Comments on: Break Away From MobileMe: 7 Free Services to Help You Make the Move http://gigaom.com/apple/break-away-from-mobileme-seven-services-to-help-you-make-the-move/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:08:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: voiceOreezn http://gigaom.com/apple/break-away-from-mobileme-seven-services-to-help-you-make-the-move/#comment-576129 Sun, 16 Jan 2011 13:21:46 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=10012#comment-576129 Unlike the uber cool die hard mac devotees….

Some of us don’t want to buy into everything apple. I actually have a mac, a windows box, a linux box and an ipod touch. I used to have an iphone, but traded that in for a Droid X, which is FAR superior.

The problem with mobileme, is that apple wants to force you to use everything apple. So….mobileme won’t sync with a droid, no matter how much you try.

Add to that the fact that when I did have an iphone, an upgrade to the os wiped out a large chunk of my contacts, on both my mac and my iphone. In addition, that same os upgrade disabled notes syncing. The sync issues with mobileme are extremely well documented, and while I have no problems paying for a service, when I do…I expect it to work.

Google on the other hand….works perfectly and syncs cross-platform, so my data remains intact on my mac, pc, droid, etc. When you take Google apps into account, it’s far superior to mobileme.

]]> By: Johnnboy http://gigaom.com/apple/break-away-from-mobileme-seven-services-to-help-you-make-the-move/#comment-566192 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:29:55 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=10012#comment-566192 The realdumbass is the person who feels he needs to setup 3,4 7 or whatever different services, paste them all with glue together, just to try to “emulate” (because in the end that’s all you’re doing) the fantastic job and sleek presentation that mobile me has.. Really, why would I do all that (even if I was a computer whiz and it took me 5 minutes to setup all the other services) to have a grotesque mutant hybrid, when I can have this beautiful looking service which not only looks but works wonderfully? Really now, no justification unless you’re a bum or a student with no money…

]]> By: John Lusher http://gigaom.com/apple/break-away-from-mobileme-seven-services-to-help-you-make-the-move/#comment-335301 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:34:45 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=10012#comment-335301 Or, I can save myself the time and effort of setting up the seven services outlined above and continue to use Mobile Me.

]]> By: MobileMe Mail Revisited « Jonathan Buys http://gigaom.com/apple/break-away-from-mobileme-seven-services-to-help-you-make-the-move/#comment-335300 Sun, 16 May 2010 11:20:07 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=10012#comment-335300 [...] has made strides to improve their online services since the rocky conversion from DotMac, and I hope that they continue to make the MobileMe web interface better, [...]

]]> By: justintime http://gigaom.com/apple/break-away-from-mobileme-seven-services-to-help-you-make-the-move/#comment-335299 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:06:09 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=10012#comment-335299 For all those that bitch about the article can continue to pay to MobileMe.
“Not worth my time to set up…” give me f****** break, what are you some CEO and your child’s iphone needs to be synced up with your busy schedule? How much time did you spend reading this article?Should we send you a check for your ‘busy time’ wasted?

If you are dumb-ass and can’t figure out how to set things up then enjoy the iProducts as they thrive of incompetent people like you who gladly pay for bits of service. You are getting ripped of and don’t even know it…much like the day you bought your mac. Enjoy!

Thanks for posting this article, very handy. I didn’t realize Amazon has dropped their pricing so low. Thanks for the roundup!

]]> By: splat http://gigaom.com/apple/break-away-from-mobileme-seven-services-to-help-you-make-the-move/#comment-335298 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:47:09 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=10012#comment-335298 @taildrag: couldn’t agree more! it was just a suggestion, eh?!

]]> By: taildrag http://gigaom.com/apple/break-away-from-mobileme-seven-services-to-help-you-make-the-move/#comment-335297 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:35:28 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=10012#comment-335297 Cut the guy some slack, you jack asses. He’s just offering suggestions here for those who might be looking for a free solution(s) to move away from MobileMe. That’s all. Sure Apple is going to have the better, more integrated solution, but one said, “You ‘should’ absolutely do this – screw Apple!”. Folks who might need to save a few bucks and have the time to try out an alternative might just find this information useful. Jerks.

]]> By: b7410852963 http://gigaom.com/apple/break-away-from-mobileme-seven-services-to-help-you-make-the-move/#comment-335296 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:22:05 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=10012#comment-335296 Although the above work and can “replace” mobileme in terms of function. However, mobileme can bring you a better and more enjoyable user experience.

]]> By: Predicting 2010: Apple and the Cloud | The Apple Tech Blog http://gigaom.com/apple/break-away-from-mobileme-seven-services-to-help-you-make-the-move/#comment-335295 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:16:37 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=10012#comment-335295 [...] is a bit more difficult to swallow. What’s more, MobileMe offers very little that can’t be had for free in other places. I’m allowing my Mobile Me subscription to lapse this year as I’ve [...]

]]> By: Predicting 2010: Apple and the Cloud http://gigaom.com/apple/break-away-from-mobileme-seven-services-to-help-you-make-the-move/#comment-335294 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:32:35 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=10012#comment-335294 [...] is a bit more difficult to swallow. What’s more, MobileMe offers very little that can’t be had for free in other places. I’m allowing my Mobile Me subscription to lapse this year as I’ve [...]

]]> By: James http://gigaom.com/apple/break-away-from-mobileme-seven-services-to-help-you-make-the-move/#comment-335293 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:37:50 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=10012#comment-335293 As for me I use SyncMate. It is absolutely free (Contacts and iCal sync) and allows syncing my Mac with Windows Mobile, other Mac and PC.

As far as I know SyncMate also supports Mac and Nokia S40, Sony PSP, Google account synchronization.

You can find detailed information about SyncMate at their homepage http://www.sync-mac.com/syncmate-features.html

]]> By: Johan http://gigaom.com/apple/break-away-from-mobileme-seven-services-to-help-you-make-the-move/#comment-335292 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:35:59 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=10012#comment-335292 Google now has push !!

With 5 external push email addies

]]> By: Sohrob http://gigaom.com/apple/break-away-from-mobileme-seven-services-to-help-you-make-the-move/#comment-335291 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:47:35 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=10012#comment-335291 Haha yeah I know… Nothing can beat iWeb.

]]> By: JB http://gigaom.com/apple/break-away-from-mobileme-seven-services-to-help-you-make-the-move/#comment-335290 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:11:23 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=10012#comment-335290 ::ahem::

Yahoo Calendar > Google Calendar, works much better w/ iCal than Google’s incarnation. (ie. delgates)

]]> By: Jerome http://gigaom.com/apple/break-away-from-mobileme-seven-services-to-help-you-make-the-move/#comment-335289 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:32:51 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=10012#comment-335289 Yes but the $99 set back may make it worthy to spend an hour of your life setting those up.

]]> By: Blayne http://gigaom.com/apple/break-away-from-mobileme-seven-services-to-help-you-make-the-move/#comment-335288 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:03:04 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=10012#comment-335288 I know i am kind of late but now there is Google Docs which is like Amazon S3 or whatever!!!

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