Apple Details MobileMe Enhancements Delivered by Latest Software Updates
Apple has posted a support article detailing a number of enhancements to its MobileMe service made possible by the launch of iPhone OS 3.1, Mac OS X Snow Leopard, and MobileMe Control Panel for Windows 1.5.
iPhone OS 3.1 brings enhancements to Find My iPhone, which now allows users to remotely set a passcode lock to prevent others from accessing the device, plays device alerts at the loudest volume, and notifies users that the feature will not function if the device's data fetching option is set to Manual. The update also adds automatic syncing of subscribed iCal calendars and merging of bookmarks upon syncing on the iPhone and iPod touch. Finally, an issue with MobileMe Gallery image and video publication has been addressed.
Snow Leopard brings several improvements to MobileMe, including changes to Mac and iDisk syncing and support for Apple's new "Wake on Demand" feature in conjunction with MobileMe's "Back to My Mac" remote access capabilities. Snow Leopard also now allows users to publish movies to their MobileMe Gallery directly from QuickTime Player.
Finally, Windows users will benefit from the update to MobileMe Control Panel, which adds support for Windows 7, allows users to set a MobileMe calendar as the default calendar for Outlook, and resolves issues related to incorrect ordering of bookmarks when syncing.
iPhone OS 3.1 brings enhancements to Find My iPhone, which now allows users to remotely set a passcode lock to prevent others from accessing the device, plays device alerts at the loudest volume, and notifies users that the feature will not function if the device's data fetching option is set to Manual. The update also adds automatic syncing of subscribed iCal calendars and merging of bookmarks upon syncing on the iPhone and iPod touch. Finally, an issue with MobileMe Gallery image and video publication has been addressed.
Snow Leopard brings several improvements to MobileMe, including changes to Mac and iDisk syncing and support for Apple's new "Wake on Demand" feature in conjunction with MobileMe's "Back to My Mac" remote access capabilities. Snow Leopard also now allows users to publish movies to their MobileMe Gallery directly from QuickTime Player.
Finally, Windows users will benefit from the update to MobileMe Control Panel, which adds support for Windows 7, allows users to set a MobileMe calendar as the default calendar for Outlook, and resolves issues related to incorrect ordering of bookmarks when syncing.
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35 months ago
Tweaks, but nothing to make a case for $99. Now it's almost worth $49 :rolleyes:
35 months ago
Pretty neat! Too bad the update made duplicates out of every calendar event on my iPhone and deleted all of my Notes. Otherwise, cool beans.
35 months ago
Come on now, let's see the Find My iPhone feature somehow implemented without needing the SIM card.
Then it would actually be useful for tracking down a stolen phone.
(I mean, at the moment, you have to rely on the stupidity of the thieves to leave the phone on and the SIM in...this happened at my university!)
Then it would actually be useful for tracking down a stolen phone.
(I mean, at the moment, you have to rely on the stupidity of the thieves to leave the phone on and the SIM in...this happened at my university!)
35 months ago
It also duplicates all the contacts in your iPhones address book. Sweetnocity!
I've found a workaround, but still, why'd you have to poop in my Cornflakes this morning Apple?
I've found a workaround, but still, why'd you have to poop in my Cornflakes this morning Apple?
35 months ago
Tweaks, but nothing to make a case for $99. Now it's almost worth $49 :rolleyes:
Who pays $99 for Mobile Me? I get it for $45 - $55 every year on ebay.
35 months ago
Pretty neat! Too bad the update made duplicates out of every calendar event on my iPhone...
Boy howdy! I hate that too!!
35 months ago
I'm still waiting for MobilMe to use fully encrypted sessions. Right now, only your login is encrypted, but all your personal data that gets sent back and forth is not. :mad:
35 months ago
Remote password lock?
Sweet!
Now we need them to engineer a way to have the stolen (*cough* lost *cough*) iPhone to play "Never Gonna Give You Up" - at full volume, non-stop until the battery wears down.
Sweet!
Now we need them to engineer a way to have the stolen (*cough* lost *cough*) iPhone to play "Never Gonna Give You Up" - at full volume, non-stop until the battery wears down.
35 months ago
Tweaks, but nothing to make a case for $99. Now it's almost worth $49 :rolleyes:
I agree. Even at $49 I'm not sure I'd be interested enough to buy.
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