobileMe subs after rocky launchFabulous......so when can we expect to see all the indignant topics on Apple's release of a sub-standard product which failed to deliver on its launch date? I'm sure we can also expect to see the same level of vituperation as we've come to...
- Tags: Apple Inc., MobileMe, rocky launch
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
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