Comments on: Have you got your me.com username? http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:33:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jMac http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-242235 jMac Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:15:13 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-242235 I have spend half an hour trying to work out whether I need this service.....I mean, I have it anyway cos I pay for .mac but frankly, I can do all of this using a combination of Google and Dropbox - this goes across my work PC, my work blackberry, my personal iPhone and all my macs with various email accounts.<br><br>Actually - due to this, I wont be renewing my .mac subscription..<br><br>All my info is accessible on all devices at all times....free.<br><br>So er....I wont be needing this. Good on ya for posting it tho Ew! I have spend half an hour trying to work out whether I need this service…..I mean, I have it anyway cos I pay for .mac but frankly, I can do all of this using a combination of Google and Dropbox – this goes across my work PC, my work blackberry, my personal iPhone and all my macs with various email accounts.

Actually – due to this, I wont be renewing my .mac subscription..

All my info is accessible on all devices at all times….free.

So er….I wont be needing this. Good on ya for posting it tho Ew!

]]> By: Ben Smith http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-242234 Ben Smith Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:54:25 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-242234 Oh and to cap it all... it doesn't even attempt to work from IE6...<br><br>"Unsupported browser"<br><br>Sure, I'd love to use Firefox or Safari, but I can't... I'm at work on a corporate PC without the option of which browser to use... Just like loads of other people. OK, I can accept not getting the full-monty solution, but no lite-version / degraded version?<br><br>Really? Oh and to cap it all… it doesn't even attempt to work from IE6…

“Unsupported browser”

Sure, I'd love to use Firefox or Safari, but I can't… I'm at work on a corporate PC without the option of which browser to use… Just like loads of other people. OK, I can accept not getting the full-monty solution, but no lite-version / degraded version?

Really?

]]> By: jMac http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-233349 jMac Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:15:13 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-233349 I have spend half an hour trying to work out whether I need this service.....I mean, I have it anyway cos I pay for .mac but frankly, I can do all of this using a combination of Google and Dropbox - this goes across my work PC, my work blackberry, my personal iPhone and all my macs with various email accounts.<br><br>Actually - due to this, I wont be renewing my .mac subscription..<br><br>All my info is accessible on all devices at all times....free.<br><br>So er....I wont be needing this. Good on ya for posting it tho Ew! I have spend half an hour trying to work out whether I need this service…..I mean, I have it anyway cos I pay for .mac but frankly, I can do all of this using a combination of Google and Dropbox – this goes across my work PC, my work blackberry, my personal iPhone and all my macs with various email accounts.

Actually – due to this, I wont be renewing my .mac subscription..

All my info is accessible on all devices at all times….free.

So er….I wont be needing this. Good on ya for posting it tho Ew!

]]> By: Ben Smith http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-233348 Ben Smith Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:54:25 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-233348 Oh and to cap it all... it doesn't even attempt to work from IE6...<br><br>"Unsupported browser"<br><br>Sure, I'd love to use Firefox or Safari, but I can't... I'm at work on a corporate PC without the option of which browser to use... Just like loads of other people. OK, I can accept not getting the full-monty solution, but no lite-version / degraded version?<br><br>Really? Oh and to cap it all… it doesn't even attempt to work from IE6…

“Unsupported browser”

Sure, I'd love to use Firefox or Safari, but I can't… I'm at work on a corporate PC without the option of which browser to use… Just like loads of other people. OK, I can accept not getting the full-monty solution, but no lite-version / degraded version?

Really?

]]> By: jMac http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-225875 jMac Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:15:13 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-225875 I have spend half an hour trying to work out whether I need this service.....I mean, I have it anyway cos I pay for .mac but frankly, I can do all of this using a combination of Google and Dropbox - this goes across my work PC, my work blackberry, my personal iPhone and all my macs with various email accounts.<br><br>Actually - due to this, I wont be renewing my .mac subscription..<br><br>All my info is accessible on all devices at all times....free.<br><br>So er....I wont be needing this. Good on ya for posting it tho Ew! I have spend half an hour trying to work out whether I need this service…..I mean, I have it anyway cos I pay for .mac but frankly, I can do all of this using a combination of Google and Dropbox – this goes across my work PC, my work blackberry, my personal iPhone and all my macs with various email accounts.

Actually – due to this, I wont be renewing my .mac subscription..

All my info is accessible on all devices at all times….free.

So er….I wont be needing this. Good on ya for posting it tho Ew!

