“In an internal e-mail sent to Apple employees [last] evening, Steve Jobs admitted that MobileMe was launched too early and ‘not up to Apple’s standards.’ The e-mail, seen by Ars Technica, acknowledges MobileMe’s flaws and what could have been done to better handle the launch. In addition to needing more time and testing, Jobs believes that Apple should have rolled MobileMe’s services out slowly instead of launching it ‘as a monolithic service.’ For example, over-the-air iPhone syncing could have gone up initially, then web apps one by one (Mail, Calendar, etc.),” Jacqui Cheng reports for Ars Technica.
“Jobs goes on. ‘It was a mistake to launch MobileMe at the same time as iPhone 3G, iPhone 2.0 software and the App Store,’ he says. ‘We all had more than enough to do, and MobileMe could have been delayed without consequence,'” Cheng reports.
Full article here.
Slash Lane reports for AppleInsider, “The Apple co-founder also announced changes to the company’s management structure that will see Eddy Cue, formally vice president of iTunes, oversee all Internet-related services, including the iTunes, the App Store, and Mobile Me. Cue will now report directly to Jobs.”
“‘The MobileMe launch clearly demonstrates that we have more to learn about Internet services,’ Jobs told employees. ‘And learn we will. The vision of MobileMe is both exciting and ambitious, and we will press on to make it a service we are all proud of by the end of this year,'” Lane reports.
Full article here.
Jobs states the obvious. Let’s hope Apple learns from this going forward. Users of Apple products expect and deserve better. Also, there are quite enough detractors out there conjuring up Apple “problems.” To hand them a real one – one that could easily have been avoided, no less – was a mistake.
Blue Dream,
I don’t think Carly ever pulled a boner as big as Steve’s.
DLMeyer… That’s Trekker.
The MobileMe launch was one of the few missteps in Jobs second tenure. You can bet they’ll take a more methodical approach in future.
Actually, Apple did issue a public apology and 30 days of ‘free” MobileMe service. It was a good PR move, but still of little consolation to people who were expecting it to “just work”.
Given MobileMe’s dicey .Mac DNA, I would have waited at least a couple of months before trying to use it.
OMG hell froze over, SJ admitted Apple made a mistake!!
zncvbnxc,
How do you pronounce your name?
Is it ‘ASS-hole’ or ‘DUMB-ass’?
I found our your true identity:
http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/BornHermaphrodite/
To quote the words of an ancient wiseman:
“Go fuck yourself”.
‘fanboi’ pisses me off about as much as ‘me thinks’. Come to think of it, me thinks your an a$$hole for using ‘me thinks’.
“Apple Users are just used to actually getting it.”
Repeatedly, Roughly, from behind with every botched product introduction.
If Rev A hardware from other vendors had as many problems as Apple does, they’d be out of business. Fortunately Apple has the fanboy base to repeatedly buy those Rev A products, find the defects and let Apple fix them for the next group of customers, all the time convincing themselves Apple is doing a great job.
what MOO said…
beat it trrrrrollz
So, Eddy Cue was the guy running around telling everyone that launching it all at the same time was a bad idea…
And who said that MDN was blatantly slavish in their devotion to all things Apple?
@ zncvbnxc,
Write much in English?
… #5. Fix the mistakes.
#6. Reinstate terminated services that DID work.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/macsmiley/2652541101/
<u>BRING BACK APPLE iCARDS!</u>
Petitions:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/06291970/petition.html
http://www.petitiononline.com/ic110608/petition.html
“And who said that MDN was blatantly slavish in their devotion to all things Apple?”
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They are blatantly slavish in defending and/or agreeing with all things Apple.. When Apple apologizes or admits a mistake, do you really think MDN would disagree? Of course not..
“When Apple apologizes or admits a mistake, do you really think MDN would disagree?”
Neither will I, not in a million years. I am loyal to Apple’s core.
But, I have been known to take a bribe or two.
MikeK,
Plenty of MDN Takes have been at least somewhat critical of Apple over the years.
“If Rev A hardware from other vendors had as many problems as Apple does, they’d be out of business.”
You mean, like Microsoft’s Xbox 360?
Thanks for your utterly useless comment to this discussion!
@Sparknutz
I don’t normally correct grammar in postings, in fact I didn’t do it above. I am just bored with the pretentious use of “fanboi”, like that is so clever. If someone wants to call me a fanboy, as if it is some sort of insult, go ahead. Just spell the damn word normally.
Spark,
‘Fanboi’ is the derogatory and insulting version of ‘fanboy’.
It comes in handy for judging the character of the commenter.
Kind of a dead giveaway.
“You mean, like Microsoft’s Xbox 360?”
Exactly like XBox 360. That was bad enough for Microsoft, but would have killed a company for who it was their main product.
But somehow Apple struggles on with crashing and non functional online services, discoloring, whining overheating crashing Macs, cracking iPhones which can’t be activated or upgraded and the fanboys think they’re doing a great job.
You keep getting shafted, but you keep coming back. You must enjoy being Apple’s bitch.
“#4. coming up with a better plan is wisdom itself”
Doing things right first time: priceless.
“You keep getting shafted, but you keep coming back. You must enjoy being Apple’s bitch.”
Look who keeps coming back for more. This little punk doesn’t realize that he is our bitch! You belong to MDN moron. Your candy ass has been passed around more than a two dollar whore.
“This little punk doesn’t realize that he is our bitch! “
What a great explanation for why you keep buying defective products.
Ignore my grandson Destroyer, He’s an embarrassment to the Dorks family line.
@Progenitor of Dorks,
I understand. Every family has one member they wish could be locked in the basement forever. The problem with this one is he won’t leave the basement. Ever. You have my sympathy.
Dang who said the word penis. I read that as the pen is mightier than the sword.
I think that you are correct. They really should have just teamed up with Google and let Google handle the cloud computing. The expertise of Google is really there. Unless there is some discrepancy between Android and iPhone, as in conflict of interest, I agree wholeheartedly that Google should have been hooked up to .mac or mobileMe.