Comments on: MobileMe steals Live Mesh thunder http://www.itwriting.com/blog/697-mobileme-steals-live-mesh-thunder.html Tech writing blog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:56:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chad http://www.itwriting.com/blog/697-mobileme-steals-live-mesh-thunder.html/comment-page-1#comment-137756 Chad Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:56:50 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/697-mobileme-steals-live-mesh-thunder.html#comment-137756 No, Live Mesh's mobile feature's aren't yet baked in, but I think you overlooked the supreme awesomeness of the remote desktop built into the Live Mesh clients. Just like PC Anywhere or Citrix, I can log into PC's from anywhere. I don't need to sync anything, just fire up Live Mesh, and I have everything I need. File transfer's not too painful, and it makes it super easy to log in to friends machines and fix whatever's broken this week. MS may be clueless or just doesn't care about soloving simple everyday problems, but sooner or later (probably when Windows Mobile 7 drops), I get the feeling things will be a little better. No, Live Mesh’s mobile feature’s aren’t yet baked in, but I think you overlooked the supreme awesomeness of the remote desktop built into the Live Mesh clients. Just like PC Anywhere or Citrix, I can log into PC’s from anywhere. I don’t need to sync anything, just fire up Live Mesh, and I have everything I need. File transfer’s not too painful, and it makes it super easy to log in to friends machines and fix whatever’s broken this week. MS may be clueless or just doesn’t care about soloving simple everyday problems, but sooner or later (probably when Windows Mobile 7 drops), I get the feeling things will be a little better.

]]> By: Martin Hill http://www.itwriting.com/blog/697-mobileme-steals-live-mesh-thunder.html/comment-page-1#comment-103214 Martin Hill Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:59:33 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/697-mobileme-steals-live-mesh-thunder.html#comment-103214 The iPhone expensive? My Symbian-based Sony Ericsson P900 smartphone cost me around $1000 outright when it first came out and my HTC-made Windows Mobile PDA phone (O2 XDA IIs) was almost as expensive and far more expensive than the iPhone. Of course neither of those devices holds a candle to the potential and GUI that the iPhone boasts. Your comment about locked-in doesn't hold much water either. I bought hundreds of dollars of software for my Windows Mobile, but I see all of that software and more being ported over to the iPhone environment and becoming far better as a result. A bit of restriction to keep out malware (Symbian already has viruses) and keep the quality up is welcome in my books having suffered trying to use some absolutely awful WM software in the past. I agree with your comment re the embarrassment of having to have a .me address with MobileMe - ick! That's why I've signed up for .mac to at least be able to keep that less obnoxious domain. -Mart The iPhone expensive? My Symbian-based Sony Ericsson P900 smartphone cost me around $1000 outright when it first came out and my HTC-made Windows Mobile PDA phone (O2 XDA IIs) was almost as expensive and far more expensive than the iPhone.

Of course neither of those devices holds a candle to the potential and GUI that the iPhone boasts. Your comment about locked-in doesn’t hold much water either. I bought hundreds of dollars of software for my Windows Mobile, but I see all of that software and more being ported over to the iPhone environment and becoming far better as a result. A bit of restriction to keep out malware (Symbian already has viruses) and keep the quality up is welcome in my books having suffered trying to use some absolutely awful WM software in the past.

I agree with your comment re the embarrassment of having to have a .me address with MobileMe – ick! That’s why I’ve signed up for .mac to at least be able to keep that less obnoxious domain.

-Mart

]]> By: Hari Seldon http://www.itwriting.com/blog/697-mobileme-steals-live-mesh-thunder.html/comment-page-1#comment-103199 Hari Seldon Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:02:18 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/697-mobileme-steals-live-mesh-thunder.html#comment-103199 The iPhone is not really that expensive and as for being locked in - I really don't understand this attitude. Anyone who watched the WWDC keynote will know that some very slick applications are coming to the iPhone. What else do you need? The iPhone is not really that expensive and as for being locked in – I really don’t understand this attitude. Anyone who watched the WWDC keynote will know that some very slick applications are coming to the iPhone. What else do you need?

]]> By: Jennings http://www.itwriting.com/blog/697-mobileme-steals-live-mesh-thunder.html/comment-page-1#comment-103183 Jennings Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:54:42 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/697-mobileme-steals-live-mesh-thunder.html#comment-103183 MobileMe does work with domains: "...If you have a personal domain setup for your iWeb site, it will continue to work without changing any settings at your registrar." See <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1932" rel="nofollow">this FAQ</a>. MobileMe does work with domains: “…If you have a personal domain setup for your iWeb site, it will continue to work without changing any settings at your registrar.” See this FAQ.

]]> By: Partners in Grime http://www.itwriting.com/blog/697-mobileme-steals-live-mesh-thunder.html/comment-page-1#comment-103180 Partners in Grime Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:15:26 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/697-mobileme-steals-live-mesh-thunder.html#comment-103180 I'm looking forward to giving MobileMe a try. I’m looking forward to giving MobileMe a try.

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