MobileMe [OLD VERSION]

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Product Features

• 20GB of combined email and file storage, 200GB of monthly data transfer, and full access to everything MobileMe has to offer
• Use a complete set of desktop-quality applications to organize and store your most important information; changes, new messages, and events are automatically synced up to the cloud and back down to all your devices, so you're always up to date
• MobileMe applications--Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Gallery, and iDisk--feature an elegant, unified interface, drag-and-drop support, and more; works with native applications you use every day--Outlook on a PC and Mail, Address Book, and iCal on the Mac
• Create stunning online galleries for your photos; share photos with friends and family, let them download print-quality images, and even allow them to add their own photos
• Store and access files from anywhere using MobileMe iDisk; share files that are too big for email by automatically sending a download link to recipients

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001BY45QO
• Item model number: MB824Z/A
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 1, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (180 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #31 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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Product Description

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MobileMe, an Internet service from Apple, automatically syncs your email, contacts, and calendar to your iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, and PC. So wherever you go, you'll always be up to date. Changes you make on one device are automatically sent to a secure online server, the MobileMe "cloud," and back down to your other devices, keeping them all in sync. MobileMe works with the native applications you use every day--Microsoft Outlook on a PC and Mail, Address Book, and iCal on the Mac. Access your email, contacts, calendar, photos, and documents from anywhere with a suite of elegant, ad-free web applications at me.com. Use MobileMe Gallery to share photos with friends and family in a stunning online gallery. Easily store, access, and share large files from anywhere using MobileMe iDisk. With push email, contacts, and calendars, easy photo sharing, an online iDisk, and 20GB of storage, MobileMe keeps everything up to date, anywhere you are. An individual membership comes with 20GB of combined email and file storage, 200GB of monthly data transfer, and full access to everything MobileMe has to offer.

It all goes where you go.

Maybe you have a computer at home, one at work, and an iPhone or iPod touch. And it can be hard to keep them all up to date. But now there's MobileMe. Wherever you are, your iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, and PC are always current and always in sync. And with a suite of elegant new web applications, you can access your data from anywhere.

• Automatic sync.
  MobileMe stores all your email, contacts, and calendars on an online server--or "cloud"--and syncs them to your iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, and PC. When you make a change on one device, the cloud updates the others. The sync happens automatically and continuously. You don't have to wait for it or remember to do anything--such as docking your iPhone and syncing manually--to stay up to date.
  
  (Please note: Updates between me.com and iPhone or iPod touch will occur in a matter of seconds; updates between me.com and Macs running Mac OS X Leopard and Windows PCs may take up to 15 minutes when MobileMe is set to sync automatically. Macs running Mac OS X Tiger may experience longer sync times.)
  
  
• Works with the native applications you know.
  Do everything you need to do on every device you own. MobileMe works with Mail, Address Book, and iCal on a Mac; Microsoft Outlook on a PC with Windows XP or Vista; and the built-in applications on your iPhone or iPod touch.
  
  
• Your web applications at me.com.
  Check your email, change your calendar, edit your contacts, and more at me.com. Accessible anywhere, me.com is an ad-free suite of web applications--Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Gallery, and iDisk--that are elegant and easy to use. You can drag and drop, click and drag, use keyboard shortcuts, and even switch between applications with a single click. Me.com is such a great web experience, it seems as if you're using desktop software.

MobileMe Mail

Now your email finds you anywhere, so you'll never miss an important message.

Check your e-mail from an elegantly designed, ad-free interface. Send a quick reply without even opening a message.

Push. Don't fetch.
MobileMe Mail syncs new messages to your iPhone automatically and notifies you when they arrive. You'll know in a glance if you have new email, so you don't have to spend time checking.

Your email meets its match.
MobileMe Mail stays the same wherever you go thanks to IMAP technology. Whether you check your email on your computer, iPhone, iPod touch, or the web, read messages are marked as read, flagged messages are flagged, and all your folders are exactly the way you left them.

The best email on the web.
You can access MobileMe Mail from anywhere at me.com. With a beautiful, clean design and an intuitive interface, you might forget it's all on the web. View your messages and mailboxes in one window and simply drag and drop to organize them. With auto-complete addressing, message previews, and Quick Reply, email on the web is easier than ever. Best of all, you'll never see an ad.

