MobileMe Refresh

Technology
July 1, 2009

Apple have upgraded their MobileMe service. It isn’t a massive refresh by any means but a number of little improvements that together make the experience that bit better. Sadly there are still no server sided mail rules, we have been begging for this service for sometime (see here) as they are an essential side to any cloud service.

Actually some of the changes we requested are beginning to become a reality (see the 5 changes we would make to Mobile Me).

The current refresh includes :

Mail

Forwarding or replying to HTML (rich text) messages maintains the message’s original formatting instead of converting it to plain text
Unread message count is displayed next to inbox and each folder
Resolves an issue where an email alias may not appear correctly in Mac OS X Mail
On an iPhone or iPod touch, a user can search all messages including those stored on the Mobileme “cloud” (server). Search in the From, To, and Subject fields is supported (iPhone OS 3.0 required)

Gallery

iPhone 3GS users can publish videos to a Gallery album
If no Gallery albums exist, an album is automatically created when publishing a photo or video from iPhone (iPhone OS 3.0 is required)

iDisk

Uploading to a Public folder with a web browser correctly shows completion status
Resolves an issue where an email address may not be recognized as valid when using file sharing

Account

Resolves an issue preventing the setup of some personal domains for iWeb hosting
Resolves an issue preventing some expired accounts from being converted to Family Pack sub-accounts
Active accounts with no upgrades can be converted to Family Pack sub-accounts

Push Contacts and Push Calendar
Note: iPhone OS 3.0 is required for these improvements.

Option to merge existing contacts and calendars on first sync from iPhone/iPod touch
Deleting a MobileMe account or turning off contact and calendar sync on iPhone/iPod touch allows users to keep a copy of the data on the device
iPhone contacts that sync with MobileMe maintain ring tone associations

We still find MobileMe to be a great service, with server sided mail rules and the ability to use a personal domain for email it would be amazing.

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An educational technology blogger with a passion for photography and all things Apple. The aim of this blog is to tie together Creativity, Technology and Education. As well as traditional desk based ICT DigMo! hopes to address the growing trends in mobile education.

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