Comments on: Apple Puts Some Snap Into MobileMe/Windows Outlook Sync

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:29:56 +0000

I’ve gotta agree with sting7k and drlocke on this one. I tried REALLY hard to shoehorn mobileme into my situation only to come away angry at apple over it. Until MobileMe can seamlessly sync (and by sync I meant the Trifecta of mail, calendar, contacts) with Yahoo and Google they don’t stand much of a chance of adoption by those outside of Mac users. Google Sync definitely isn’t perfect mind you, but it’s free and and in combination with OggSync (at 1/4 the MobileMe subscription price) it does what MobileMe fails at for Windows users. I’d like nothing more than to join the Mac world and drink the kool-aid, but Apple (as with just about everyone else) is doing what’s best for Apple. If you’re on a Mac, it’ll just work. If not, then not.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:39:33 +0000

Sorry sting7k, but normal people don’t use Gmail and other Google nonsense.

By: sting7k

sting7k — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:52:04 +0000

Sorry Apple, but Google is going to make MobileMe obsolete if they get Gmail on board with their new Google Mobile Sync. How will they justify charging for something we can get for free, oh and the free one works.

By: Dyvim

Dyvim — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:18:08 +0000

A nice improvement. True, it probably should have worked like this from Day 1, but better late than never. A new Calendar event added in Outlook on my PC was on my iPhone in well under a minute (and in the cloud in even less time).

Thanks for the tip on this one!

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:06:03 +0000

Poor baztards. Get a Mac.

By: drlocke

drlocke — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:21:45 +0000

I have to agree with the doubters on this one. I tried SOOO hard (like dozens of hours over multiple days, ripping my hair out, reading blogs, contacting support, wiping iphones, restarting at least 10 thousand times, etc.) to be a mobile-me convert and I was completely floored at the absolutely botched launch that I will never go back NOR can I ever imagine paying for the service. Google Sync may be limited but… it worked the very first time flawlessly AND it took me all of 10 minutes to set up. BOOM – all done and completely reliable. OH – and it’s free.

By: BS

BS — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:59:37 +0000

This is so obviously in response to gmail synch it’s ridiculous. Apple was clearly throttling performance to windows users to tout better performance on their platform. Now that google synch is a better (and free)solution for windows users apple had to kick it up to make mobileme worth it. And microsoft gets a bad name..sheesh. Apple is ten times worse with this sneaky ****.

By: kyle

kyle — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:33:04 +0000

Quit flaming before they ban you. God! It's people like you that make websites NEED mods! Thank you TiPb for giving us this thread.

I have tested this on my old PC (run a MAC of course) and it works a little slow but ok.

By: paul

paul — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:53:04 +0000

“Mobile” Me is still lame if it cannot handle invites properly