]]> By: Ben Smith http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-225874 Ben Smith Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:54:25 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-225874 Oh and to cap it all... it doesn't even attempt to work from IE6...<br><br>"Unsupported browser"<br><br>Sure, I'd love to use Firefox or Safari, but I can't... I'm at work on a corporate PC without the option of which browser to use... Just like loads of other people. OK, I can accept not getting the full-monty solution, but no lite-version / degraded version?<br><br>Really? Oh and to cap it all… it doesn't even attempt to work from IE6…

“Unsupported browser”

Sure, I'd love to use Firefox or Safari, but I can't… I'm at work on a corporate PC without the option of which browser to use… Just like loads of other people. OK, I can accept not getting the full-monty solution, but no lite-version / degraded version?

Really?

]]> By: Ben Smith http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-225873 Ben Smith Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:04:20 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-225873 :-) Ta :-) Ta

]]> By: AJ http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-225872 AJ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:16:48 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-225872 Good domain name tho Good domain name tho

]]> By: Ben Smith http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-225871 Ben Smith Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:21:42 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-225871 Oh yeah - check out my excellent default 'personal domain' page: <a href="http://www.benjam.in/">http://www.benjam.in/</a><br><br>Not broken at all... *bah* Oh yeah – check out my excellent default 'personal domain' page: http://www.benjam.in/

Not broken at all… *bah*

]]> By: Ben Smith http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-225870 Ben Smith Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:47:27 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-225870 I was going to write a post on this, but am a bit pushed for time... so a quick response. I *was* excited about it, 3 days of playing with it though and for the first time ever I'm going to have to say: It's really disappointing. An Apple product I don't love. Ouch.<br><br>In no particular order:<br><br>It's not 100% push - contacts and calendars from a Mac are synced every 15mins or an hour depending on which version of OS X you have.<br><br>It's dog slow.<br><br>I'm getting lots of errors.<br><br>Half my calendar disappeared overnight.<br><br>You can't specify a senders address other than a <a href="http://me.com">me.com</a> one. Not even if you setup a personal domain.<br><br>The Mac application didn't create mail boxes automatically so I had to do it all manually.<br><br>Calendar doesn't sync subscribed iCal feeds.<br><br>I can't change the privacy controls on a photo album via the web interface.<br><br>The e-mail address to send photos to doesn't display via the web interface when I turned that feature on.<br><br>iDisk is missing all the sharing controls and the public interface is still branded .mac and is broken (can't download public files).<br><br>There's no preview of media files like pictures or video / audio via the web interface (private or public).<br><br>There's lots of complaints on the support forum about Outlook sync.<br><br>It doesn't work fully with IE7 although that was featured in the promotional material.<br><br>You need a credit card to trial it.<br><br>My credit card has had I was going to write a post on this, but am a bit pushed for time… so a quick response. I *was* excited about it, 3 days of playing with it though and for the first time ever I'm going to have to say: It's really disappointing. An Apple product I don't love. Ouch.

In no particular order:

It's not 100% push – contacts and calendars from a Mac are synced every 15mins or an hour depending on which version of OS X you have.

It's dog slow.

I'm getting lots of errors.

Half my calendar disappeared overnight.

You can't specify a senders address other than a me.com one. Not even if you setup a personal domain.

The Mac application didn't create mail boxes automatically so I had to do it all manually.

Calendar doesn't sync subscribed iCal feeds.

I can't change the privacy controls on a photo album via the web interface.

The e-mail address to send photos to doesn't display via the web interface when I turned that feature on.

iDisk is missing all the sharing controls and the public interface is still branded .mac and is broken (can't download public files).

There's no preview of media files like pictures or video / audio via the web interface (private or public).

There's lots of complaints on the support forum about Outlook sync.

It doesn't work fully with IE7 although that was featured in the promotional material.

You need a credit card to trial it.

My credit card has had

]]> By: davecurtains http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-225869 davecurtains Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:16:01 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-225869 Well I defo can't get into my username even though I have the sign-up confirmation email welcoming me to <a href="http://me.com">me.com</a><br><br>Something screwy is defo going on! Well I defo can't get into my username even though I have the sign-up confirmation email welcoming me to me.com

Something screwy is defo going on!

]]> By: smstextnews http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-225864 smstextnews Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:52:08 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-225864 Every success AJ, let me know how you get on? Every success AJ, let me know how you get on?

