jkontherun.com - 1/14/2009
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Apple blew it with the MobileMe launch last year and rapidly stepped in and extended the free trial period that many had signed up for. They kept doing so until recently when they notified those who had not signed on for the paid membership that their trial account would be going away.
Said ...
neowin.net - 1/19/2009
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neowin.net —
Microsoft is planning to unveil three new mobile
services at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona...
next month. The software giant is aiming to move your mobile data into the cloud and rival Apple's MobileMe service. Microsoft announced the ...
(more)
Microsoft set to unveil MobileMe competitor next month
theappleblog.com - 1/14/2009
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theappleblog.com —
The MobileMe trial began to seem like it
was going to go on forever, since Apple kept...
tacking on more time to make up for having released a half-baked service to begin with. Sadly, not so. My own trial term recently came to an end, but by the ...
(more)
MobileMe Free Trials Could Lose Your Precious Files
i.gizmodo.com - 1/19/2009
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i.gizmodo.com —
Next month at MWC, Microsoft's cloud services will
crash to earth: SkyBox, SkyLine and SkyMarket. Neowin says...
that SkyBox is Microsoft's answer to Apple's MobileMe, the killer being that it's maybe for non-Windows Mobile phones. Basically, SkyBox ...
(more)
SkyBox: Microsoft's MobileMe, But for All Phones? ...
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Apple MobileMe deleting local data after trial subscriptions cancelled
SlashGear —
... however if you forget to do so, the only way to restore data is apparently paying for a full year’s subscription. This really seems like something Apple should address, with changing their authentication policy being the obvious option; if they’re committed to leaving it as it is now, then there should be a warning in the end-of-trial emails.
Has any SlashGear reader been affected by cancelling their MobileMe subscription? Let us know in the comments.
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