MobileMe Good or Not
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- Dancer
I have been give an iphone by one of my clients, and I have decided that I need to organise my life a bit better.
So what makes a MobileMe account so good?
How will it tie in with the 3 email accounts I use?
Is it worth the money surely I can just plugin the phone to my mac if I want to sync ical etc...
Sell it to me
- max_prophet0
as far as I've heard it is a piece of shit
- Dancer0
ha, reason's?
- max_prophet0
the push mail doesn't even work does it?
there's all kinds of apps and solutions you can get for free, mobile me is just a branded one stop lifetime tie-in.
I just use the same IMAP account on my iphone as I have on my MBP, which I can also access as webmail if need be, so that's my mail synced. ical/address book syncs by plugging in so that's fine. You can use a myriad of different things for files and there's airsharing to use your phone as file storage too.
Mobile Me is redundant if you can just be bothered to look around
- ie; dropbox, box.net, sugar syncmax_prophet
- sadly my iphone is out of action for now, and I'm back in nokia hell :(max_prophet
- Oh! The humanity..Nairn
- STFU and get back to your tofu nairn - there's a good hippy!max_prophet
- hahaNairn
- Dancer0
Ok, So I can get the phone to pull in email say every 15 mins, yeah?
If so, then that is fine.Calendar and address book can sync when plugged in (as you said), and I have just found air Share which looks like it could be useful.
Looks like i will spend my £60 on some Christmas Eggnog then.
The only thing I want to be sure if is getting email... that's all
- you can but you'll have to have mail open i think, though I think gmail pushmail may work ok now..max_prophet
- maybemax_prophet
- Surely having mail open is irrelevant as the iphone just dials up my webserver.Dancer
- instrmntl0
its craps
- Dancer0
Whilst I am here, is there any apps that would help me out with my work/life set up... Not interested in gimicky stuff.
- max_prophet0
yeah look up igtd for your computer, I think there's something called.. Things which is meant to be good, but there was a better one that I found.. forget the name though. And it was either free or cheaper than Things.
- max_prophet0
theres a great notes app called writing pad, the way it types is amazing, you just drag your finger from one letter to the next and it predicts. super easy!
- max_prophet0
oh and Around Me is a good one for finding things nearby based on your location
- max_prophet0
Dont forget Light saber - its a must have essential!
- Atkinson0
I considered this. I now use google apps mail for my domain which is imapped to my mail app on MBP and mail app on iPhone. Works fine. There's a couple of quirks with Gmail and Mail app but none that prevent it being used. I do like the idea of 'the cloud' though but am a bit scared of it just yet.
- max_prophet0
Also, Fring for Skype and Truphone for international calls
- Atkinson0
Also, my hosts give unlimited webspace, so I can just upload files, make a password / https and that's good storgae I can access anywhere
- max_prophet0
ebay mobile for.. ebay, HiConvertor for.. converting and MyRail lite for trains info and NewsDesk for news snippets
- Dancer0
Atkinson,
I have read about this, the problem is that I use 3 separate email accounts that are used for different things. Will using Gmail not just bundle all these emails in one lump and if I mail out I will not be able to specify which account it comes from?
THanks
- digdre0
mobile me is shitz, i heard it too
- Atkinson0
Hm no, gmail lets you combine addresses and respond from which ever one you choose. You can set up rules so that different email accounts go to different folders. mail app will 'honour' this and also lets you respond from many addresses. Iphone I'm not sure. I would use mail app for one address and gmail for another perhaps, both on iphone.
- Dancer0
I think I may just rely on pulling in email every 15mins or so.
I just feel setting up another app to pull in email a bit too much right now.