POLL: Are you pleased with MobileMe?

[nomar383]

I am happy with the contact syncing and the bookmark syncing between my computers/iphone.

I use the iDisk with chronosync for offsite backup.

I don't use the email at all, just because I want to keep it fresh (no spam) for if I ever decide to use it for business.

I like the me.com website and it has worked well for me (besides day 1 obviously)

I also have my site hosted with iDisk and pointing to my own domain, which seems to work fine.

All in all, I didn't see the need for .Mac in my life, but I use this service frequently. The purchase of MM was in perfect line with me getting a new mac and a new iphone, so syncing became a cool feature that I wouldn't have used earlier this year.

They at least did the right thing by apologizing and giving everyone an extra month as a consolation prize lol

 

[Markleshark]

Interesting results, i wonder if you were to take this poll to a non apple forum or site, what results would occur?

I'd suggest there wouldn't be that many using the service.

 

[Lordillingworth]

I'd suggest there wouldn't be that many using the service.

Good point!

I imagine apart from us the only people who use this are the air head phone buyers who wouldn't really know what was a good service and what wasn't. That sounds incredibly big headed... and is!

 

[miniboss1232]

After the initial bumps, a week later I would have to say that I'm very pleased with MobileMe. I realize lots of people are still having problems, but I'd have to say that nearly all of the issues I've encountered are no longer present.

I have an iMac, MacBook Pro, iPhone, and a Windows PC all syncing through MobileMe. The PC only syncs Safari bookmarks, though, as it's my work PC (and I can just use the web apps to access my home contacts and calendars). Other than some initial syncing quirks (including a corrupted data warning that required some finagling to get around), everything seems to be syncing perfectly. And quickly at that.

As for the web apps, I'm starting to really like them. While the mail app isn't as robust as Gmail yet, it's still pretty good. I like the quick reply. And as the MobileMe status indicates, selecting a contact for new mail isn't up and running yet. Contacts works great. Calendars are working great (just wish my calendar subscriptions would show up too). The web gallery is fantastic. I've been uploading photos from my iPhone and iPhoto (though iPhoto is still having a few issues now and then with the galleries). iDisk is definitely speedier than it was before.

I haven't tried using iWeb yet, but I do have a domain properly hosted. Family accounts seem to be working (and pushing properly) as well. In fact, push e-mail, contacts, and calendars are all working flawlessly.

So all in all, for an upgrade I didn't pay for, it's working excellently. My only advice to those that are having issues is to start from scratch as much as possible. Don't delete your data, but remove every bit of MobileMe/.Mac that you can, and start over one device at a time. If it's a web app problem, then maybe they're slowing rolling out changes over various servers. Just trust me when I say that it actually IS working for some of us, so just hang in there.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I have good news - I finally got the biggest problem solved, namely none of my computers would sync. Now with that finally out of the way, I just have a few minor niggles.

 

[DiamondMac]

No. Very disappointed with the first week. Having many problems that I never had to deal with with my .mac email

 

[aethelbert]

I was pleased with iTools and .mac, so I've gotta be pleased with a free upgrade.

 

[Mindflux]

It's been pretty spot on the last few days. I think things are starting to settle into place.

 

[Aceon6]

Had I seen this poll 24 hours ago, I would have answered "no", but Apple must have made some major strides since then. Calendar no longer freezes in Firefox 3, and I'm getting my updates on my touch within 60 seconds of changing things on the web.

I know there are other areas that people are waiting for, but the calendar fix is huge.

 

[HLdan]

Pleased???

I think the OP using the word "Pleased" puts most people here in a position to say no. I actually like the service and the features are great and there will be more features added over time so it's unfair to ask if we are pleased because things aren't perfect yet but so far I am quite happy with what's available.

 

[HLdan]

Interesting results, i wonder if you were to take this poll to a non apple forum or site, what results would occur?

What exactly are you looking for? You seem like you want all of us to agree with you that we hate the service and are displeased. Are you only looking for negative answers? If so you titled the thread wrong.

 

[gauchogolfer]

I like it very much. The push service is great.

I just wish I could figure out how to make it work on my workstation at work that is behind a proxy server. That's not the fault of MobileMe, as I can't connect to Gmail directly either.

 

[kolax]

Aside from the iffy start, I'm pleased with the whole thing. The no Push from Mac to MobileMe is a bit disappointing, but I'm sure Apple will update it all sooner or later.

