I wonder if they will increase idisk storage on mobile me. Maybe not this update, but hopefully soon.
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Apple to Launch MobileMe Enhancements: Push Web-Based Mail, Universal 'Find My iPhone' iOS Application, and More
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No, because Apple can update the applications as they please, or as issues arise on a per-app basis. Instead of having to push a firmware update for the entire iOS, they can update one app.
I like the idea, and all you have to do to fix your "clutter" is make a folder for the Apple branded icons, which is what I plan to do.
Free "Find my iPhone" sounds great for me! That's the only feature I'm interested in MobileMe. Wouldn't mind free MobileMe though 
If apple REALLY wants to take Google out... they need to offer MobileMe services for free. Maybe not EVERY service, but email is a must.
Right now I'm a dedicated GMail user, and I've been contemplating paying the money to get MobileMe.
But the fact that GMail is free, and works great, just makes MobileMe financially stupid! Sure, there are more features, but I can get SIMILAR features elsewhere. Would I like to have them all in one spot? Yes. But right now, I don't pay a dime, and Google takes care of 90% of what I need.
If Apple made MobileMe email free, I'd sign right up. And I bet I'd be 10x more interested in "Upgrading" to the other services if I had the MobileMe email account. And one of the only things slowing me down is the worry that some day I wont want to pay the $100, so I wouldn't want to have to go through the trouble of establishing a new email address! If there was a basic free MobileMe email service that would still work if I didn't subscribe to "Premium MobileMe" services, I wouldn't hesitate!
And honestly, I think Apple is slowly starting to see this. With their new Advertisement program, they'll have access to people who would be willing to pay more to also advertise on MobileMe email accounts (Similar to gmail, with minimally invasive Links that appear). It would allow them to support a free service.
I hope Apple at least rolls out free email hosting. In this day and age, they're truly limiting their income by only offering paid services, when names like Yahoo, Microsoft and Google all offer very good email solutions at no cost.
So, roll out a free MobileMe email service (at least to Apple product owners), with an A-la carte menu of:
1: Ad-free email
2: Photo Hosting
3: Find my i-device
4: Online Storage
5: Contacts/Calendar
6: All of the above.
And once you do that... Come up with a great search engine. I feel dirty using Google services, since Android was released.
Right now I'm a dedicated GMail user, and I've been contemplating paying the money to get MobileMe.
But the fact that GMail is free, and works great, just makes MobileMe financially stupid! Sure, there are more features, but I can get SIMILAR features elsewhere. Would I like to have them all in one spot? Yes. But right now, I don't pay a dime, and Google takes care of 90% of what I need.
If Apple made MobileMe email free, I'd sign right up. And I bet I'd be 10x more interested in "Upgrading" to the other services if I had the MobileMe email account. And one of the only things slowing me down is the worry that some day I wont want to pay the $100, so I wouldn't want to have to go through the trouble of establishing a new email address! If there was a basic free MobileMe email service that would still work if I didn't subscribe to "Premium MobileMe" services, I wouldn't hesitate!
And honestly, I think Apple is slowly starting to see this. With their new Advertisement program, they'll have access to people who would be willing to pay more to also advertise on MobileMe email accounts (Similar to gmail, with minimally invasive Links that appear). It would allow them to support a free service.
I hope Apple at least rolls out free email hosting. In this day and age, they're truly limiting their income by only offering paid services, when names like Yahoo, Microsoft and Google all offer very good email solutions at no cost.
So, roll out a free MobileMe email service (at least to Apple product owners), with an A-la carte menu of:
1: Ad-free email
2: Photo Hosting
3: Find my i-device
4: Online Storage
5: Contacts/Calendar
6: All of the above.
And once you do that... Come up with a great search engine. I feel dirty using Google services, since Android was released.
Free "Find my iPhone" sounds great for me! That's the only feature I'm interested in MobileMe. Wouldn't mind free MobileMe though
Free iPhone App on the App Store, not the service.
Exactly my thought. Until this whole thing is free, Apple's got nothing on the services offered by Google. For the price of my mobile me membership, I can buy more storage on google than I'd ever use, and everything else I'd use it for is free.
Bloody cash grab is all me.com has become.
Anyone want to talk about find my iphone feature I made a thread dedicated to it - https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/940692/
The app would go on another device which isn't the iphone etc iPad, iTouch.
I'm waiting for the first complaint from someone that "I lost my iPhone and can't find it because the Find My iPhone app is on the lost iPhone."
The app would go on another device which isn't the iphone etc iPad, iTouch.
IMO, MobileMe is worth paying for. It's an excellent service that provides you with features not found in other email clients. A free service should be limited to mail, and perhaps a couple other things. But I'm perfectly happy with paying 8 dollars a month.
That was my first reaction!
How would it work... Call your lost phone, ask whoever answers to run the Find my Phone app and describe what's shown..
Presumably it'll work in the other direction too, finding your lost iPad from your iPhone/iTouch.
A kill feature would be better if I lose my phone I would rather it was killed so no-one can benefit from my expense.
The other awesome feature would be to allow the mail client to work with SMTP/IMAP mail. If it had that, it would become invaluable IMO. I would use it for my hosted email and be able to access the iCal and contacts data in the same place.
As someone above said, if Apple want to compete with Google, they need to start rolling out some features!
As someone above said, if Apple want to compete with Google, they need to start rolling out some features!
As for the iPhone App. Maybe you have a friend who has an iPhone who will use theirs to help you find yours.
Get mobile me, activiate it on your phone.
If you need to track it, then use MobileMe.
Free App doesn't mean MobileMe (required) will be free.
The problem is GMail is not ad free. It reads all your email, and tracks your web usage for all google enable sites too.
Get mobile me, activiate it on your phone.
If you need to track it, then use MobileMe.
Free "Find my iPhone" sounds great for me! That's the only feature I'm interested in MobileMe. Wouldn't mind free MobileMe though
Free App doesn't mean MobileMe (required) will be free.
The problem is GMail is not ad free. It reads all your email, and tracks your web usage for all google enable sites too.
Or the fact that it hasn't been enabled on iOS4 according to the release notes. This OS is not released for consumers yet... it's for development phones only. I am sick of people complaining about the iOS beta's / developer releases being buggy.
WebKit engine is free.
Weekly some songs are free on iTunes.
Audio podcasts are free.
Video podcasts are free.
App Store has many free Apps, apple remote is free, etc.
WWDC videos for developers are free.
And many other examples.
You seem to be lost.
Opinions about remote wipe?
The iPhone includes the ability to erase after 10 failed password attempts. MobileMe allows users to send messages to lost devices or remote wipe. Hence, if one has an iPhone with a MobileMe account, is it reasonable to conclude there is no need to enable the auto-erase data feature?
It seems someone could quickly churn through 10 password guesses in less than a minute and then have a ... what? Dead phone?
(Should I ask the folks at Giz?)
The iPhone includes the ability to erase after 10 failed password attempts. MobileMe allows users to send messages to lost devices or remote wipe. Hence, if one has an iPhone with a MobileMe account, is it reasonable to conclude there is no need to enable the auto-erase data feature?
It seems someone could quickly churn through 10 password guesses in less than a minute and then have a ... what? Dead phone?
(Should I ask the folks at Giz?)
This is a falsehood.
They offer a number of free applications including Safari, QuickTime, and iTunes.
If you have iTunes, you can usually get a couple of free songs every week, plus one music video. They offer some TV show episodes for free every week (these are constantly changing).
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This. I really thought they would've done it by now. Hopefully they'll do it as a part of this year's update. It's ridiculous really.
The same for the iDisk App and Gallery App. You need a MobileMe account to use those Apps.