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Apple Gives MobileMe Customers 60 More Free Days

Apple's tacking on an addition 60 days to the 30 days it already doled out to MobileMe subscribers, which means you've got an entire three months extra to wait out the issues you've been having. Apple sent out these emails today to MobileMe subscribers, but if you're one of the ones with MobileMe mail snags, you might not have gotten it. Well you've seen it now! Apple has some qualifications, so click on to see if you're eligible. [Apple]

9:56 PM on Mon Aug 18 2008
By Jason Chen
3,272 views, 36 comments

Latest by n/a: So, Apple has gotten too big for it's own britches and has experience first hand what's it like to not more »

cry me a river

Former Apple Employee Says They Are Slaves, Sues

David Walsh, a network engineer who worked at Apple from 1995 to 2007, is currently suing them for making him work a little too hard. Specifically, he says they made him work more than 40 hours a week without overtime (because he was a "senior" engineer, a pseudo-management position he says was created to skirt paying overtime) and required him to be on call for seven days straight every six weeks. In other words, a pretty standard schedule in the Valley. Besides, if anything, MobileMe's launch made it clear Apple's network engineers should be working more, not less. I keeeeeed. Kind of. [Macworld via Valleywag]

9:20 PM on Thu Aug 7 2008
By matt buchanan
10,326 views, 85 comments

Latest by n/a: @xaflatoonx: agreed. more »

apple

Apple's MobileMe Launch Problems Might Be Just the Beginning

The MobileMe launch was a massive flustercuck—even Steve said so. Our long national nightmare is over though, right? Well, Om is reporting that their whole net infrastructure is a few years behind where it should be, and if it's as bad as he's heard, "then there is no way Apple can get over its current spate of problems." More »

7:40 PM on Tue Aug 5 2008
By matt buchanan
12,793 views, 42 comments

Latest by Bobby T.: .Mac has always had serious issues. People have constantly complained about their various services going down for years, and more »

mobileme

Steve Jobs's Entire "MobileMe Is Fail" Email

Ars has decided to the release the full email Steve Jobs sent to Apple employees declaring that "MobileMe was simply not up to Apple's standards." There's actually not much you haven't already read, other than the additional admonishment that it "was not our finest hour." Granted, that probably means at least 20 more people were flayed than we originally believed. Here's the whole thing: More »

4:40 PM on Tue Aug 5 2008
By matt buchanan
19,932 views, 73 comments

Latest by Substance_D: Funny thing is I can actually picture him sitting with a few advisors thinking about what to do with mobileme. more »

mobileme

MobileMe "Not up to Apple's Standards," Says Steve Jobs

We all know that Apple's MobileMe had a difficult birth: but it's quite another thing to be able to read the criticisms of the service from his Steveness himself. And over at Ars Technica they've got hold of an internal Apple email that Steve Jobs sent out to Apple employees detailing his displeasure that MobileMe was "not up to Apple's Standards." It needed both more time in testing, and a piece-by-piece launch, rather than attempting to launch it as a "monolithic service," he thinks. More »

3:53 AM on Tue Aug 5 2008
By Kit Eaton
11,741 views, 47 comments

Latest by n/a: At least Apple is starting to understand that Apple does NOT "just work". more »

mobileme

Apple Claims Major MobileMe Bugs Worked Out, Time to Move On

As of yesterday evening, Apple claims the bugs that have plagued the service since its launch have been worked out, including restoring the mail accounts of users that were locked out for nearly two weeks and resolving a new bug that caused devices to drop calendar and contact data when syncing wirelessly. With those issues behind them Apple has resolved to switch gears and focus on improving other areas of the service. Appleinsider forum members are still reporting problems though, so this resolution may still be a little premature. [MobileMe Status via Appleinsider]

4:44 PM on Wed Jul 30 2008
By Sean Fallon
3,366 views, 36 comments

Latest by eismcsquare2: Apple 'claims'? And Gizmodo forgets to report that problems still exist? Sun still rises from the east. Now check here [discussions.apple.com] more »

mobileme

Walt Mossberg Pans Buggy MobileMe in Review

Mossberg has rolled out an in-depth review of MobileMe backed by a week of testing in today's WSJ, and if you've been following our coverage it won't come as too big of a surprise that he's not a fan. But his problems with the service go well beyond the launch hiccups you've read about. So what's got Mossberg so riled up that he's thrown down his big badhammer on MobileMe? More »

