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• Jobs: MobileMe ‘not up to Apple's standards’

  Well, I’m happy for that admission . But let’s be serious: MobileMe is a quagmire on the PC. I’ve written a ton of stuff about this service, stuff that hasn’t been published yet mostly because it goes on and on and on, and there are so many complaints... Posted Aug 06 2008, 07:44 AM by pthurrott with | with 82 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, Mobile, Cloud computing

• MobileMe photo upload finally fixed on Windows

  I check almost every single day to see whether it’s finally possible for Windows users to upload photos to MobileMe using a Web browser. It’s never worked right. But as of today, it actually works. To be a bit more clear, it “sort of worked” before in... Posted Jul 29 2008, 04:26 AM by pthurrott with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, XP, Alt. Windows, Digital media, Mobile, Cloud computing, Vista

• You know MobileMe is a piece of junk when ... (Updated)

  This one reads like a Jeff Foxworthy (of "you know you're a redneck when..." fame) joke. As in, you know MobileMe is a piece of @#$% when even Walter Mossberg, the world's most prominent support of Apple products, can't find anything... Posted Jul 24 2008, 10:16 AM by pthurrott with | with 113 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, XP, Alt. Windows, Mobile, Cloud computing, Vista, Commentary

• Gary Krakow is off his rocker, blames MSFT for iPhone battery woes

  Nice to see someone else going after the mainstream media for unfairly blaming Microsoft for something, in this case—get this—the iPhone 3G's poor battery life. Head's up, guys. Push kills battery life, no matter where the service comes from.... Posted Jul 15 2008, 03:24 PM by pthurrott with | with 53 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, Windows Mobile, Smartphone, Mobile, Cloud computing

• MobileMe: Push vs. Sync

  I've gotten a ton of email about Apple substantially backing down from its initial claims about MobileMe's capabilities. (And not to be a jerk about it, I warned you: Unlike many people, I've used .Mac for years, and it was always a piece... Posted Jul 14 2008, 11:06 AM by pthurrott with | with 14 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, XP, iPod, Mobile, Cloud computing, Vista

• Apple MobileMe ... PC vs. Mac

  Apple’s MobileMe isn’t just a warmed over PC- and iPhone-compatible version of .Mac. It’s important for two reasons: Apple is jumping headfirst into the cloud computing market. (And confounding pundits who predicted they’d partner with Google.) Apple... Posted Jun 09 2008, 10:44 PM by pthurrott with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, XP, iPod, Internet, Mobile, Cloud computing, Vista

• Macworld 2008 keynote: Initial thoughts

  Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Note that these are initial thoughts only. I'm guessing there will be a lot more to say about this later. Leopard update Apple sold 5 million copies of Leopard in 2007, "the... Posted Jan 15 2008, 12:41 PM by pthurrott with | with 19 comment(s) Filed under: iPhone, Apple, iPod, Digital media, Cloud computing, Content, Apple TV