Rui Carmo
Apple’s re-branding of .Mac, which got off to a very rocky start soon after (some say too soon after) the iPhone 3G launch.
News Coverage
| Date | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | ||
| Oct 30 | MobileMe: About the Late-September 2008 MobileMe update | Still no SSL support. |
| Aug 18 | MobileMe users get (another) extension, 60 days this time | Hmm. |
| Aug 17 | MobileMe and (lack of) encryption | Yep, no security. Some interestingly obtuse troll comments in that piece, though, from AppleInsider folk trying to make their ridiculous piece hold water. |
| Aug 12 | MobileMe Services Remain a Dark Cloud | A few more glitches |
| Aug 11 | MobileMe Mail and Gmail Go Down Simultaneously | Nobody’s perfect. |
| Aug 11 | Two weeks after Apple calls MobileMe stable, mail goes down | Stability as applied relativity. |
| Aug 08 | Followup on: MobileMe Problems Show Apple Needs an Infrastructure Lesson | A few more interesting insights |
| Aug 05 | MobileMe Problems Show Apple Needs an Infrastructure Lesson | A pretty insightful piece. |
| Aug 05 | Steve Jobs on MobileMe: the full e-mail | Steve’s internal email regarding the launch, or something very much like it. |
| Aug 05 | MobileMe Problems Show Apple Needs an Infrastructure Lesson | Maybe. I’m not convinced it’s that simple. |
| Aug 04 | Steve Jobs: MobileMe not up to Apple’s standards | unlike, say, the iTunes music store |
| Jul 28 | MobileMe: the case of the vanishing iPhone contacts | Ouch. |
| Jul 26 | Apple admits to lost MobileMe messages, bad karma | Apparently I was one of the lucky ones. |
| Jul 26 | MobileMe Status Page Promises Updates, But Tone Rings Flat | Can’t argue there. |
| Jul 25 | MobileMe Status | An initially anonymous writer (now signing ‘David G.’) starts posting updates on service status |
| Jul 24 | Review: MobileMe 1.0 | 1.0, indeed. Gotta love the editor’s note. |
| Jul 24 | Apple’s MobileMess | David Pogue lays it on, pulling no punches. |
| Jul 24 | Poor man’s Exchange: MobileMe supports IDLE for e-mail | I think Ars is pretty much wrong, and that IDLE support has been there all along… |
| Jul 23 | Apple’s MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable | Mossberg weighs in, heavily |
| Jul 16 | MobileMe says sorry with a month of free service | No comment |
| Jul 16 | Apple apologizes for its MobileMe mess, admits bungle on ‘push,’ offers 30-days free – Engadget | The push that wasn’t |
| Jul 13 | MobileMe Disappointment | Here’s why you should never market something using something else’s name |
| Jul 12 | MobileMe Fails to Launch Well, But Finally Launches | That’s your summary, right there. |
| Jul 10 | MobileMe now really, truly up? No. | Upsy daisy. |
| Feb 25th | How-To: Truly reset your .Mac sync data | Step-by-step guide to both fixing sync issues and removing all your personal data from the service |