Comments on: .Mac: By Any Other Name Would Sync More Sweetly? http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/05/30/mac-by-any-other-name-would-sync-more-sweetly/ For people who dare to Phone Different. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:05:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rene Ritchie http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/05/30/mac-by-any-other-name-would-sync-more-sweetly/comment-page-1/#comment-7408 Rene Ritchie Sat, 31 May 2008 02:58:53 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=2531#comment-7408 <p>I use Exchange for work email, contacts, and calendar sync (currently only email via IMAP on the iPhone), and .Mac to keep my laptop and desktop in sync, and for Back-to-my-Mac functionality.</p> <p>I help admin the Exchange server on occasion, and while it sometimes seems nifty from the outside, the thing is a kludgy nightmare, and I'm hoping IMAP IDLE and CALDav do some damage to it eventually.</p> <p>Nothing beats working on my laptop, browsing, saving files to iDisk, updating contacts, etc. and getting home and having everything, including my web history "just there" on my desktop. What .Mac does is amazing, and if Apple can deliver something just as user friendly for consumers as .Mac with the power of ActiveSync, it will both welcome and game changing.</p> I use Exchange for work email, contacts, and calendar sync (currently only email via IMAP on the iPhone), and .Mac to keep my laptop and desktop in sync, and for Back-to-my-Mac functionality.

I help admin the Exchange server on occasion, and while it sometimes seems nifty from the outside, the thing is a kludgy nightmare, and I’m hoping IMAP IDLE and CALDav do some damage to it eventually.

Nothing beats working on my laptop, browsing, saving files to iDisk, updating contacts, etc. and getting home and having everything, including my web history “just there” on my desktop. What .Mac does is amazing, and if Apple can deliver something just as user friendly for consumers as .Mac with the power of ActiveSync, it will both welcome and game changing.

]]> By: Steve http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/05/30/mac-by-any-other-name-would-sync-more-sweetly/comment-page-1/#comment-7398 Steve Sat, 31 May 2008 02:34:17 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=2531#comment-7398 <p>Dot Mac / Schmot Mac. For those of use who are Windows users, I really do not think this is any big deal. The far more better option to me seems to be a free ISP which is Exchange outlook-based such as Mail2Web.Com. At no cost, you get e-mail, contacts, and calendar all directly pushed to your device. It is awesome (and no, I am not saying this on behalf of Mail2Web, I just think it is awesome.....</p> Dot Mac / Schmot Mac. For those of use who are Windows users, I really do not think this is any big deal. The far more better option to me seems to be a free ISP which is Exchange outlook-based such as Mail2Web.Com. At no cost, you get e-mail, contacts, and calendar all directly pushed to your device. It is awesome (and no, I am not saying this on behalf of Mail2Web, I just think it is awesome…..

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