Comments on: First look: Mobileme vs. Google Sync http://jetplanejournal.com/first-look-mobileme-vs-google-sync/ Tech opinions, reviews and how-to's. No Jetplanes. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:34:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Spencer http://jetplanejournal.com/first-look-mobileme-vs-google-sync/comment-page-1/#comment-4958 Spencer Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:13:54 +0000 http://www.jetplanejournal.com/?p=1024#comment-4958 Great article and feedback. So nice to read vs. the other tech bloggs. You know, it's bad enough that I have to live in the Mac AND PC world running together (due to my industry), but this Mac and GOOGLE syncing/email is also a conundrum.... I spend more time figuring out the solution.... Any updates on this thread would be great! As I read, I am in the midst of Mobile ME for my iPhone to Mac and maybe Google Sync for Mac to Google. I have learned the lesson of synchronization feedback. LOL Great article and feedback. So nice to read vs. the other tech bloggs. You know, it’s bad enough that I have to live in the Mac AND PC world running together (due to my industry), but this Mac and GOOGLE syncing/email is also a conundrum…. I spend more time figuring out the solution….

Any updates on this thread would be great! As I read, I am in the midst of Mobile ME for my iPhone to Mac and maybe Google Sync for Mac to Google. I have learned the lesson of synchronization feedback. LOL

]]> By: kyussmondo http://jetplanejournal.com/first-look-mobileme-vs-google-sync/comment-page-1/#comment-4793 kyussmondo Mon, 12 Apr 2010 08:51:35 +0000 http://www.jetplanejournal.com/?p=1024#comment-4793 I recently moved everything from MobileMe to Google Sync. I tried it a few months back and the service was not that great at the time but not it works great. All my stuff is pushed instantly and push email is very reliable now. On the Mac I have found the built in Google Contacts Sync to not work that great, it doesn't seem to update stuff instantly even when you try and force a sync. I am also not that keen on CalDAV. So for contacts I use SpanningSync which does a great job and I use BusyCal Family Pack which is a step up from iCal and syncs great with Google Calendar. Gmail is also push in Mail.app as it uses IDLE. BusyCal and SpanningSync combined probably cost as much as MobileMe for one year. However, if I stick with Google and Mac then it will pay for itself many times over unlike MobileMe which I have to pay for yearly. For disk space I use DropBox which works better than iDisk and you get 2GB free. Then for photos you can share them on somewhere like Flickr, Picasa Web, Facebook etc. The added bonus of those sites is the social features. If I share my photos I want people commenting on my photos and it also gives me an opportunity to look at their photos etc. It is not as elegant as MobileMe, but if you are a student or just frugal then you can save yourself a packet, plus SpanningSync and BusyCal are just optional extras, I got them because I have mild OCD. I recently moved everything from MobileMe to Google Sync. I tried it a few months back and the service was not that great at the time but not it works great. All my stuff is pushed instantly and push email is very reliable now. On the Mac I have found the built in Google Contacts Sync to not work that great, it doesn’t seem to update stuff instantly even when you try and force a sync. I am also not that keen on CalDAV. So for contacts I use SpanningSync which does a great job and I use BusyCal Family Pack which is a step up from iCal and syncs great with Google Calendar. Gmail is also push in Mail.app as it uses IDLE. BusyCal and SpanningSync combined probably cost as much as MobileMe for one year. However, if I stick with Google and Mac then it will pay for itself many times over unlike MobileMe which I have to pay for yearly.

For disk space I use DropBox which works better than iDisk and you get 2GB free. Then for photos you can share them on somewhere like Flickr, Picasa Web, Facebook etc. The added bonus of those sites is the social features. If I share my photos I want people commenting on my photos and it also gives me an opportunity to look at their photos etc.

It is not as elegant as MobileMe, but if you are a student or just frugal then you can save yourself a packet, plus SpanningSync and BusyCal are just optional extras, I got them because I have mild OCD.

]]> By: Lisa http://jetplanejournal.com/first-look-mobileme-vs-google-sync/comment-page-1/#comment-4014 Lisa Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:36:57 +0000 http://www.jetplanejournal.com/?p=1024#comment-4014 Thank you so much for your post. Very succint, yet comprehensive. I would love to switch from my current iphone & carrier (cost related issue only) to a new pda and carrier, but I do not want to loose the mobileme feature which wirelessly syncs my phone and two pcs. I believe I will hold onto to what I have for the immediate feature - thanks to your info. Thank you so much for your post. Very succint, yet comprehensive. I would love to switch from my current iphone & carrier (cost related issue only) to a new pda and carrier, but I do not want to loose the mobileme feature which wirelessly syncs my phone and two pcs. I believe I will hold onto to what I have for the immediate feature – thanks to your info.

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