How much data does calendar/contact syncing use?

[HarryPot]

I now have and iPhone, iPad and a Mac. And it is a mess having the calendars in sync.

I'm looking into getting a MobileMe account, but currently I have only 150mb data plan.

Normally I only use around 70-80mb per month. Would MM use a lot of data? I'm not planning on using the email.

 

[satcomer]

You could do all this with a DropBox free account and a little knowledge where these files are actually kept.

 

[ufkdo]

Calendar/contact syncing should not require too much data transfer. It should be 5 MB/month or something like that (maybe less)

 

[thunderbunny]

You could do all this with a DropBox free account and a little knowledge where these files are actually kept.

From iPhone/iPad? How?

 

[thunderbunny]

Tis a good question. Don't know exactly but it must be very very little. My data usage is roughly consistent with 'normal' use and syncing seems to be insignificant.

 

[HarryPot]

Thanks for the answers.

I would also like to know how this Dropbox thing works. It might be just what I need.

 

[ufkdo]

Dropbox is just a idisk competitor, not contact/calendar syncing. You can use Dropbox, Google Calendar and Google Contacts together instead of Mobile me if you don't want to pay for the service. A little bit more difficult to set up, but works. (I assumed you are not against of Google's policies)