Native application friendly.
MobileMe Mail uses the email applications you already know. On your iPhone and iPod touch, it works with the built-in Mail application. It also works with Mail on a Mac and Outlook, Outlook Express, or Windows Mail on a PC.

Safe. Secure. And no spam.
MobileMe automatically scans incoming and outgoing messages for viruses. Images are not loaded unless you allow it. With great spam filtering, your inbox will be junk mail free.

[e-mail].
With MobileMe Mail, you can create an email address that's personal and easy to remember. Maybe it's [e-mail] or maybe it's something clever. Whatever you think up, it will be your best email address yet.

Add contacts, edit details, and even assign photos from any computer. Locate a contact and get directions with integrated Google Maps.

MobileMe Contacts

From one place to the next, you're always well connected.

Your connections in the cloud.
With MobileMe Contacts, you have instant access to your entire address book. From your computer to your iPhone to the web, your contacts follow you.

Keep contacts up to date.
Ever been on the road without an important phone number? With MobileMe, your contacts are synced to all your devices and everything stays up to date. Make a change on your computer, and MobileMe updates your iPhone automatically. Likewise, when you make a change on your iPhone, it's synced to your computer. Whether you use Address Book on a Mac, Outlook, Outlook Express, or Windows Contacts on a PC, or Contacts on your iPhone or iPod touch, you'll always have the information you need.

Everyone you know is on the web.
You can also manage your contacts right from me.com. Anywhere you are, add new contacts and groups--even assign photos to them. Find a contact fast with a quick search. Map locations and get directions with integrated Google Maps. Changes made on the web are pushed to your devices automatically.

No dock required.
With push technology, all of the contacts on your iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, and PC stay up to date without a dock, a cable, or you doing anything at all.

Add or change events with a simple drag and drop. Add multiple calendars for work, home, and anything in between.

MobileMe Calendar

Wherever you are is where you're supposed to be.

You're always up to date.
You'll never miss a lunch date or an important meeting. MobileMe syncs your calendar to your iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, and PC. So you always know where you need to be and when you need to be there. Make a change on one device--such as creating or rescheduling an event--and MobileMe updates it on all your other devices automatically. MobileMe works seamlessly with iCal on a Mac and Outlook on a PC.

The amazing web calendar at me.com.
MobileMe Calendar on the web makes being busy a lot more fun. You can create different calendars for work, home, and everything in between. Choose from day, week, and month views and turn calendars on and off for easy reviewing. With a simple drag and drop, add or change an event. Changes you make are automatically synced to all your devices so you're always up to date.

No dock required.
MobileMe Calendar syncs calendar changes over the air to your iPhone or iPod touch. You don't have to sync manually with a dock or do anything at all.

MobileMe Gallery

It's your own spectacular venue for sharing photos with the world.

Arrange photos in albums and organize them by event. Add photos and manage albums from your iPhone, computer or any web browser.

Point. Shoot. Amaze.
When your friends and family visit your MobileMe Gallery, they're in for a show. Just upload photos from your computer or iPhone to your gallery, and invite people to visit, download their favorites, and even contribute their own. With beautiful animated views, everyone will see your photos come to life.

Your photos never looked better.
Friends and family can view your photos in a beautiful gallery using a web browser on a Mac or PC. They can skim albums to see what's inside, select an album, and choose viewing options such as mosaic, carousel, or slideshow. And with automatic resizing, your photos adjust instantly to fit the browser window so they always look great, even on large displays.

Manage from anywhere.
You can create a new album or make changes to your MobileMe Gallery from virtually anywhere at me.com. Easily upload new photos, rearrange them, edit titles, and more. Your changes are instantly reflected in your gallery for friends to see. Have a Mac? You can upload photos directly from iPhoto '08 or Aperture 2 with just a few clicks.

Print-quality downloads.
You can allow visitors to download high-resolution copies of their favorite photos or entire albums right from their browser. Your photos download as full-size JPEGs (highest resolution) or images optimized for 16-by-20-inch prints (smaller file size).

Contributions welcome.
You aren't the only one shooting pictures. With MobileMe Gallery, you can get the shots you wish you had by allowing friends to contribute their photos. They can do it from a browser or via email.

Amazing with iPhone and Apple TV.
MobileMe Gallery works beautifully with all your Apple devices. Your photos look great on iPhone. If you snap a picture on the road, you can post it directly to your gallery with just a few taps. And with Apple TV, you can view anyone's public photos on your widescreen television--no computer required.

