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Apple. I'm Done.
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Gesh, two of the things you're complaining about (MobileMe's and its push feature and Exchange ActiveSync on the iPhone) are both perfect examples of prosumer features. So is the Mac Pro + Logic combo that you do your ochiphop on.
Maybe it's time for a changing of the guard. The luster of anything eventually gets old the more you hang around it, and it sounds like your time with Apple is up.
Having not discovered Apple until a few years ago (far from being 12 at the first WWDC) and still having daily contact with "the dark side" (I help maintain a huge Windows infrastructure for a living, and I'm the Windows-fix-it guy on my street at home), I'm one of the many people who are still thrilled with how Apple's products currently ARE.
The MobileMe launch was a disaster, and the iPhone 2.0 software does have bugs. MobileMe is already better (and getting better every day) and iPhone 2.0.1 is probably only a few weeks away, and 2.1 is a month or two down the road.
I compare that to my experience of having Windows Mobile since the days you had to import the phones from Europe because no US carrier had them yet, and I have yet to see someone deliver an experience (or bug fixes) nearly as well or quickly as Apple currently DOES.
So when I see you say "I'm done with Apple" because of this temporary issues (bringing you the prosumer features you say Apple's missing) I seriously do wonder where you're going to find a better experience.
How exactly did your wife get contacts on her iPhone in the first place -- type them all in manually?
iTunes does a perfectly fine job with synching iPhone contacts to the Mac "Address Book" application. I'm pretty sure that's how most Mac owners do it. Works the same with with ActiveSync on Windows, since you seem to be familiar with Windows Mobile (on the Tilt).
For couples like you sharing one computer with one logon, they simply create two groups (again, in Address Book) and then you tell iTunes to only sync the appropriate group to the appropriate iPhone.
IMO, there's zero reason to have to depend on the iPhone backup process for maintaining your address book.
And BTW, demi-gods are showing their support for this website, not Apple. They're often the most vocal when Apple screws up, like with MobileMe.
Are you smoking crack? Seriously - show me the ad that references MobileMe. Here is a hint - MobileMe is not in any advertisement running on the air.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/gallery/ads/
Have fun in your pursuit.
Ah, so now we see the real root of the problem
Curious, why is your wife upset at you when she is actually pissed off at MobileMe? That doesn't sound good...
What he said. Damn you and your wife have issues. Good bye. Trust me when I say, WE WON'T MISS YOU!
heh. Yeah yeah. Great comments guys (lame). Hope you enjoyed the post. Apple sucks. I'm done. The FCC is the right place to go, so laugh all you want you dimwits.
Out of curiosity, what method are you using to contact the FCC? I'd like to
follow suit and see exactly what federal mandates over email that they have.
AFAIK, the only Internet stuff that they deal with is down at the packet level, not social policies like email availability.
So whats your plan, venom? Vista on a Dell workstation with Windows Mobile for you and your wife?
follow suit and see exactly what federal mandates over email that they have.
AFAIK, the only Internet stuff that they deal with is down at the packet level, not social policies like email availability.
So whats your plan, venom? Vista on a Dell workstation with Windows Mobile for you and your wife?
If Apple sucks so bad, then why are you still coming to Mac Rumors?
Oh, and if you hate Apple, PM me and I'll take all that Apple hardware/software you have on your hands.
What were you hoping to accomplish by posting all of this?
What were you hoping to accomplish by
What were you hoping to accomplish bypostingquoting all of this?
To find out what he was hoping to accomplish by proclaiming to the world that he is done with Apple. Pretty simple.
What were you hoping to accomplish by posting all of this?
To explain all that is and continues to be wrong with MobileMe
Good for him, many feel the same way as him
I should add in that what I say has more to do with MM as I am still a full Apple guy even with MM's failure
There go that 2% of the people that are affected by the MobileMe switch
This post is ridiculous.
And full of wrong info by the OP and FUD by those that support him.
When has anything ever worked perfectly?
flashvenom, you're wrong and you aren't that much of a bad @$$ Apple fan. Just stop.
This post is ridiculous.
And full of wrong info by the OP and FUD by those that support him.
When has anything ever worked perfectly?
flashvenom, you're wrong and you aren't that much of a bad @$$ Apple fan. Just stop.
There go that 2% of the people that are affected by the MobileMe switch
May soon come to that the way the service is going
I think I'm going Linux.
That's right. As far as geeks go, I AM a bad person.
I'll manage my own contacts on one device. Thanks for the offer, Apple.
I'll post the response from the FCC - if I get one. They've been very helpful to me in the past - ATT did a 180 after they were contacted on my behalf. I'm a VERY demanding consumer. YES I do expect my hard earned money to buy products that WORK reasonably well, from the first day I buy them. 30 days free? Uh, no thanks Apple.
Realistically, I can't immediately stop using Apple. But I won't buy another Apple product for my personal, 'pro-sumer' use, and I definitely won't recommend them to my friends - as emphatically, anyways.
As I find myself programming more and more ($$$), and doing less and less graphics (half-decent designers are a dime a dozen these days) I find myself more and more comfortable with Windows. XP feels snappy, precise, and relatively stable. OS X feels smooth, clean and fairly reliable.
As I stated earlier MobileMe was the straw that broke the camel's back. Never hoped to accomplish anything more than to put my thoughts in writing so I could see them for myself. So sorry I had to corrupt your obviously mac-orientated macforums. I'll miss you too.
That is all.
That's right. As far as geeks go, I AM a bad person.
I'll manage my own contacts on one device. Thanks for the offer, Apple.
I'll post the response from the FCC - if I get one. They've been very helpful to me in the past - ATT did a 180 after they were contacted on my behalf. I'm a VERY demanding consumer. YES I do expect my hard earned money to buy products that WORK reasonably well, from the first day I buy them. 30 days free? Uh, no thanks Apple.
Realistically, I can't immediately stop using Apple. But I won't buy another Apple product for my personal, 'pro-sumer' use, and I definitely won't recommend them to my friends - as emphatically, anyways.
As I find myself programming more and more ($$$), and doing less and less graphics (half-decent designers are a dime a dozen these days) I find myself more and more comfortable with Windows. XP feels snappy, precise, and relatively stable. OS X feels smooth, clean and fairly reliable.
As I stated earlier MobileMe was the straw that broke the camel's back. Never hoped to accomplish anything more than to put my thoughts in writing so I could see them for myself. So sorry I had to corrupt your obviously mac-orientated macforums. I'll miss you too.
That is all.
Man you are funny
Have fun complaining to The FCC, im sure they wont care, like none of us
Thanks for the update.
Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.
By the way, when you get some piece of hardware/software that doesn't work quite right with your Linux box, be sure to complain to a random web forum about that too, and see what kind of response you get, and then compare the two.
