Apple Updates MobileMe Online Apps

[MacRumors]

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Apple has detailed (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3344) some recent changes they have made to their MobileMe web apps. A partial list of changes and improvements are listed here:

- Searching for contacts in a large address book (more than 1000 contacts) is faster and no longer results in a "slow script" browser alert message
- Exported vCards with multi-line addresses or notes can now be imported into the Mac OS X Address Book
- Adds keyboard shortcut to create a new contact
- Adds sorting of To Do items by calendar or title
- Family Member accounts now display the accurate renewal/expiration date
- Resolves an issue that prevented some members from using an activation key (MobileMe box) to renew a subscription
- "Keep me logged in for two weeks" checkbox now works reliably

Apple has said (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/30/apple-details-ongoing-mobileme-upgrades/) that they will be providing regular updates to the MobileMe service that occur transparently to the end user. MobileMe is the online mail, calendar, contact and sync services available to Mac or PC users.


Article Link: Apple Updates MobileMe Online Apps (http://www.macrumors.com/2008/12/23/apple-updates-mobileme-online-apps/)

[oyebto]

justifies buying mobileme now?:D

[JonHimself]

I got really excited because for whatever reason I thought this meant more access/compatibility with the iPhone... well specifically just accessing my idrive or whatever it's called.

[dguisinger]

Figures

Last night was the first time i tried to log into my account in a while, I actually had something to do, and the site wasn't working.

Transparently upgrade huh? What's their definition of transparent?

[drober30]

Mobile Me is amazing and I'm a life time customer! I could not imagine having everything out of sync!

[dguisinger]

Mobile Me is amazing and I'm a life time customer! I could not imagine having everything out of sync!

I'm a Mobile Me customer too......... I can't imagine having everything in sync...

[roland.g]

Where are the much needed improvements for reliability and stability in the webmail app?

[rorober]

add the anniversary field on MobileMe contacts like you can in the address book?

[dguisinger]

Where are the much needed improvements for reliability and stability in the webmail app?

IE7 support might be nice too...you know, I'm forced to use it at work...it has been out for atleast a year now. And it is surprisingly somewhat more secure than IE6. You'd think Apple would have their act together, MobileMe has been a letdown since day 1.

[raskar]

I use mobile me at work with Safari. Countless bugs.. duuno where to start!! and slow and unstable and..

[fendol]

Apple has said that they will be providing regular updates to the MobileMe service that occur transparently to the end user. MobileMe is the online mail, calender, contact and sync services available to Mac or PC users.

Let's see how regular or accurate they are :):apple:http://www.seoagora.com/img/459/k08q1024glza/ecstatic.gifhttp://www.seoagora.com/img/589/d08l1104oulu/smiley2.gif

[eyephone]

Yeah, well why did this update break its usability with Google Chrome? This is my only browser!
:mad:

[johnnyjibbs]

At least they made that dog slow interface faster (hopefully). :)

Right now though, I'd just like to be able to use my MobileMe account as my primary forwarded to mail account for personal use. I currently have my mail routed via my gmail because quite a few emails don't get through due to being "over quota". ??? :rolleyes:

That said, my contacts and calendar syncing has always worked flawlessly.

[dguisinger]

At least they made that dog slow interface faster (hopefully). :)

Right now though, I'd just like to be able to use my MobileMe account as my primary forwarded to mail account for personal use. I currently have my mail routed via my gmail because quite a few emails don't get through due to being "over quota". ??? :rolleyes:

That said, my contacts and calendar syncing has always worked flawlessly.

I've got tons of duplicate contact groups on my iPhone, drives me crazy. Online create a group, add a contact, add another contact, add a third contact......it pushed a new group to my phone every time i added/removed contact members. so I have about 15 groups, each with different combinations of contacts in it. And you can't delete groups from the phone directly, and MobileMe and MacOS X doesn't show the extra groups as existing.

[igazza]

mobile me is a waste of money, i will never renew my subscription .

[odedia]

Why on earth is Google Chrome not supported?

It is a Webkit browser, it should work right out of the box, but me.com simply shows a blank page.

[igazza]

Why on earth is Google Chrome not supported?