Upload files and download from any browser, anywhere you are. Easily share large files by sending an email with a link.

MobileMe iDisk

Anywhere you go, you can always get the files you need.

Your personal hard disk online.
With MobileMe iDisk, it's easy to store, access, and share files online. You have plenty of storage space--even large files are no problem. Just add the files you need to your iDisk, and whatever you upload will be there for you to download using a web browser on any computer.

Easy web access.
MobileMe iDisk is accessible from any web browser, Mac or PC, at me.com. With a familiar, intuitive interface, uploading and organizing files is as simple as drag and drop. You can see your files in list or column view. And if you use a Mac, you can find iDisk right in the Mac OS X Finder.

Share and share alike.
Sharing data with friends is a snap with iDisk--even files too big for email. Just upload what you want to share. iDisk will help you send an email with a link to the file. If you have files to share with a group of people, add the files to your iDisk Public folder, where your friends can access them online and post their own.

Product Description
Imagine running beautifully designed, easy-to-use Apple applications on your PC. At me.com, you can check your email, manage your contacts and calendar, share photos, and store documents. The applications are so intuitive and clutter free that me.com could become your new desktop. On a PC, MobileMe works seamlessly with the applications you use every day. You can use Outlook, Outlook Express, and Windows Contacts on XP or Vista. MobileMe automatically pushes your email, contacts, and calendars and even your Safari or Internet Explorer bookmarks to your other computers, iPhone, and iPod touch. If you have more than one PC, use MobileMe to keep email, contacts, calendars, and bookmarks the same on all of them. If you have a Mac and a PC, they can share the same information. MobileMe will keep your computers, iPhone, and iPod touch in sync and up to date. Do everything you need to do on every device you own. MobileMe works with Mail, Address Book, and iCal on a Mac; Microsoft Outlook on a PC with Windows XP or Vista; and the built-in applications on your iPhone or iPod touch.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

61 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth a revisit! Disastrous launch but dramatically improved since., October 26, 2008

By	S.P. (USA) - See all my reviews

I notice a lot of the reviews - particularly the negative ones - are dated in July of '08 when the service launched. I think it's important to write a fresh review of things as they stand now, at least for me.

I was one of the people who first tried MobileMe when it officially launched, and I almost immediately gave up on it. Horrible stability and reliability, and for two solid weeks straight, I couldn't even log into the service.

Then Apple began extending the trial periods, and after about month or so, I revisited MobileMe after the problems started to clear up. I can now say that MobileMe is VERY reliable and VERY worth using, in my experience.

I use mobileMe presently to sync my calendars and contacts across three Macs and one iPhone. I also publish my calendar on the web for friends and co-workers to collaborate with. Push functionality works well on the iPhone, and I have my Macs set to sync every hour, making sure everything is up to date on a regular basis. Mail has also been very reliable for me, and I've recently started to add photo albums as well.

No doubt, the launch was really disastrous, and the negative publicity it got at the time was well deserved. however the problems appear to have been fixed and the current MobileMe service is MUCH better.

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars MobileMe. I can not imagine being without it!, October 5, 2008

By	Michael Greb "AudiophileMG" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I love this service! The 99$ subscription may be a little hard to swallow, but I can't see myself NOT using this service.

By far the best feature is the iPhoto sync with the online gallery! All I do is plug in my camera to iPhoto, it pulls the pictures from the camera, I tweak them ever so slighty, and post them on my Online Gallery for the rest of my family and friends to view at their leasure. If I make a change to one of the pictures in iPhoto, it automatically syncs the change. Beautiful!

The iDisk has saved me quite a few times when I have forgotten my flash drive at home and needed to save something to share on a diffrent computer.

The only gripe I have about this service is, I dislike the domain name for the e-mail address. ( [e-mail] )I really liked the old domain name ( [e-mail] )But I do like the alias option.

Just like with anything that is new, There are a few bugs when syncing with the mail server, but they are usually fixed right away.

If you own a mac, or even if you do not own a mac ( i started using this service a few months BEFORE owning my mac ) This service is amazing!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Apple has worked out the bugs....., October 28, 2008

By	R. Zimmermann (Illinois) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It appears that Apple has solved the problems that plagued MobileMe earlier this year. I have found the service to be trouble free and find that it does everything that I need it to do. I can seamlessly sync between my iphone, MacBook Pro and "the cloud".