Feature

10:00 AM on Thu Jul 24 2008
By John Mahoney
15,684 views, 68 comments

Latest by n/a: @toddw: It is NOT based on Exchange Activesync! They are using the Sun messaging platform on the back end of Mobile more »

mobileme

MobileMe Updates for Windows Have Apple Pushing Borderline Bloatware Again

Remember when Apple got shady with Windows users by pushing out Safari via its own software update tool to everyone, even if you didn't have it installed already? Windows users are now up in arms again about iTunes 7.7 bringing along an unwanted MobileMe control panel without asking, and I don't blame them. Granted, a control panel is not the same as an entire application, but getting loaded up with extra software that you don't want is still a shady move. And unfortunately, that's just the start of MobileMe's pushiness. More »

2:30 PM on Tue Jul 22 2008
By John Mahoney
6,270 views, 43 comments

Latest by n/a: I laugh at the knuckleheads that think MS including IE in their OS is the same thing as this. That more »

live mesh

Microsoft Opens Up More Spots in Live Mesh Beta Preview

If you've been reading all about the Mobile Me rollout with scorn for its Apple-ness, Microsoft just opened up more preview slots for its Live Mesh service that similarly syncs files and info across all of your devices in the cloud (including Macs—later). While the service can be a bit hard to parse at times, its breadth of device coverage and open API look promising. Jump in with your Windows Live account now before spots run out. [Live Mesh via All About Microsoft]

4:25 PM on Thu Jul 17 2008
By John Mahoney
5,533 views, 19 comments

Latest by n/a: nevermind it's back, yay for being more interested in flashy interfaces! more »

mobileme

Apple Admits MobileMe Snags, Gives Free 30-Day Extension

Apple's MobileMe service hit so many snags during its launch period that Apple have just issued an email apology to members. Saying "The transition from .Mac to MobileMe was a lot rockier than we had hoped," Apple's apologizing with a 30-day membership extension for free to anyone who was a .Mac member with an active account as of July 9, 2008 and new MobileMe members who created accounts on or before July 15, 7:00 PM PDT. Details can be found on the Apple support page here. The email also apologizes for the controversy over the speediness of "push" services, and says that Apple's not using the term until it really is "near-instant on PCs and Macs, too." More »

Feature

9:34 AM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By Kit Eaton
6,958 views, 41 comments

Latest by mycintosh: @eismcsquare2: I think you are not the first one: [siliconapartment.com] :) more »

mobileme

MobileMe OS X Update Available Now (Again)

With yesterday's bumps mostly smoothed out, and MobileMe live for a straight day, Apple is apparently comfortable enough to push the MobileMe OS X update back out. (It was pulled after going up briefly on Wednesday.) Interestingly, it's version 1.1. Hit Software Update to get the party started, and let us know how it goes. [Apple]

7:11 PM on Sat Jul 12 2008
By matt buchanan
11,044 views, 40 comments

Latest by n/a: @mythicalcaesar: Correction: "basically" My calendar autosync's and sends out and email when something is approaching. My push is more »

iphone 2.0 review

iPhone 2.0 Software Review: Forget 3G, It's Code That Counts

The iPhone 3G may be here, but what we're really excited about is the iPhone 2.0 software update. Only some people really need faster browsing and slightly better location services, but everyone can use the new features in the OS. Now that we've gotten chance to go through all that updated functionality—as well as a good chunk of apps, MobileMe and Exchange—we've only got one question left. Is iPhone 2.0 so good that you don't even need to upgrade to an iPhone 3G? It depends. But if I was forced to choose between an iPhone 3G barren of apps and the slower original with them, I'd go for the apps. More »

