Wow, finally Apple has launched MobileMe together with the iPhone 2.0 software. So time for a first test.But wait - the so called "launch" itself was a fiasco. Apple had so much time to prepare everything and then users of the old .mac service have not been able to access their Mail and data for over a day! Wow.
After so much preparation and with so much media attention this must not happen. Not to Apple, no way.
Anyways, it happened. And there are other issues as well.... despite the fact that Apple integrated MobileMe with the iPhone 2.0 software (which is buggy and needs to be fixed as well) and it is super simple to use there are some issues:
- Missing encryption - only the authentication pieces are encrypted using SSL, everything else runs unencrypted. I don't want to transfer my mails, my contacts (!!!) or my calendar information unencrypted, so unless they use https for all of their tools this is a no-go.
- Announced features like file sharing are missing; Apple definitely has to deliver these promised features and has to continue improving the service.
- Buggy like hell - after working with the (smart and beautiful) Web interface for a while I already discovered a lot of display bugs where data is not rendered or settings are not persistent.
- I'm forced to buy iLife 08 as the gallery is not supported using iLife 06. Another 80 bucks to pay.
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Just figured out some other issues (or missing features) within MobileMe:
-) missing ToDo sync within the Calendar (hopefully being delivered soon).
-) missing iCal subscription sync
So there is still a lot of work to be done by Apple engineers... the next month are going to be very interesting!
Just found a very good article:
Unfortunately, after a week of intense testing of the service, I can’t recommend it, at least not in its current state. It’s a great idea, but, as of now, MobileMe has too many flaws to keep its promises.
Apple’s MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable
Finally it's in the press!