Comments on: Is MobileMe Worthwhile If You Only Want to Sync Your iPhone?

By: Dacey

Dacey — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:56:35 +0000

Wish I would've read this before buying a family subscription to MobileMe. In just two days, I've watched my battery (3G) get zapped within six hours at a time. I even uninstalled other apps just to pinpoint the issue to MobileMe. What's the point of untethered data syncing when I constantly have to connect to charge? $150 mistake.

By: JoshuaJones

JoshuaJones — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:29:04 +0000

I'm never without my Mac, so I haven't had that problem. I do have one Windows box contected to a 19" LCD outside my office displaying my calendar via me.com. Sort of getting me a run down of my day.

If I ever needed a contact from my address book, I would probably pull it from me.com or just pull out my iPhone.

By: YorickPeterse

YorickPeterse — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:52:38 +0000

Hm, don't think so. All of their products are expensive. When you compare the prices on the US apple website and the Dutch Apple website they are exactly the same, they only replaced the $ with an € while normally dollar to euro would be cheaper ( 1 euro is 1.36 dollars )

By: YorickPeterse

YorickPeterse — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:52:15 +0000

By: Scott Jarkoff

Scott Jarkoff — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:20:31 +0000

Sounds similar to Japan. Buying one outright costs roughly $800+ while doing the per month charge on a 24mo contract will run about $25/mo.

I think Apple design the product to be comparable prices all around the world.

By: YorickPeterse

YorickPeterse — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:13:09 +0000

Well, you can't buy them without an operator legally. But they cost €900,- in germany without operator. When you buy them in Holland with an operator you'll get the phone for free, but you'll end up having to pay about €30,- per month for 2 years.

By: Scott Jarkoff

Scott Jarkoff — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:46:04 +0000

How much do iPhones cost in your part of the world?

By: Scott Jarkoff

Scott Jarkoff — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:45:46 +0000

Good deal on NuevaSync. I'll give it a shot for a week and write a post on my thoughts.

If you only use Gmail from Apple Mail, how do you ensure your contacts are updated when you're mobile and without your Mac?

By: JoshuaJones

JoshuaJones — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:11:33 +0000

Yes Apple does. I was just as surprised, because I thought I had lost my username (which I use pretty much everywhere) but there is a radio button asking if you want to start where you left off when you activate MobileMe.

And I also use Gmail, nothing better in my opinion, but I use it in Mail with IMAP. So Mail pulls from Address Book. Thus I have never really looked at my Gmail Contacts.

But definitely! Seeing as how I have really only played with MoblieMe & DropBox for over the air syncing, I would love to hear what you find out in depth about NuevaSync.

By: Scott Jarkoff

Scott Jarkoff — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:29:11 +0000

I did not realize Apple keeps your account in their database. So should I decide to start using MobileMe at some point in the future I will be able to pickup right where I left off?

For me, Google products are my life – I doubt I could ever migrate from Gmail to some other mail product (whether that is MobileMe, Yahoo or some personal IMAP account). Because I use Gmail I need Gmail Contacts as well. I'm not so stuck on Google Calendar – I could easily switch to Apple's iCal without blinking.

I have not yet really given NuevaSync a shot but need to. I might play with it for a week or two and write up my thoughts on using NuevaSync with the iPhone. Would you find any value in such an article?

By: YorickPeterse

YorickPeterse — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:04:12 +0000

Using a K800i here and I'm not going to bother buying an iPhone, they are simply too expensive over here.

By: JoshuaJones

JoshuaJones — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:56:43 +0000

I had the free trail for awhile, but had a huge headache when it came to syncing my Calendars. When it came time for me to pay, I dropped it and went back to syncing my Address Book via USB cable.

Lucky for me, a family member bought me a one year subscription for Christmas. I do love the service, haven't had too many battery problems like you mentioned, and had my Calendar problem fixed. (If you stop your free trail Apple keeps your account in their database. It was easy for me to get my account right back online)

Main thing for me is I don't use any of the Google services. If you use only Apple services, than MobileMe might be worth it for you, but don't bother if you prefer Google's services. Stick with NuevaSync. I do believe Apple needs to lower the costs of the service though.