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WWDC 08: Apple Intros "MobileMe"
Techtree News Staff, Jun 10, 2008 1359 hrs ISTMobileMe" will support Mac as well as Windows platforms, unlike .Mac, a syncing service limited to Apple Macs alone.
Among the three major announcements made by Apple at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2008, the company has unveiled "MobileMe ", a service meant to comply: "Exchange, for the rest of us," according to Apple CEO, Steve Jobs. The service is meant to allow users to sync email, calendars, and other files between multiple devices.
MobileMe" will support Mac as well as Windows platforms, unlike .Mac, a syncing service limited to Apple Macs alone. "MobileMe" will replace the latter next month.
"MobileMe" is an Internet service that aims to deliver push email, push contacts, and push calendars from the "MobileMe" service in the cloud to native applications on devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch, Macs, and PCs.
Now, if you're still scratching your head over the push prefix, you need to read this, so things are clearer for you.
The new service will also provide a suite of ad-free Web applications that deliver a desktop-like experience through any modern browser. MobileMe applications include Mail, Contacts, and Calendar, as well as Gallery for viewing and sharing photos, and iDisk for storing and exchanging documents online.
Explaining the functioning of the new service, Apple says that if a user has a "MobileMe" email account, all his folders, messages, and status indicators will look identical whether checking email on iPhone, iPod Touch, a Mac, or a PC. The new email messages will be pushed instantly to the iPhone over the cellular network or Wi-Fi, removing the need to manually check email and wait for downloads.
Push will also keep contacts and calendars continuously up-to-date so changes made on one device are automatically pushed up to the cloud and down to other devices. Push works with native applications on iPhone and iPod Touch, Microsoft Outlook for the PC, and Mac OS X applications, Mail, Address Book and iCal, as well as the "MobileMe" Web application suite.
"MobileMe" will provide anywhere access to mail, contacts, and calendar, with a unified interface that allows users to switch between applications with a single click, and Gallery will make it easy to share photos on the Web. Gallery users will be able to upload, rearrange, rotate, and title photos from any browser; post photos directly from an iPhone; allow visitors to download print quality images; and contribute photos to an album.
Lastly, "MobileMe" iDisk will let users store and manage files online with drag and drop filing, making it easy to share documents that are too large to email by automatically sending an email with a link for downloading the file.
"MobileMe" includes 20GB of online storage that can be used for email, contacts, calendar, photos, movies, and documents. The subscription-based service will be available July 11, 2008 onwards. 20GB of "MobileMe" storage will be available for $99 (US) per year for individuals and $149 (US) for a Family Pack, which includes one master account with 20GB of storage and four Family Member accounts with 5GB of storage each. Users can sign up for a free, 60-day "MobileMe" trial at www.apple.com/mobileme and current .Mac members will be automatically upgraded to "MobileMe" accounts. "MobileMe" subscribers can purchase an additional 20GB of storage for $49 (US) or 40GB of storage for $99 (US) annually.
MobileMe" will support Mac as well as Windows platforms, unlike .Mac, a syncing service limited to Apple Macs alone. "MobileMe" will replace the latter next month.
"MobileMe" is an Internet service that aims to deliver push email, push contacts, and push calendars from the "MobileMe" service in the cloud to native applications on devices like the iPhone, iPod Touch, Macs, and PCs.
Now, if you're still scratching your head over the push prefix, you need to read this, so things are clearer for you.
The new service will also provide a suite of ad-free Web applications that deliver a desktop-like experience through any modern browser. MobileMe applications include Mail, Contacts, and Calendar, as well as Gallery for viewing and sharing photos, and iDisk for storing and exchanging documents online.
Explaining the functioning of the new service, Apple says that if a user has a "MobileMe" email account, all his folders, messages, and status indicators will look identical whether checking email on iPhone, iPod Touch, a Mac, or a PC. The new email messages will be pushed instantly to the iPhone over the cellular network or Wi-Fi, removing the need to manually check email and wait for downloads.
Push will also keep contacts and calendars continuously up-to-date so changes made on one device are automatically pushed up to the cloud and down to other devices. Push works with native applications on iPhone and iPod Touch, Microsoft Outlook for the PC, and Mac OS X applications, Mail, Address Book and iCal, as well as the "MobileMe" Web application suite.
"MobileMe" will provide anywhere access to mail, contacts, and calendar, with a unified interface that allows users to switch between applications with a single click, and Gallery will make it easy to share photos on the Web. Gallery users will be able to upload, rearrange, rotate, and title photos from any browser; post photos directly from an iPhone; allow visitors to download print quality images; and contribute photos to an album.
Lastly, "MobileMe" iDisk will let users store and manage files online with drag and drop filing, making it easy to share documents that are too large to email by automatically sending an email with a link for downloading the file.
"MobileMe" includes 20GB of online storage that can be used for email, contacts, calendar, photos, movies, and documents. The subscription-based service will be available July 11, 2008 onwards. 20GB of "MobileMe" storage will be available for $99 (US) per year for individuals and $149 (US) for a Family Pack, which includes one master account with 20GB of storage and four Family Member accounts with 5GB of storage each. Users can sign up for a free, 60-day "MobileMe" trial at www.apple.com/mobileme and current .Mac members will be automatically upgraded to "MobileMe" accounts. "MobileMe" subscribers can purchase an additional 20GB of storage for $49 (US) or 40GB of storage for $99 (US) annually.
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