It is a Webkit browser, it should work right out of the box, but me.com simply shows a blank page.

firefox is better, why you using windows ?:rolleyes:

[fowler.]

mobile me is seriously lethargic. after using gmail forever and switching over to this...

i mean, it's just night and day. please, for the love of God, Google... come out with something similar to MobileMe.

[kornyboy]

Wirelessly posted (iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5G77 Safari/525.20)

I'm glad to see these improvements. I hope that they will add the ability to setup alerts in the calendar app on the website. It is a little annoying to setup an event and then have to go into the iPhone to setup the alert.

Overall, I have really enjoyed MobileMe since they have worked out the kinks from the rocky start.

[Bryan Bowler]

I have to admit, I've been stunned at the simplicity of problems that I've experienced with Mobile Me. Many of these bugs should have been worked out before it was ever released to the public. For example, how hard is it to make the "Keep me logged in for 2 weeks" function work? It took them months to get this one going. Pretty sad.

I'm a huge Apple fan, but the rollout of Mobile Me has been disappointing to say the least.

Bryan

[maybesew]

Google Chrome being "based on" webkit means it should work out of the box? Think about that for a second if you understand what webkit even is. Chrome is not safari. Webkit is not safari. Chrome has an entirely different javascript processing engine. And what it is on top of webkit is also different.

Considering how much javascript goes into these web apps there is no surprise that it doesn't work out of the box.

[sushi]

add the anniversary field on MobileMe contacts like you can in the address book?
Really! :(

You should be able to do the same actions be it in the Address Book, MobileMe on the web, and iPhone/touch. We aren't there yet!

the rollout of Mobile Me has been disappointing to say the least.
That's the truth.

At least Apple is working on making it better.

I wonder if the Calendar colors work now? Need to give that a try and see.

[Digital Skunk]

IE7 support might be nice too...you know, I'm forced to use it at work...it has been out for atleast a year now. And it is surprisingly somewhat more secure than IE6. You'd think Apple would have their act together, MobileMe has been a letdown since day 1.

It hasn't been a letdown for me. It actually works better than I expected. Especially Back to my Mac which is now working a crap load better than launch day. Not only is it working for me perfectly, there's a freelancer at my job that has it syncing with iCal and Daylite no problemo.

But I do agree that it should work with other browsers, even if those browsers are inferior garbage. It only works with the java on Safari and Firefox..... nothing else! There is no way ever machine I might be on will have either or both of them since most people just don't care about their web browsers enough.

In this situation, I think Apple should just correct everyone else's mistakes and make MM work with other browers.

Google Chrome being "based on" webkit means it should work out of the box? Think about that for a second if you understand what webkit even is. Chrome is not safari. Webkit is not safari. Chrome has an entirely different javascript processing engine. And what it is on top of webkit is also different.

Considering how much javascript goes into these web apps there is no surprise that it doesn't work out of the box.

Thank you. You did beat me to it.

[Eric S.]

I use mobile me at work with Safari. Countless bugs.. duuno where to start!! and slow and unstable and..

You could start here: http://www.apple.com/support/mobileme/

The only problem I had with MobileMe they fixed in a chat session.

[marmiteturkey]

firefox is better, why you using windows ?:rolleyes:

Completely disagree. Chrome is fantastic, I'm waiting for the Mac version. I find it much faster, more stable, less hungry and simpler than Firefox. And some of us are forced to use Windows, don't ask silly questions. :rolleyes:

[pixpixpix]

Searching for contacts in a large address book (more than 1000 contacts) is faster and no longer results in a "slow script" browser alert message

Maybe they could fix it so it doesn't give a slow script message with more than 3000 contacts!

I am still getting the message today (12/23). Doesn't seem any faster

[odedia]

firefox is better, why you using windows ?:rolleyes:

At work I use windows, and Google Chrome is waaaayyyyy faster than Firefox will ever be (especially in boot time, firefox takes forever!).

[Stella]

IE7 support might be nice too...you know, I'm forced to use it at work...it has been out for atleast a year now. And it is surprisingly somewhat more secure than IE6. You'd think Apple would have their act together, MobileMe has been a letdown since day 1.

Blame microsoft, I.E is an extrodinarily poor browser with minimal W3C compliance, supporting only CSS1.x and a little CSS2 - I believe. Also, it still doesn't pass the Acid Test. It is only the major browser now that fails it. ( Note: Firefox 3.1 beta passes the acid test )

To my knowledge, IE *still* does not support XHTML.

