MobileMe - Thoughts?

[Trauma1]

It's great if you have an iPhone and want the syncing features, everything else has free alternatives (though, not as sleek) as MobileMe. Not worth the $99, and you can get them for much cheaper than $69, as well. MobileMe boxes aren't tied to any serial numbers and all that is really in there is just an activation code. Check the usual suspects like Amazon, eBay, etc. I was able to get one for under $50.

 

[JBazz]

Just call your credit card company and they should block the transactions

I have spoke with my credit card company and as of tonight, I still have that amount of credit blocked. Here it is over a week now and still they got my card f'd up.

 

[Primejimbo]

I got good info out of this and I have a few questions also.

1. Is there parental controls for it for kids?

2. Is there a difference between the iCal on my mac (and iPhone) and the MobileMe calender?

3. My wife and I both have iPhones and Macs, can we sync to the same calender so we both can see the same one? Or sync to each others calenders?

4. I want to try the free trial, but can I try the family MobileMe so my wife and myself can try it out?

5. Is $99.00 on Amazon a good deal for the family plan?

6. How many people can you add on a family plan?

7. Do all my bookmarks have to be on Safari? I use Firefox, will that make a difference?

8. I might have more questions so please bare with me, thanks

 

[d21mike]

I got good info out of this and I have a few questions also.

1. Is there parental controls for it for kids?

2. Is there a difference between the iCal on my mac (and iPhone) and the MobileMe calender?

3. My wife and I both have iPhones and Macs, can we sync to the same calender so we both can see the same one? Or sync to each others calenders?

4. I want to try the free trial, but can I try the family MobileMe so my wife and myself can try it out?

5. Is $99.00 on Amazon a good deal for the family plan?

6. How many people can you add on a family plan?

7. Do all my bookmarks have to be on Safari? I use Firefox, will that make a difference?

8. I might have more questions so please bare with me, thanks

1. Not sure
2. Not sure what you mean. But the calendars will be in Sync.
3. Only if you use the same MobileMe Account. This could be a problem if you want separate email accounts. No, you can't subscribe. Big complaint. However, with new 3.0 iPhone you can subscride to a calendar you share from your mac but not via MobileMe.
4. You would need to have 2 MobileMe Accounts for the 60 day trial. After you can combine them with the Family Plan.
5. Yes
6. 5
7. Only Safarie and IE

 

[DiamondMac]

I have had MobileMe since day 1

I enjoy it and use it quite often with contacts, email, and iDisk.

But, i still tell people to stay with GMail as it is free and on the whole has most of what MobileMe offers

 

[Primejimbo]

I have had MobileMe since day 1

I enjoy it and use it quite often with contacts, email, and iDisk.

But, i still tell people to stay with GMail as it is free and on the whole has most of what MobileMe offers

I just use gmail for email, what else can it do that's the same as Mobile Me?

 

[DiamondMac]

I just use gmail for email, what else can it do that's the same as Mobile Me?

Depends on what you use....for me, I got MobileMe for iDisk and EMail.

I use GMail for Chat but have since found its email/contacts/chat to be a bit easier to use and much quicker (much). I also have started using Google Documents a decent amount and like it.

So, unless someone has a real attachment to using iDisk or something specific with MobileMe, I usually tell friends to stick with free GMail.

 

[Primejimbo]

Depends on what you use....for me, I got MobileMe for iDisk and EMail.

I use GMail for Chat but have since found its email/contacts/chat to be a bit easier to use and much quicker (much). I also have started using Google Documents a decent amount and like it.

So, unless someone has a real attachment to using iDisk or something specific with MobileMe, I usually tell friends to stick with free GMail.

Can I sync my iCal with gmails?