After much ado about everything in my cloud-based MobileMe account over several years of $99/year subscriptions I can only hope that the product will soon rise to the occasion.
I was originally a googlecal and contacts girl, but then I finally jumped ship to mobileme since I got an iphone and I had several macs, and it just seemed make sense.
Syncing contacts, email, calendar, data on a little cloud (pay more if you want more), as well as sharing photos on a password protected site seemed quite attractive.
After losing several rounds of contact information and having to manually reenter everything I was suddenly on edge everytime a new release or update came out.
Or taunting teasers like “try the new ical!” and the new ical promises a new ‘interesting’ background.
I don’t want a new background. I want assurance that my contacts won’t disappear or revert to some state a year or two ago.
I want clarity on why I have duplicate entries in my calendar on my phone and and quadruplicates of some but not all contacts in my address book, but only on my phone, and sometimes, in the cloud (in my browser), and not always in my desktop calendar – and I want it to stop!
Absolutely maddening! I felt like I was experiencing some dark secret until I spoke with other users and then the stories of loss and devotion came streaming out….
That said, I am so entertained by the cnet news article that came out about Steve Jobs addressing the MobileMe team.
“Can anyone tell me what MobileMe is supposed to do?” he reportedly offered.
“So why the f*** doesn’t it do that?” retorted Jobs.
His statements both relieved and reflected all the frustration that I had ever felt about subscribing to the failed MobileMe lifestyle.
Apple was an initial innovator of cloud-based information. I can imagine the anger and disappointment.
Another report has said that Mr. Jobs replaced several VPs on the spot.
Enterprise cloud computing has had great success and uptake.
Successful cloud use for the average day to day individual user remains to be seen.
Alright – here it is: MobileMe. Use at your own risk.