IE lags way behind Safari, FireFox and Opera.

Mobile Me contains functionality that IE just does not support. Apple should not have to cripple MobileMe for IE's stake.

In fact, more companies should close the door on IE, it will encourage microsoft to get their act together.

[ivladster]

Yeah, well why did this update break its usability with Google Chrome? This is my only browser!
:mad:

its not Apple's fault that Chrome is still in Beta. Stop wining.

[ivladster]

At work I use windows, and Google Chrome is waaaayyyyy faster than Firefox will ever be (especially in boot time, firefox takes forever!).

I agree, Chrome is really impressive. However its still in beta, so sometimes MobileMe will freak out. Time to time.

[Doctor Q]

- "Keep me logged in for two weeks" checkbox now works reliablyI'm looking forward to having it work for me for the first time ever. I've had to log in every single time.

[137489]

Blame microsoft, I.E is an extrodinarily poor browser with minimal W3C compliance, supporting only CSS1.x - I believe. Also, it still doesn't pass the Acid Test. It is only the major browser now that fails it. ( Note: Firefox 3.1 beta passes the acid test )

To my knowledge, IE *still* does not support XHTML.

IE lags way behind Safari, FireFox and Opera.

Mobile Me contains functionality that IE just does not support. Apple should not have to cripple MobileMe for IE's stake.

In fact, more companies should close the door on IE, it will encourage microsoft to get their act together.


Amen to that. IE works great with MS apps, anything else - give or take. Just like stuff built with MS APPS may not work with other browsers, only IE (ie SQL parts, etc). It is a constant battle here at work with IE bottlenecks, etc. Having to re-write a lot of applications as our databases grow, just to get around IE issues. Also, don't ever try using Google Chrome with MS-Apps, talk about your nightmare.

MS <-> MS
Anything else <-> Anything else
MS '= anything else.

For you non-programmer types, means MS compatible with MS, anything else compatible with anything else, MS' not always compatible with anything else.

Because of this we had to tell people not to use Google Chrome, watch use of Firefox in certain areas, and if you are on a mac (which we are just starting to support), have a VPC with Windows just for the MS specific areas you may hit.

MS web technologies had never ever been truely web compliant. I built a beautiful website using frontpage , back in the day. Had to disable a good many parts of it as all other browsers choked, and even IE could not handle part of what frontpage offered consistantly.

[137489]

Maybe they could fix it so it doesn't give a slow script message with more than 3000 contacts!

I am still getting the message today (12/23). Doesn't seem any faster

3000 good greif :eek:, either someone is busy or needs to do some house cleaning..

What I need is my address book, and my eountarge to sync automatically using address book. I have google (syncman for that), me, and eouturage for work.

[Daveoc64]

Amen to that. IE works great with MS apps, anything else - give or take. Just like stuff built with MS APPS may not work with other browsers, only IE (ie SQL parts, etc). It is a constant battle here at work with IE bottlenecks, etc. Having to re-write a lot of applications as our databases grow, just to get around IE issues. Also, don't ever try using Google Chrome with MS-Apps, talk about your nightmare.

MS <-> MS
Anything else <-> Anything else
MS '= anything else.

For you non-programmer types, means MS compatible with MS, anything else compatible with anything else, MS' not always compatible with anything else.

Because of this we had to tell people not to use Google Chrome, watch use of Firefox in certain areas, and if you are on a mac (which we are just starting to support), have a VPC with Windows just for the MS specific areas you may hit.

MS web technologies had never ever been truely web compliant. I built a beautiful website using frontpage , back in the day. Had to disable a good many parts of it as all other browsers choked, and even IE could not handle part of what frontpage offered consistantly.

Regardless of how how bad IE is/isn't, Apple simply blocks anything that isn't Firefox or Safari.

Apple isn't blocking browsers based on capability, their code simply checks to see if you have Firefox or Safari running on Windows or Mac OS X. Linux users are also left with cold support (even on Firefox).

The nature of MobileMe is that people want to access it on whatever computer they are on. All they need to do is put up a simple version of the site for browsers and devices that can't cope with displaying the full service.

