Comments on: MobileMe Problems Show Apple Needs an Infrastructure Lesson

By: N.C. Votes on Incentives for Apple’s $1B Data Center

N.C. Votes on Incentives for Apple’s $1B Data Center — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:42:00 +0000

[...] cloud for applications and stored contacts and files. Om has pointed out that Apple needs to focus on its infrastructure if it wants to compete, so maybe this data center is Apple’s $1 billion bet on the cloud. [...]

By: Why Sync Is So Difficult

Why Sync Is So Difficult — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:01:36 +0000

[...] There is a need for sync with local duplicates, one the likes of SugarSync, Dropbox, Apple’s MobileMe and Microsoft’s LiveMesh are aiming to [...]

By: MobileMe Should Be Free? | The Mac Sucks!

MobileMe Should Be Free? | The Mac Sucks! — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:06:41 +0000

[...] coming along, Apple may find it hard to get that $99 away from very many of its customers unless it can deliver a more reliable service than it’s done to date. The free services will certainly have an appeal to anyone who has to [...]

By: zenexity » Archive du blog » Appstory

zenexity » Archive du blog » Appstory — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:50:32 +0000

[...] après l’aventure mobileme, la division web d’apple doit avoir énormément de travail et peu de ressources… Et [...]

By: Email communications don’t from Apple « Jame’s @ Work

Email communications don’t from Apple « Jame’s @ Work — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:00:42 +0000

[...] renew now, but that is another story). Anyway and as many of you are aware, Apple change .mac to mobileme with the latest iPhone. It has been well reported, there are a few hiccups. I found another [...]

By: Macgasm #042 - Don of a new age | Macgasm

Macgasm #042 - Don of a new age | Macgasm — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:44:55 +0000

[...] and fix them with updates? See “Snow Leopard“, “iPhone 3G Launch“, “Mobile Me“. Don thinks that Apple Doesn’t really care about what its consumers [...]

By: John

John — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:47:14 +0000

I’m done with this imMobileMe service. Free Google email and apps for me.

By: SugarSync Sweetens Service With an iPhone App - GigaOM

SugarSync Sweetens Service With an iPhone App - GigaOM — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:57:35 +0000

[...] of people don’t have them yet. Small business owners are the ones buying Buffalo drives, and given the troubles with MobileMe they might wait before taking on the iPhone. Adding more smart phone access beyond the iPhone would [...]

By: White rasta

White rasta — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:51:26 +0000

interesting to hear the techie thoughts on why mobileme has had problems. I think it has great potential but these can’t be overcome until apple invest in server hubs across the globe. As it is my iDisk is in the UK but the server is in California with an average ping of 400ms. This would have been little concern to apple when it only had a few .mac customers in the UK, but the sudden flood of UK and EU customers must be a great strain on apple’s existing infrastructure.

By: Apple’s new media republic

Apple’s new media republic — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:21:41 +0000

[...] strategy roll-out didn’t quite go according to plan. In addition to the App Store snafu, MobileMe had its own problems on launch, much to the disappointment of some subscribers — and Steve Jobs: “It was a mistake to launch [...]

By: Security and the Net · Apple facing infrastructure problems?

Security and the Net · Apple facing infrastructure problems? — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:17:19 +0000

[...] the excellent data center knowledge website, I came to this page with some insider information about Apple’s infrastructure and their (lack of) IT plans. [...]

By: Apple could learn a lot from Amazon

Apple could learn a lot from Amazon — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:54:27 +0000

[...] I’m not talking about infrastructure issues here, where they probably could, too. No. I’m talking about selling stuff online. Sure [...]

By: More MobileMe « The PerfMon Blog

More MobileMe « The PerfMon Blog — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:22:44 +0000

[...] Monitoring — Tyler Fullerton @ 11:22 am The other day Ohm Malik wrote an interesting post about the availability issues with Apple’s MobileMe site. He made quite a few key [...]

By: Quickthink » Blog Archive » Apple’s Bad Patch

Quickthink » Blog Archive » Apple’s Bad Patch — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:41:36 +0000

[...] – For those interested in the technical side of the Apple problem with MobileMe, check out GigaOm. Om Malik offers his take on this — Apple has not yet figured out how to offer a wide range of internet based services. [...]

By: Blog vs. Blog: Daring Fireball/GigaOm MobileMe-nia! | The iPhone Blog

Blog vs. Blog: Daring Fireball/GigaOm MobileMe-nia! | The iPhone Blog — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:56:02 +0000

[...] Malik says Apple is clueless about scaling MobileMe: There is no-unified IT plan vis-a-vis applications; each has their own set of servers, IT [...]

By: Bjorn Franke » Blog Archive » Google Insights: first spark of iPhone hype in September 2005

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:30:17 +0000

[...] a nice search term, and – again not surprisingly, came up with the iPhone. And not just because an Apple story drives in clicks (somebody accused Om Malik of doing [...]