Feature

7:54 AM on Fri Jul 11 2008
By Jason Chen
98,378 views, 72 comments

Latest by n/a: "Apple hadn't really allowed developers to chat with each other because of the NDA, so they couldn't share notes on more »

mobileme

MobileMe Website is Up, One Day of Awkwardness Late

So we showed it to you briefly yesterday, but then MobileMe turned around and seemed to bite the Apple that made it, and has been unavailable until just now. Can we assume more technical hitches than its developers had anticipated? Yes, I think we can, particularly given Apple's "it's taking longer than expected" error message. But now it's up, and since the iPhone has already been on sale in some places for nearly a whole day, that can only be good news. Update: There's a getting started tour, which didn't appear to be there yesterday. Everything else works as anticipated. [Me.com]

5:31 AM on Fri Jul 11 2008
By Kit Eaton
7,653 views, 22 comments

Latest by munan: First, dodser, learn how email works before you go spouting off. Exchange is a great system, but you still have more »

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Clarification: Exchange Sync Won't Eat All Your Data

People got scared when, in his iPhone 3G review, Walt Mossberg said that a Microsoft Exchange sync can wipe out your personal calendar and contacts (though not your personal e-mail). This is true, but it is only half the truth. What we have learned is that MobileMe—mind you, a paid subscription service—can serve up your personal data alongside your company's exchange data, so you don't have to worry about one knocking the other out when your iPhone wirelessly syncs. Bottom Line: If you can't or don't want to keep personal contacts and cal on your company's Exchange server, you can keep them separately on your Mac or PC, but only by paying for a MobileMe account. [MobileMe]

5:25 PM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By Wilson Rothman
8,136 views, 25 comments

Latest by sygyzy: @Ken_Darrow: Except it was admitted a few days that it is not PUSH. It makes you wonder what people will more »

MobileMe Push Mail Hands-On

iPhone's MobileMe Push Mail Hands-On Shows Why BlackBerry Is Dead

As you can see in the video, MobileMe push mail is now active, fully operative, and perfectly armed. My iPhone is now getting all email in real time, both over a Wi-Fi connection and using a cellphone network. I even use EDGE—not 3G—and a non-official carrier on roaming. So far, not a single problem. Bad news, RIM: BlackBerry is dead, dead, dead. Dead. More »

2:20 PM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By Jesus Diaz
86,629 views, 169 comments

Latest by n/a: Lack of carriers, lack of security/control, lack of swappable battery. As someone who makes these types of corporate decisions, I more »

apple

Apple Mega-Launch Report: iPhone 3G, iTunes App Store, Firmware 2.0 and MobileMe

For those of you just crawling to your computers, here's what's been going on this very busy AM:
• First, the App Store opened its doors on iTunes 7.7 (available for download), and we did the first video walkthrough of the App Store featured on some early iPhone 2.0 firmware.
• MobileMe, the service that replaces .Mac, suddenly went live, and then suddenly went dead again. Fortunately, we were in long enough to post the first live screenshots.
• The free 2.0 firmware update for iPhone leaked out, so now anyone with an iPhone can download it—iPod touch owners still have till it's for sale, though. ($9.95, last we checked.)
• Sales of actual iPhone 3Gs began amid the hullabaloo—some dipwad named Jonny won this year's Greg Packer award.
• In our morning-long comb through the over 500 apps in the App store, we've found some interesting little gems, and shot the first video of the iTunes Wi-Fi remote for iPhones.

12:38 PM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By Wilson Rothman
9,688 views, 21 comments

Latest by n/a: is epocrates on there? stuck at work cant download.... I am pretty sure the leaked one is "offial"..I doubt they will more »

apple tv

Apple TV 2.1 Update Adds Remote App and Mobile Me Support

Apple TV 2.1 is out via Software Update. It adds two things: Support for the Remote app for the iPhone and iPod touch (awesome), and support for MobileMe. Hoo. Ray. [iLounge]

9:02 AM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By matt buchanan
3,771 views, 4 comments

mobileme

MobileMe Is Up!

Apple's MobileMe, the bigger/better/more version of .Mac, just went live, sort of. We logged in and poked around, but then the site went dead and the server started redirecting us back to the old "coming soon" page. Here's what we saw before things went away: More »

7:03 AM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By Wilson Rothman
17,389 views, 39 comments

Latest by dodser: Mobile Me is a complete Pig in a Poke. This is the worst case yet of apple exaggeration and downright more »

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