Apple Web service falters on eve of iPhone launch

Apple Inc.'s new data synching service got off to a rocky start Thursday, as some users were denied access to their accounts just hours before the next-generation iPhone is slated to go on sale.

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Since police are currently investigating, the report is intentionally vague, but what is apparent is the Apple program's role in the potential capture of these suspected ne'er-do-wells.

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Let me begin this by saying that I'm a stingy guy. In high school, I bought a hair clipper and adopted a buzz cut largely to save cash by not having to go to the barber. I will also stop dead in my tracks to pick up a penny.

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Here's another wacky choice: Kay suggests the family will want add Blu-ray capability (which, it's true, is not currently supported by OS X) to the desktop system in year four.

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Powerful, clever MobileMe

Just over a month after the launch of Apple’s MobileMe cloud computing suite, I have been using the service, coupled with the new iPhone 2.0 software, sufficiently to make an initial assessment, which will be mainly of the software side of things as the new iPhone actually  …

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An interesting, well argued view of what defines cloud computing, whether it is actually a new or an old concept and whether it is safer than on-site servers.

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Learn about the 60-day extension to MobileMe subscriptions that Apple is providing to eligible members free of charge.

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This is the third in a very well-written set of reviews of Apple's controversial MobileMe service.

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Part of a series in Appleinsider on Apple's new MobileMe push service, which I am bookmarking until I get the time to write my own feedback on the subject.

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In an internal e-mail sent to Apple employees this evening, Steve Jobs admitted that MobileMe was launched too early and "not up to Apple's standards." The e-mail, seen by Ars Technica, acknowledges MobileMe's flaws and what could have been done to better handle the launch.

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Online Storage Options

With an ever-expanding need for more space and backups of critical files (photos and music, of course)...I have been looking at the various online storage options. Here are the ones I have found...

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In what is proving to be one of Apple's more problematic product launches since the G4 Cube, the company is now admitting some MobileMe users are unable to access their e-mail accounts.

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While MobileMe preferences are built-in to Mac OS X 10.5.4, making setting up the various syncing options a breeze, the same isn't true of Windows.

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Apple screwed up big time with Mobileme launch. Here's my video response:

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"The .Mac to MobileMe transition was a lot rockier than we had hoped but everything is now up and running," Apple spokesman, Bill Evans, told Macworld.

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John Chaffee of BusyMac details how MobileMe affects calendar sharing and synching for BusySync users.

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It looks like a rocky start for the new iPhone, and MobileMe? "It was kind of a nightmare," said Kristen Bailey, a management consultant in Freeport, Maine, whose first-generation iPhone went dead when she tried to upgrade its software. "It's my only phone," Bailey said.

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The migration of Apple's .Mac service to the new MobileMe service apparently didn't go as smoothly as it could have.

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According to the .Mac status, MobileMe is going live tonight.MobileMe Launch 7/9/2008, 6pm-12am PT As part of the MobileMe launch, www.mac.com will be taken offline at 6pm PT on Wednesday, July 9th.

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What Apple doesn't grasp is that the real opportunity for the company isn't in becoming a web services also-ran. In today's Internet, we have no shortage of good web services.

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The Strange Tale of MobileMe and Apple's PostPC

Adam Lisagor of Lonely Sandwich:

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iPhone 3G and MobileMe First Thoughts

Nothing was particularly shocking about this keynote -- rumors made sure of that. We knew MobileMe and iPhone 3G were coming, and we knew most of the details, but that does not mean there isn't anything interesting to discuss. iPhone

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Although the pictures seem pretty bogus, still the rumours abound about Apple launching a service like that sometime soon... I hope it works out for them.

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