If I need my e-mail and the only computer I can use has IE6, then I wont be using MobileMe.

[luckylou]

Is it too much to ask to have the iDisk work reliably? On multiple computers that run just fine otherwise when I copy anything to any iDisk folder the progress bar goes quickly then hangs forever at the final stage.

[InkMaster]

its not Apple's fault that Chrome is still in Beta. Stop wining.

I agree, Chrome is really impressive. However its still in beta, so sometimes MobileMe will freak out. Time to time.

Have you been living under a rock? Chrome isn't in beta any more...

[twoodcc]

i am very glad to hear this. i am a mobileme user, and it has not been the experience that apple said it would be

[HailToTheVictor]

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/google-chrome-beta.html

Fastest Google product to get out of public beta

[diamond.g]

its not Apple's fault that Chrome is still in Beta. Stop wining.

Have you been living under a rock? Chrome isn't in beta any more...

And even if it was Apple supports Gmail (which still is in beta AFAIK)... :D

[kironin]

:D Happy EX-mobileme customer.

extraction was not entirely painless but well worth it!

[robanga]

My MobileMe experience has been pretty decent since the first week. I use it on three Macs and two PC's. The fix that most interests me is the "stay logged in for two weeks" option.

[Stella]

Apple isn't blocking browsers based on capability, their code simply checks to see if you have Firefox or Safari running on Windows or Mac OS X. Linux users are also left with cold support (even on Firefox).


Incorrect - I can use Linux with Firefox with MobileMe Web client without problems.

I've also tried with Opera 9, and that appears to be good too.

You'll get a warning about browser, but you can ignore this and get access to MobileMe web client.

[crees!]

It would be nice if these 2 issues, related or not, were fixed. My Powerbook is my main computer but am also syncing via MM to a Macbook Pro. The MBP is the one having both these issues.

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[Sabon]

Completely disagree. Chrome is fantastic, I'm waiting for the Mac version. I find it much faster, more stable, less hungry and simpler than Firefox. And some of us are forced to use Windows, don't ask silly questions. :rolleyes:

That's because Chrome is very new. Almost all new browsers are very fast in the beginning. They people start moaning and groaning and demanding this and that be added to it. The next thing you know it is as lumbering as every other browser unless the people creating it have self control. Few companies do because once you stop adding features, people stop using it.

[DaBrain]

Is it too much to ask to have the iDisk work reliably? On multiple computers that run just fine otherwise when I copy anything to any iDisk folder the progress bar goes quickly then hangs forever at the final stage.

I wonder what Decade Apple will return the email a File link to a Friend feature? :rolleyes:

[Chris Grande]

The ability to easily email groups from the web mail interface would be nice.

Also a lot more speed in the Mail interface.

[HD303]

It would be nice if the iPhone can now accept iCal invitations. I have not tried it, but that's on my wish list.

[Eric S.]

Is it too much to ask to have the iDisk work reliably? On multiple computers that run just fine otherwise when I copy anything to any iDisk folder the progress bar goes quickly then hangs forever at the final stage.

I've never had any problems with iDisk. I use it from a number of computers, a couple of which run Windows. iDisk is great for common storage.

[wizard]

Really folks I've been on board for awile now with Mobile Me and like it. That even after being hit with every bug known to man! Yeah the launch of the updated services left a lot to be desired but hey no one is perfect not even Apple. It is a measure of who you are in how you correct and deal with your problems; with Mobile Me they did OK. Not fantastic but I do believe they where caught off guard.

Things that are important to me:
1.
iDisk, this provides for an important off sight back up facility for me. Yeah there are other approaches, some that even work better, but I like that it is part of the Mobile Me package!

2.
The syncing! Once I got the iPhone and syncing started to stabilize I'm surprised at just how useful it is to have things constantly in sync. Especially being able to get access from anywhere.

3.
E-Mail address! Well you got to get one from somewhere! While I'm knocking on wood right now, mobile me doesn't seem to get spammed the Yahoo does.

4.
ICal has also overcomed my reluctance to use calendaring software. I believe this is impart related to iPhone as having a usable calendar with you 24/7 grows on you fast.


That is a short list but I must say one thing that really turned the tide is the usefulness of Mobile Me and iPhone. I don't honestly think that I'd be as positive if it wasn't for that integration.

