Mossberg On MobileMe: Too Flawed To Recommend (paidContent.org)

Thursday July 24, 3:58 am ET By Staci D. Kramer Forget the launch woes ... Walt Mossberg has spent the last week testing Apple's (NasdaqGS: AAPL - News) new MobileMe service and finds it so flawed he can't recommend it as is. In his weekly column , Mossberg writes: "It's a great idea, but, as of now, MobileMe has too many flaws to keep its promises." , is supposed to support syncing email, bookmarks, calendar info and address books on multiple computers, the iPhone and the iTouch via Mac or Windows. But it didn't that way for Mossberg; see the column for details like disappearing email, unsynced bookmarks, missing contact info and more. His conclusion: "Apple patiently explained each of my problems, sometimes helping me with workarounds, sometimes claiming they were rare, other times saying that it was working on fixes. If... [read full story]