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Re:Apple should make MobileMe free by jonknee on Sunday May 09, 2010 @08:09PM (#1333116)
> For me, instant and reliable multidirectional sync of any contact, calendar, and bookmarks data, across all my computers or mobile devices, is worth $8/month.

I have the same through Google and it's free. Apple is losing the cloud race badly, maybe free would help.

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Re:Apple should make MobileMe free by Terretta on Saturday May 22, 2010 @04:29PM (#1371000)
Steven Frank of well known Mac development house "Panic" blogged about the details lost trying to sync contacts through Google instead of MobileMe:

http://stevenf.tumblr.com/post/618349003/here-are-some-thing...

His summary: "If you’re contemplating this change, I highly recommend setting aside a few hours for research first. You may be unpleasantly surprised."

Some more issues are discussed in today's TUAW article, "Sync Wars: Address Book vs. Google Contacts":

http://www.tuaw.com/2010/05/22/address-book-vs-google-contac...

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Re:Apple should make MobileMe free by cmelbye on Sunday May 09, 2010 @09:20PM (#1333245)
I love Google, and I would probably use it if I had an Android phone. MobileMe's biggest draw for me is its integration with Apple products with syncing and Find my iPhone/iPad.
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Re:Apple should make MobileMe free by jonknee on Monday May 10, 2010 @09:52AM (#1334385)
I'm on an iPhone/iPad/MacBook Pro. The fact that I can't have MobileMe on my domain makes it a deal breaker and Google's offering actually a step above.
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Re:Apple should make MobileMe free by Terretta on Monday May 10, 2010 @01:37PM (#1335267)
"What does can't have MobileMe on my domain" mean?

A number of folks I know use MobileMe to host websites for their domain and handle email for their domain. You do have to "bring your own" DNS.

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Re:Apple should make MobileMe free by Terretta on Sunday May 09, 2010 @11:38PM (#1333483)
I have "the same" though Google too, except it's not remotely the same. The contact sync is limited, calendar sync doesn't cut it either without a third party app like BusySync (which I use), IMAP isn't push for real time email, etc.

Also, it's not free through Google, it's ad supported or $50 per year per user.

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