When I bought my first Mac a week ago, I decided to give Apple's MobileMe sync and storage service another go. I'd had a free trial when got my iPhone but never saw any reason to pay for it. Now, I thought, I might get something out of it.
A few days on, MobileMe has left me tearing my hair out. It seems incapable of syncing existing calendar entries from the iPhone. It has left with with two copies of all my contacts. Oddly, the iPhone synced really well with Microsoft Outlook – I'd expect Apple's own products to talk to each other! I'm sure there are 'workarounds' – that IT industry codeword for getting the customer to sort out its problems – but I don't see why I should waste time and money finding them.
Needless to say, I won't be signing up for MobileMe at £59 a year. I'll probably drop it in the trash bin long before the trial ends!
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