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| From: Apple
Category: Software
List Price: $149.00
Buy New: $73.90
You Save: $75.10 (50%)
New (15) from $73.90
Rating:  25 reviews
Sales Rank: 80
Format: Dvd-rom
Platform: Mac Os X
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Family Pack
Operating System: Mac OS X
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: MB825Z/A
Model: MB825Z/A
UPC: 885909249909
EAN: 0885909249909
ASIN: B001BY0C2U
Release Date: July 12, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Dear God, what a mess... September 28, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mobile Me is a total mess. I would recommend that anyone who is thinking about using it or puchasing it have their head checked. And after the response from Apple, that goes for all Apple products.
In the conversion from .mac to Mobile Me, all of my contacts were lost. Five years worth. Of course, Apple Support told me it was my fault. (Never mind that I was paying them to keep my data safe on their servers, with promises from them of stability). The consolation? Three free months of Mobile Me, a crappy service at a $25 value. That will not even pay for the first 30 minutes of my time trying to gather all of my contacts back.
I have used macs and apple-related products exclusively for several years. I was a convert from Windows to Apple. Now, I am more discriminate in my selection of technology-related products and understand that Apple is more style over substance. Thick-rimmed glasses and pretentious commercials have very little to do with quality and customer support. It is very unlikely I will continue to patronize Apple in the future.
 Pretty good deal September 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mobile me is an interesting service if you use all the features. It does not do any one the great.. but does most of them well. Look into each feature in detail before you buy. Many of the features can be done on free sites as well or better.
 Everything in Sync!!! September 2, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
It was a difficult transition, but everything is working great now. I like not having to enter names or calendar info more than once. The syncing features are improving on a daily basis. Being able to enter a name or date into any of my devices, and it be available on any of my other devices is a cool feature. I've had .Mac since 2001 and can honestly say that the only interruption in email service for me was during the mobileMe transition. Those interruptions are a thing of the past, and in the unlikely hood that there are more Apple will reconcile with customers like no other company. For the problems we have had thus far we were given 90 days free. Blackberry never did that with their numerous outages.
Great now after rough start August 30, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Buggy at first, but everything works great now. I love how updated contacts, bookmarks and calendar changes on one device just appear on the others. This is sweet, enterprise for the rest of us!
 Working great for me now! August 11, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
I was like most here when MobileMe was launched...it was a nightmare...about the worse product launch I've seen in some time, if not all time. Couldn't get email, web apps didn't load, iPhone set up would crash, etc. Apple was slow and muted to respond.
But that was then...July 11.
As of now (Aug. 11), just about everything works great for me. My email is stable and functioning. My contacts are all there. Push calendars, contacts and email works perfectly and instantly with my iPhone, including my Entourage/Exchange items. Syncing between my office desktop and personal laptop is flawless (which by the way, what's the big gripe about a 15 minute interval between PC syncs?! When is it critical for you to have synced information on 2 or more computers within 15 minutes?!).
There are definitely things that need improving like the dual listings on Exchange/iCal-Contacts entries on the iPhone; the ability to have shared calendars (which right now is limited to CalDAV server solutions like Mac OS X Server); better photo editing/sharing tools on the Gallery; and updates for Backup or another file backup solution to better integrate w/ MobileMe, especially for the Family Pack members.
Anyway, I'd say give MobileMe a shot now. Lord knows, there have been plenty of other software releases that have had mountains of problems at launch (Vista, Leopard, Lotus, etc.) It definitely does not have a quarter of the issues it had at launch and really has become quite a nice replacement for us previous .Mac users. I find it to be an excellent solution for mobile users, especially those with iPhones and/or Macs.
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