Posts Tagged ‘MobileMe’

Man uses ‘Find My iPhone’ to locate his iPhone… and three robbery suspects

It’s the moment every iPhone owner dreads — but secretly dreams about. You’re walking in a dark alley (or near the intersection of Amberson Avenue and Amberson Place in Shadyside, in this case) and three men approach, one brandishing a…

MobileMe to let you locate your iPhone via GPS?

We’re going out on a limb here, but check out this option we discovered in iPhone OS 3.0 under a MobileMe email account…
Thoughts?

Microsoft’s SkyBox site reveals cloud backup service details

Well it’s not MWC time yet, and the security exception we encountered on the way to the site suggests it’s not quite ready for prime time, but Microsoft’s SkyBox site has gone live in a very early state. Now branded…

Apple releases details of September MobileMe upgrade… At the end of October

Since what some might characterize as disastrous beginnings, Apple has been relatively quiet about the MobileMe service it initially billed as the savior of sync. In fact, short of a leaked email from the Jobsinator to his team we’ve basically…

Apple offers 60 day extension for all MobileMe users

Forgive us our skepticism, but this is beginning to sound like a broken refrain. Apple has, once again, offered an extension for all of its MobileMe subscribers. In recognition of the frustration endured by those of us that have seen…

Jobs’ Full FailMe Email Surfaces

Yesterday we gave you a taste of Stevo’s apologetic internal email to his troops regarding the mess that is MobileMe. As you recall, Jobs essentially states that Apple screwed the pooch in rushing the service out when it was most…

Jobs Jumps on the MobileMe FAIL Bus

It looks like an internal email from El Jobso to Apple employees it quite telling with regards to the current MobileMe situation. What is the MobileMe situation? It’s not good. We’re sure you’ve ready about the many, many problems that…

More trouble for Apple’s MobileMe service

As if the initial launch troubles, downtime, and other errors weren’t enough, it looks like Apple is experiencing even more hiccups with their new MobileMe service. Many customers are unable to access the email portion of their MobileMe account. Apple…

MobileMe to go live between 6PM-12AM tomorrow

Those of you that have been patiently waiting for Apple’s new hosted PIM service to go online can begin rejoicing. The company has updated their .Mac status page, indicating that MobileMe will go live for new and current subscribers sometime…

Funambol Open-source Syncing; Viable MobileMe Competitor?

There has beenĀ a whole lot of buzz about Funambol since the WWDC keynote, mostly touting the open-source offering as a wonderful free alternative to MobileMe. MobileMe, in case you’ve just awoken from a coma, is Apple’s sync everything everywhere solution.…