Now don't misunderstand as I've seen all the bugs and have had at one time or another every issue in the forums. These have been slowly resolved, resulting in a very usable service. A service that yes is a bit expensive considering the growing pains (one does at times feel like a beta tester), but the cost is a little easier to swallow now that things really aren't that bad.

The things I'd like to see Apple concentrate on are iDisk and calendaring. IDisk needs all around improvements especially in transfer speed and robustness on poor networks. Calendaring needs to be uniform across all platforms so this isn't exactly a Mobile Me problem but I get very frustrated when I can't do record updates on my iPhone that I can on the desktop calendar.

Off the top of my head I can't think of anything new in the way of an app that Mobile Me needs to add.


Dave

[macUser2007]

Hey, Apple, how about focusing some of this energy on giving us what most users really need, like CUT&PASTE, or some real Navigation software, like iGo of TomTom, to take advantage of that GPS chip?

So sick of this money-grabbing BS....

[rbailerum1]

I am a long time MobileMe (.Mac) user, and have loved it since the beginning. There have been a ton of growing pains, and I've had to reset my sync data dozens of times over the years. However, the ability to have everything synchronized between multiple computers and my mobile device has far outweighed all the hassle MobileMe (.Mac) has been over the years.

That said, a couple friends of mine use Gmail and the Google Calendar, and I'm just baffled as to why they are BOTH light years faster than Apple's online versions (MobileMe Mail and Calendar). It's seriously like night and day. When I navigate through their email or calendar, it's almost like I'm running a local app. When I do the same thing on MobileMe, it's like I'm running on a seriously slow Internet connection or something (though I'm not).

Why is this? Can't Apple figure out what Google has done, and duplicate it? They don't have to use Gmails threads or labels (though those are really nice features), but they can at least address the speed issue, yes? We shouldn't have to have really small email INBOXes or calendars to get decent speed. They should be fast regardless of the size! Gmail is.

Like I said in the beginning, I'm a long time MobileMe user, and most likely will stick with it forever. However, Gmail is calling my name, and if Gmail ever figures out how to add synchronization features like MobileMe (I know there are ways to do it now, but none of them are nearly as seamless as MM), then I just might jump ship. I can't believe I'm saying that (yes, I'm an Apple fanboy), but Google just impresses the hell out of me these days.

R

P.S. On a related note, I can check my Gmail account from my iPhone using their iPhone optimized gmail.com site. Why can't I do that with my MM account? I know you get your MM account built in with the built in apps, but there have been numerous times when friends of mine wanted to check their MM calendars or email on my iPhone, and I've had to tell them "sorry, not really possible". What gives? You'd think Apple would have all of it's sites (store included) optimized for the iPhone. Ugh.

[joefan]

can we upgrade to family pack or renew using a box code now? (for those who are in the 90 day free period)

[eashworth]

Is there any way to get Mobile Me to sync email between my iPhone and my MBP? When I read an email on one device, I would like it to show as read on the other device. It is a pain and a waste of time to have to constantly open and close emails on my iPhone to get them to show as read when I have already read them on my laptop or vice versa.

[rbailerum1]

Is there any way to get Mobile Me to sync email between my iPhone and my MBP? When I read an email on one device, I would like it to show as read on the other device. It is a pain and a waste of time to have to constantly open and close emails on my iPhone to get them to show as read when I have already read them on my laptop or vice versa.

as long as you are connected to the Internet, then this should happen automatically. MobileMe is an IMAP service, which keeps all the emails on a server (with Apple), so when you make a change on one device (i.e. iPhone), then ALL OTHER DEVICES that have MobileMe setup (i.e. MPB) should receive that change, assuming they are ON and connected to the Internet (if they are not on, then they'll get the change once they turn on and connect to the Internet). MoblieMe has been IMAP since the beginning (2001), so if this is not happening on your device, then there's something wrong.

It's not instant, but it should update fairly quickly (within minutes).

I have found that often the iPhone won't update until I go into the Inbox (I don't have to look at the emails, just enter the Inbox, and then it will receiver any changes I've made from my laptop or desktop machine).

