theappleblog.com - 1/14/2009
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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 time it did, I’d become fairly dependent ...
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 ...
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Microsoft set to unveil MobileMe competitor next month
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 ...
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SkyBox: Microsoft's MobileMe, But for All Phones? ...
jkontherun.com - 1/14/2009
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jkontherun.com —
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 ...
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Cancel MobileMe- lose all your local data
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Cancel MobileMe- lose all your local data
jkOnTheRun —
... folks something big time for wiping their data for ending a free trial. This is Apple’s repsonsibility no matter how you look at this, user data cannot be destroyed when a free trial of anything ends. This points out the vulnerability that cloud storage brings when the cloud fights back.
This also makes it clear how important it is to disable syncing on all your computers before canceling MobileMe for any reason. It seems that the Apple bites back if so.
(via TheAppleBlog)
Apple MobileMe deleting local data after trial subscriptions cancelled
SlashGear —
... (first a 30-day block, then a further 60-days). Since then, things have been pretty quiet - which is really what you want from something like MobileMe - unless you’ve reached the end of your free trial and decide not to buy a subscription. Then, many users are finding, not only your cloud but your local data can end up deleted. ...
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support.apple.com 12/15/2008 — Last Modified: December 15, 2008 Article: HT3248 Summary The MobileMe service has recently been updated with many fixes and improvements as described below: Products Affected MobileMe Sync Contacts, calendars, and bookmarks on a Mac sync automatically ...
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maclife.com 11/19/2008 — The Web interface supports dragging and dropping and other advanced features. Apple’s $99-per-year MobileMe service, the successor to the popular but aging .Mac, experienced some highly public growing pains after its release in July, but now ...
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MobileMe File Sharing Now Available
macrumors.com 2/25/2009 —
Apple has announced on their MobileMe news page that they have enabled file sharing via iDisk. We're pleased to announce that you can now use your MobileMe iDisk to share files with others simply and easily. Instead of attachi...
MobileMe: About the Late-September 2008 MobileMe update
support.apple.com 10/29/2008 — Summary This article provides more detailed information about some recent improvements and the resolution of known issues that Apple delivered in the Late-September 2008 update to MobileMe services. Apple is always working to improve MobileMe. Since ...
Apple silently updates MobileMe web apps
appleinsider.com 10/30/2008 — Apple has updated its MobileMe web service software, but hasn't noted the update in its MobileMe news blog or otherwise notified subscribers of the new changes outside of an article on the company's support site.
Chipmaker leak points to iPhone nano in June —
The Register 1/13/2009
But you may not see it unless you're Chinese Rumors that Apple has a scaled-down iPhone dubbed the "iPhone nano" in the works have lurched forward following reports here and here that two Taiwanese companies are set to supply chips for the phone.…
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