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.Mac Enhancements At WWDC?

Friday May 9, 2008 10:04 am PDT by longofest
An anonymous source to TUAW claims that .Mac will see a refresh with the release of iPhone 2.0 which is expected at WWDC.

While the site claims .Mac will see a "complete revamp", the details given indicate a less dramatic enhancement-related event, with the main features being exchange-like over-the-air syncing of calendars, contacts, and email via .Mac for iPhone, and .Mac syncing on Windows.

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netdog
49 months ago
According to this report at tuaw.com, I'd say yes.

Finally, .Mac appears poised to serve a major end-to-end service in tandem with the iPhone and OS X-based machines.
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AdeFowler
49 months ago
I love .mac and wouldn't be without it, but have always thought that Apple are missing a great opportunity. If they halved the price and gave it some 'must have' features, the user base would likely quadruple.
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FJ218700
49 months ago
I would love some new features to allow syncing both to .mac and to iTunes libraries without needing to physically hook up to iTunes.
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PlaceofDis
49 months ago
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=481146

been posted for awhile now.
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arkitect
49 months ago
Well maybe there is some hope for .Mac after all…

But I will believe it when I see it. :o
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netdog
49 months ago

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=481146

been posted for awhile now.


Thanks for diligently policing, but the article that I linked to (published the day after) actually has a lot more than push mail in it. Thanks for that though.

This is quite a bit more promising that push mail, not that I don't welcome that as part of a larger overall package.
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twoodcc
49 months ago
i just had a survey about .mac yesterday. i wonder if it has anything to do with new features coming?
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Teddy's
49 months ago
".mac sync with windows"

Meh! I wonder what would be the percentage of people that have/want an iPhone and use a Windows PC and would be interested in purchasing .mac.
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Willis
49 months ago
Not exactly ground breaking. And then there's the fact that .Mac users who don't own an iPhone won't make use of these additional features.

However, same can be said for iWeb and photocasting... :rolleyes:
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KindredMAC
49 months ago
I would actually like to see some tweaks to iWeb and .Mac integration.

Would like to see:
• The ability to actually host on .Mac instead of current method of "pointing" to the current .Mac account through iWeb.
• Ability to import SWF's into iWeb without needing the "workaround".

Otherwise I've been very happy since getting my .Mac last Christmas. Been a great vehicle in getting pics of our baby to the grandparents who all live at separate ends of the state and country.
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