what i don’t like about mobileme
For those who don’t know, MobileMe is an Apple service that pushes email, contacts and calendar events to iPhones, PCs and Macs to keep your stuff in sync.
I have two major issues with this paid service.
- The from/reply to address cannot be changed from the default your_name@me.com (unless you use an email client).
- You cannot create alerts in the MobileMe web interface.
Let’s talk about point 1. This is an insanely annoying issue for me. I own a domain and want push email to my iPhone. However, I don’t want the person expecting a reply from me to have it come from a different address. That’s just stupid. I know there are various work arounds but these mean I lose my replies. Dumb. I mean come on Apple, Google do it . . . for free.
Now, point 2 is equally annoying. Using the MobileMe web interface I can create a calendar entry and even make it recurring, but I cannot add an alert to it. I have to wait for it to be pushed to my iPhone and then add the alert. Unbelievable. This is another case where Google do this and for free.
Come on Apple, you need to sort this stuff out.
As you would expect, I don’t use MobileMe for anything other than iDisk and Find My iPhone.