 

[philamac]

What exactly are you looking for? You seem like you want all of us to agree with you that we hate the service and are displeased. Are you only looking for negative answers? If so you titled the thread wrong.

and what are YOU looking for? You say it's unfair to ask if we are pleased because things are not perfect yet? That's the whole point of the poll! This is a pay service and things should work as advertised when it is released!

Logically, everyone should be displeased. The product is buggy and not ready for its release, but a majority of you are OK with that. I understand that nothing is ever perfect, but you cannot argue that this release has been without it's hiccups. In fact, as I'm typing this, I cannot access my mobileme webmail because they are no doubt doing some kind of maintenance on it as we speak.

When Yahoo launched its push email service for the iPhone last year, it was buggy as hell, but did I complain and spend hours upon hours on forums looking for a fix? No, because it was free. mobileme, being a paid subscription service should be held to a completely different set of standards. In fact, I dare say, you all should be reviewing it with the same critique you would give a Microsoft product. Don't you think a few of you have been too laid back on this? I mean, from what I gather, some of you aren't even using all the features, so you're paying $99+ for a buggy push email service. (that's something you can still get for free from yahoo btw, bugs included)

I know they are working on it and I have high hopes that it will be magnificent, I really really do because I paid $149 for it. But this poll's purpose is to gather everyone's opinion on the service so far. Not what it will be, not what it promises to be, not what you hope it will be. You should think to yourself, has it delivered what you were looking for? If you are pleased then great! But don't chastise the OP cause he is not. He is just pointing out his opinion and observation that a poll on an apple enthusiast site may be skewed. I for one, at the cost of being flamed, agree.

 

[HLdan]

and what are YOU looking for? You say it's unfair to ask if we are pleased because things are not perfect yet? That's the whole point of the poll! This is a pay service and things should work as advertised when it is released!

Logically, everyone should be displeased. The product is buggy and not ready for its release, but a majority of you are OK with that. I understand that nothing is ever perfect, but you cannot argue that this release has been without it's hiccups. In fact, as I'm typing this, I cannot access my mobileme webmail because they are no doubt doing some kind of maintenance on it as we speak.

When Yahoo launched its push email service for the iPhone last year, it was buggy as hell, but did I complain and spend hours upon hours on forums looking for a fix? No, because it was free. mobileme, being a paid subscription service should be held to a completely different set of standards. In fact, I dare say, you all should be reviewing it with the same critique you would give a Microsoft product. Don't you think a few of you have been too laid back on this? I mean, from what I gather, some of you aren't even using all the features, so you're paying $99+ for a buggy push email service. (that's something you can still get for free from yahoo btw, bugs included)

I know they are working on it and I have high hopes that it will be magnificent, I really really do because I paid $149 for it. But this poll's purpose is to gather everyone's opinion on the service so far. Not what it will be, not what it promises to be, not what you hope it will be. You should think to yourself, has it delivered what you were looking for? If you are pleased then great! But don't chastise the OP cause he is not. He is just pointing out his opinion and observation that a poll on an apple enthusiast site may be skewed. I for one, at the cost of being flamed, agree.

You didn't read my post correctly. The OP is using the word "pleased" as a generalization and if we can only go by that word then the only answer I can give is NO, I'm not "pleased" because Apple hasn't completed MM with all the promised features. However I am happy so far because what is available is working perfectly for me.
What am I looking for? I am looking for a different wording besides pleased, more like "happy" then I can say, "yes I am happy but things aren't perfect".
So far the OP has held suspect towards the forum twice for why they seem to be happy because he is not, that gives the impression that he's only looking for negative answers.

 

[philamac]

You didn't read my post correctly. The OP is using the "pleased" as a generalization and if we can only go by that word then the only answer I can give is NO, I'm not "pleased" because Apple hasn't completed MM with all the promised features. However I am happy so far because what is available is working perfectly for me.
What am I looking for? I am looking for a different wording besides pleased, more like "happy" then I can say, "yes I am happy but things aren't perfect".
So far the OP has held suspect towards the forum twice for why they seem to be happy because he is not, that gives the impression that he's only looking for negative answers.

oh right, thats what you meant. Even in my previous post, I said logically everyone should be displeased, haha. I get what you mean, and maybe the wording should be changed, but I think the general idea is understood. Sorry for ranting off on you.

 

[onemac]

Mostly calendar issues

1) MM Calendar does not accept url subscriptions
2) MM Calendar only loads about 50% of the time when I open it at work.

