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RUMOR: Apple preps major revamp of .Mac to coincide with iPhone 2.0 launch

Friday, May 9, 2008 · 10:19 am · 42 Comments

“According to our anonymous tipster, .Mac will undergo a complete revamp that will coincide with the iPhone 2.0 launch (which everyone expects to occur at WWDC 08),” Cory Bohon reports for TUAW.

Bohon mentions:
• .Mac push e-mail coming to iPhone 2.0
• Full over-the-air syncing including calendars, contacts, and email (similar to Exchange)
• .Mac syncing on Windows

Full article here.

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Hope

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 10:22 am · Reply

The changes might justify the cost of the membership. Apple should at least give a free year with new purchases. The 60 day trial is just too limited.
John Gee

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 10:25 am · Reply

iPod touch… $20 upgrade again?
THE.MAC.GOD

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 10:27 am · Reply

Exactly what I’ve beens aying SHOULD happen since launch. Thank you.
Connor MacBook

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 10:30 am · Reply

Cloud Computing® is go! Mobile Me, anyone?
Connor MacBook

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 10:32 am · Reply

P.S. Does this mean anything for Yahoo! push e-mail?
Johnsson

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 10:39 am · Reply

This rocks!!! On a comical note this is just what Bill Gates said in his keynote in January (“Cloud computing”, “everything we do will be over the internet” , “online storage” etc.). It’s hilarious that Apple will be the first company to make it come true! How long will he let Ballmer run the show?

Disclaimer: I don’t follow Bill Gates keynotes at all, this is the part I picked up in a short article so I could be wrong.
Jeremy

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 10:46 am · Reply

This story is all over the place the last couple of days and I just want to point out how dumb it is.

The header is always “Major re-vamp of .Mac services” and then all that is mentioned is over the air syncing for iPhone. Those two things are incompatible.

I have .Mac already and the mail already syncs so frequently that it’s virtually indistinguishable from push email anyway. If you have .Mac, all your computers are already synced (contacts, bookmarks, email, and much more), and your iPhone or iPod touch syncs with one of those computers, so it already is in constant sync with everything anyway.

Sure it would be nice to have over the air syncing for portables, but this just doesn’t equate to “a major revamp.”

Also, all those people whining about the “expensive” 100 bucks a year fee are idiots IMO. It works out to 8 or 9 bucks a month for cripes sake! How is it that people are perfectly okay paying 600 bucks for a phone and 100 bucks a month to the phone company for the privilege of using it, but the price of a couple of cups of coffee is too much to pay for an online portal?
TowerTone

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 10:46 am · Reply

“Revamp”? When was it vamped?

I guess I don’t understand what .Mac push email will do, since my iPhone gets my email as soon as my computer. Corporate emails servers and such? Mine is already forwarded to my .Mac, but I guess this way you can keep them separate, rather than combined?
Jay-Z

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 10:47 am · Reply

@ Johnsson:

Who DOES follow a Gates keynote any more? The man is so out of touch.

These would be very welcome changes to .Mac. I do find WWDC a curious place to introduce them, considering that it’s a developers’ conference and Apple usually gears product announcements to that. Maybe the iPhone developer kit is enough justification, or they just plain don’t care.
Jamie

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 10:49 am · Reply

I’ve had .Mac since it was iTools (free), and I love it. Effortless website creation, Photocasting with my scattered family, Sync from my MacBook to my iMac to my work Mac Pro, iDisk (use Transmit to access files, it is 1000 times faster than Finder) and my name @mac.com

It just doesn’t get any sweeter!
iDon't

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 10:54 am · Reply

Will it be free?
MidWest Mac

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 10:56 am · Reply

I’ve so far not been interested in a .Mac account. The price, storage and features aren’t all that compelling to me, yet.

I think Apple should take some of that big pile of cash they’re sitting on and set up a .Mac network with a meaningful amount of storage AT NO COST to customers who have purchased both Macs and iPhones/Touch.

It would provide a great incentive to those of us who have invested in the technology. Maybe everyone would get free .Mac with something like 5 GB of storage, and then those who need more storage than that can buy it at something like $10 per month for each additional 10 gigs.

Even my wife’s crappy hotmail account gets her 5 gigs of space for no cost (other than some mildly annoying ads).

Apple should at least set aside enough free storage for iCal information to be stored. That alone would be compelling and would sell some systems.
nrrdgrrl

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 11:01 am · Reply

I want to be able to use my iDisk on my iPhone. I want it to work like Box.net kinda sorta.
Mac+

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 11:01 am · Reply

Question: “iPod touch… $20 upgrade again?” – John Gee
Answer: Yes!

Question: “Does this mean anything for Yahoo! push e-mail?” – Connor MacBook

Answer: Yes, and even more!

Question: “Will it be free?” – iDon’t
Answer: No, never from Apple!
Mac+

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 11:04 am · Reply

“I think Apple should take some of that big pile of cash they’re sitting on and set up a .Mac network with a meaningful amount of storage AT NO COST to customers who have purchased both Macs and iPhones/Touch.”

Great idea but will it be sustainable on the long run? I have my doubts… won’t the costs eat all their so called big pile of cash?
MacNScott

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 11:08 am · Reply

@Midwest Mac
It WAS free. It was called iTools.
HMCIV

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 11:11 am · Reply

More storage? Faster file transfers?
Blue Dream

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 11:17 am · Reply

The best way to revamp .Mac and to make anyone really use it and take it seriously would be to offer it for free with a registered Mac, iPhone, or iPod purchase. Truth is, I used EWorld more than I have my trials of .Mac. iDisk made a turtle look like a Ferrari.
Super pump it up, then make it free, and it could make the other social networks look like Hillary in a thong in comparison.
DogGone

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 11:18 am · Reply

Sounds like .Mac will be more integrated with web browsers. Calenders can’t be accessed via a web browser which can be a pain when you don’t have your mac with you.

Apple needs to have /Mac work with PCs if they want to be used in businesses. Licencing exchange means that they can now connect ot those servers. It’s the thin edge of the wedge. M$ did it to Apple in the 80′s and 90′s and now it’s pay back time.
Zune Tang®

Friday, May 9, 2008 - 11:18 am · Reply

I’ve been rocking the .Windows service since its inception. It has great tools for updating Excel charts remotely, topping off Zune points and viewing ad-supported faxes through the Outlook interface when I’m on the road. My e-mail address is an @windows.com address!

I am especially excited about the prospects for a ZunePhone tie-in in the near future. I’m looking forward to further leaks about that soon.

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