]]> By: AJ http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-225863 AJ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:44:24 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-225863 Wow - that is amazing. I am going to try - thanks for the tip. Wow – that is amazing. I am going to try – thanks for the tip.

]]> By: smstextnews http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-225868 smstextnews Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:05:19 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-225868 Good point, Simon! Good point, Simon!

]]> By: Simon http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-225867 Simon Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:02:26 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-225867 I could never get my name @mac.com because someone else had it, but I was able to get it @me.com<br><br>It may be because @mac.com's user might have been a trial account, which had never been upgraded to a full account? I could never get my name @mac.com because someone else had it, but I was able to get it @me.com

It may be because @mac.com's user might have been a trial account, which had never been upgraded to a full account?

]]> By: smstextnews http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-225866 smstextnews Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:52:14 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-225866 so who's using <a href="mailto:ewan@mac.com">ewan@mac.com</a> and going to get a rude awakening then, when<br>they find they can't use ewan at <a href="http://me.com">me.com</a> because I've got it? so who's using ewan@mac.com and going to get a rude awakening then, when
they find they can't use ewan at me.com because I've got it?

]]> By: davecurtains http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-225865 davecurtains Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:38:09 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-225865 Oh dear apple!<br><br>This is most definitely a cock up! It lets you register a name, but you then can't login with those details.<br><br>Even though I got the Welcome email it doesn't work. If you go to recover password you will see that in actual fact its someone elses security question! <br><br>Oh dear Apple. Looks like someone forgot to load in the .Mac used addresses into the username checking database! :-)<br><br>Trouble is - How do I now cancel my Credit Card details out of that account! Oh dear apple!

This is most definitely a cock up! It lets you register a name, but you then can't login with those details.

Even though I got the Welcome email it doesn't work. If you go to recover password you will see that in actual fact its someone elses security question!

Oh dear Apple. Looks like someone forgot to load in the .Mac used addresses into the username checking database! :-)

Trouble is – How do I now cancel my Credit Card details out of that account!

]]> By: smstextnews http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-225862 smstextnews Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:36:16 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-225862 I wondered about that AJ. I never managed to get ewan, or any of the other<br>ones I tried registering on .mac -- but they were free on .me! I wondered about that AJ. I never managed to get ewan, or any of the other
ones I tried registering on .mac — but they were free on .me!

]]> By: AJ http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-225861 AJ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:33:25 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-225861 Actually mobileme rolls forward from dotmac - all the former usernames under the dotmac service are still valid with either suffix (ie <a href="http://mac.com">mac.com</a> or <a href="http://me.com">me.com</a>). Since dotmac was a paid for service also the number of subscribers has always been fairly low. Actually mobileme rolls forward from dotmac – all the former usernames under the dotmac service are still valid with either suffix (ie mac.com or me.com). Since dotmac was a paid for service also the number of subscribers has always been fairly low.

]]> By: davecurtains http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-225860 davecurtains Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:25:51 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-225860 Interesting! Seeing as they are transitioning all the .Mac addresses to <a href="http://Me.com">Me.com</a> I'm not sure how they are coping with this. I just grabbed a good username that wasn't available last week via <a href="http://mac.com">mac.com</a> so maybe they've had bit of a purge of dead addresses... I'm sure there couldn't have been many people left using <a href="http://Mac.com">Mac.com</a>.<br><br>....Or maybe this is a cockup :-)<br><br>Gmail still beats this hands-down though. If Google Apps for your domain did proper push email/contacts etc to the iPhone then it would be game over Microsoft and Apple. Interesting! Seeing as they are transitioning all the .Mac addresses to Me.com I'm not sure how they are coping with this. I just grabbed a good username that wasn't available last week via mac.com so maybe they've had bit of a purge of dead addresses… I'm sure there couldn't have been many people left using Mac.com.

….Or maybe this is a cockup :-)

Gmail still beats this hands-down though. If Google Apps for your domain did proper push email/contacts etc to the iPhone then it would be game over Microsoft and Apple.

]]> By: MartinSFP http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/07/have_you_got_your_mecom_username.html/comment-page-1#comment-225859 MartinSFP Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:09:03 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/?p=7107#comment-225859 I've got mine. I just wish I could log into their website to try that side of it out! Sort it out, Apple! Other than that, iPhone and Mac syncing appears to be working well so far - I'm impressed! I've got mine. I just wish I could log into their website to try that side of it out! Sort it out, Apple! Other than that, iPhone and Mac syncing appears to be working well so far – I'm impressed!

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