[Undecided]

Is there any way to get Mobile Me to sync email between my iPhone and my MBP? When I read an email on one device, I would like it to show as read on the other device. It is a pain and a waste of time to have to constantly open and close emails on my iPhone to get them to show as read when I have already read them on my laptop or vice versa.

Sounds like you're using POP3 email instead of IMAP. Use IMAP - then each device is just a gateway to your mail online.

If the email account you're accessing doesn't offer IMAP, then you could have MobileMe pull in your POP email, and then you would just access your me.com account, which uses IMAP.

[Picto]

It would be good if one Mac could synch to two MobileMe accounts to take into account two iPhones, one Mac scenario. :rolleyes:

[Bryan Bowler]

Hey, Apple, how about focusing some of this energy on giving us what most users really need, like CUT&PASTE...

Well those of you still whining about cut-n-paste please take it outside? There's plenty of other threads for you to complain in! :mad:

[rbailerum1]

It would be good if one Mac could synch to two MobileMe accounts to take into account two iPhones, one Mac scenario. :rolleyes:

If you want to sync the same information to two different phones, why not just use one MobileMe account? That way you can do exactly what you seem to want to do (same information on one Mac, two iPhones).

[Pooshka]

Apple, enough with all the unnecessary transparent updates!!! Bring on the new iDisk Public Folder and the cursed Sharing Feature for MM's sake!!!

[sushi]

Hopefully Apple will get MobileMe to point where the Address Book functions/capability are exactly for the Address Book, MobileMe and the iPhone/touch. That would be nice.

[justfine]

Really! :(

You should be able to do the same actions be it in the Address Book, MobileMe on the web, and iPhone/touch. We aren't there yet!


That's the truth.

At least Apple is working on making it better.

I wonder if the Calendar colors work now? Need to give that a try and see.

The colors don't work yet. Most annoying and frustrating to me though is the fact that subscribed calendars still don't work on the iPhones so my wife and I have to hard sync our phones to have one anothers calendars.

[Daveoc64]

Apple, enough with all the unnecessary transparent updates!!! Bring on the new iDisk Public Folder and the cursed Sharing Feature for MM's sake!!!

Both of those really do need to show up soon. MobileMe will be a year old by the time they get around to it!

[sushi]

The colors don't work yet.
That bugs the **** out of me. Wish they would fix that soon.

[IronRoses]

Why anyone would buy/subscribe to such a broken feature.

Juust look at the countless of videos on youtube. People annoyed with mobile me and saying how apple (surprise surprise) won't give them refunds.

I will never get mobile, I'd love to get it but lets face it boys n girls, it'll never work!!!

[Digital Skunk]

Why anyone would buy/subscribe to such a broken feature.

Juust look at the countless of videos on youtube. People annoyed with mobile me and saying how apple (surprise surprise) won't give them refunds.

I will never get mobile, I'd love to get it but lets face it boys n girls, it'll never work!!!

Works for me just fine. :)

Actually better that ever compared to the release date. :)

[Eric S.]

Works fine for me too. Except for one minor sync issue, which was fixed in an online chat session with Apple support, I've had no complaints with MobileMe since its inception.

[Bye Bye Baby]

I must say that the service is very good and I love the applications. I have had few problems with it.

The big let down for me is that I cannot access my email alias address from the iphone, making it almost worthless to me. You cannot even reply from that same address let alone send a new email.

Very big oversight on Apple's part. Selling a service they don't support.

[Eric S.]

The big let down for me is that I cannot access my email alias address from the iphone, making it almost worthless to me. You cannot even reply from that same address let alone send a new email.

If that's true I'd be surprised, because I can do that from my iPod touch. Don't they have the same interface and capability?

[Digital Skunk]

If that's true I'd be surprised, because I can do that from my iPod touch. Don't they have the same interface and capability?

They do actually. Pretty much the same UI, so I would chalk that issue up to user error.

[harrier]

In general, MobileMe's worked great for me. But ... surprisingly after I upgraded to the Family Pack expecting to share calendars with my wife, I discovered one thing you can't do is share a calendar between 2 MobileMe accounts without gerry-rigging some non-MobileMe solution (Google) together. You can't even synch subscribed calendars.

[JimTigerPT]

That bugs the **** out of me. Wish they would fix that soon.

The colors work on my iPhone calendar. They worked right when I synced to MobileMe the first time.