Sixty Second Tech

Sixty Second Tech Episode 19
MobileMe

We’ve talked about the “Benevolent Triad” – Google, Amazon and Apple – and how they are changing how we use the web. Recently Apple kicked it up a notch with the announcement of their MobileMe service. If you are familiar with their .mac service, it’s like that, only a lot better. If you aren’t familiar with .mac then let me pull your head out from under the rock and show you MobileMe.

MobileMe has been called “Exchange in the cloud”. Microsoft has long had their Exchange server for businesses and offered things like email, contact and Calendar sync between laptops and mobile devices. However, up till now you had to pay big bucks for this functionality. MobileMe gives you all of that and more. Using your OSX mac, you can update your calendar, contacts, email, and photos and have it sync automagically to Apple’s MobileMe cloud and then back down to your iPhone. Unlike an Exchange server though, Apple’s MobileMe is cloud based, eliminating any single point of failure. The coolest feature of MobileMe though is the iDisk which has no comparable feature in Exchange, it’s just a freakin cool way to share large files without pissing off your email admin.

While MobileMe isn’t free, it’s $99/year single or $149/yr family plan are reasonably prices for the services provided. (iPhone not included)

My name is Cal Evans and I am your sixty second tech.

 

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