WWDC: MobileMe - “Exchange for the rest of us”

[aryayush]

WWDC: MobileMe - “Exchange for the rest of us”
Posted on Jun. 9, ’08, 11:49 AM PT by Dan Pourhadi

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Confirming the rumors, Steve Jobs today announced MobileMe—a new service for managing and syncing data online and across machines that replaces Apple’s .Mac service.

All your information is stored online, “in the cloud,” as they call it. Every time you update data, it pushes those updates up and down to the cloud and your different client machines. It works with the iPhone’s contacts, calendar, etc.—meaning you don’t have to connect your iPhone to your Mac, for instance, for it to sync with your calendar/contact/etc. data—as well as all your standard Mac and PC apps: Mail.app, iCal, and Address book for the Mac; and Outlook for Windows. They’ve also built AJAX-based web apps for Mail and Calendar.

A run-down of the services, via Macworld’s coverage: Read more…

[Via MacUser]

 

[Indyan]

This looks to me like the old .mac with a new name, new interface and some new features (or in simple words .mac v2).

 

[aryayush]

Yes, it’s a replacement for .Mac, which is now totally worth the Rs. 3,000/yr it’s priced at.

 

[goobimama]

After looking through the keynote and the guided tour a million times, I can't wait to change from Gmail to this! The smooth interface, the lack of ads (almost like the sound of silence!), and all that push action is just too much.