Push seems to be working fine but this thing still has too many bugs.

 

[cyclingplatypus]

Happy MobileMe user here.

 

[JP M.]

"Pleased", yes. The free upgrade was greatly appreciated. But it would change to "thoroughly content" once Apple fixes the aliases on the Mail app on the desktop. After that, I'll be a true, happy, MobileMe camper.

 

[miniboss1232]

Logically, everyone should be displeased. The product is buggy and not ready for its release, but a majority of you are OK with that. I understand that nothing is ever perfect, but you cannot argue that this release has been without it's hiccups. In fact, as I'm typing this, I cannot access my mobileme webmail because they are no doubt doing some kind of maintenance on it as we speak.

Actually, some of us have been getting good results with the service. Mine has been working pretty rock solid for the majority of this week. It's only at this current moment that the sync server seems to have gone down.

Other than that, all of the web apps seem to be working pretty well. Pushing to my iPhone has been working great.

The thing is, not everyone's experiences have been the same. I realize you're very upset about the service not working for you, but the fact of the matter is that the service IS working for others, like myself. We're not excusing Apple for anything. It's quite literally working for some of us.

It's had its hiccups, but I had .Mac before, so I'm basically getting free functionality. And I got 30 free days. So I can wait a month for the hiccups to be ironed out.

 

[jaw3net]

Pleased thus far

I'm digging MM so far. I haven't had any problems with the service whatsoever, although I've been using it 'lightly' considering the issues a lot of other folks seem to be having. I've synced contacts from my MacBook/iMac/iPhone and they've all pushed/updated to the other devices without any issues. I've tested mail without any major hiccups. As I mentioned in another thread, I don't see myself using webmail @ me.com too much as it's somewhat limited in its functionality and I kinda get the sense that Apple meant it that way especially with the whole "exchange for the rest of us" tag. I think webmail @ me.com was intended to be a stripped down email application when not near your home computer or without your iphone. I don't think folks should expect to use it as their main full-featured mail application. There's mail.app, entourage and outlook/outlook express for that. And you can easily set-up your me.com address in those and have access to the features your heart desires.

As for the other functions: calendar, gallery and iDisk...no problems with calendar. Really haven't used gallery or iDisk just yet, but I will most likely host a blog as well as my photo gallery using MM. I check http://www.apple.com/support/mobileme/ frequently throughout the day to get an update on the system status to see if things are working as they should.

What I like about MM and Apple's products in general, is the seamless integration of all of the hardware/software. I know there are some folks that aren't 'pleased' with MM thus far, but you've really gotta tip your hats to Steve and his minions. No other company, in my opinion, has such superior products that are user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing. I was a long-time PC user and was originally hesitant about Apple's products but my first PowerBook got me hooked. Once you go Mac...you never go back.

So for all of those that are having problems, give Apple time to sort out all the kinks (which it seems to be happening for most). I think in the long-run, we'll all be quite 'pleased'.

 

[Maxamillious]

I'm certainly pleased with the webapp's user interface, it's features and the 'promise' of instantaneous syncing, however, I'm not please that this has yet to co-exists with MobileMe and that it's webapp is nothing more then a pretty-playground to edit my contacts without the ability to save or sync my changes.

So at present, until MobileMe fills it's nutshell with something that actually works, no, I'm not at Apple pleased with Apple's "service."

 

[wordmunger]

I said "yes" because it does the same thing I used .mac for -- publish and subscribe calendars. I don't use any of the fancy "push" features. I had already stopped using iDisk on .mac, but maybe I'll give it another shot now that things seem to have settled down.

Anyone know if the iDisk is now backed up by Time Machine?

 

[nomar383]

I said "yes" because it does the same thing I used .mac for -- publish and subscribe calendars. I don't use any of the fancy "push" features. I had already stopped using iDisk on .mac, but maybe I'll give it another shot now that things seem to have settled down.

Anyone know if the iDisk is now backed up by Time Machine?

I don't think it is. I am assuming Apple trusts itself to keep your iDisk data secure, so they didn't put a "Time Machine iDisk" feature in Leopard. lol

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I said "yes" because it does the same thing I used .mac for -- publish and subscribe calendars. I don't use any of the fancy "push" features. I had already stopped using iDisk on .mac, but maybe I'll give it another shot now that things seem to have settled down.

Anyone know if the iDisk is now backed up by Time Machine?

Your iDisk is not backed up by Time Machine, even if you have local sync enabled.