Will Google Sync Supplant MobileMe?

Macworld’s Dan Moren with a clear eyed evaluation of Google’s new iTunes-free contact and calendar sync as it relates to MobileMe:

It’s the kind of thing that would look like a shot across Apple’s bow if it weren’t for the fact that the two companies are apparently the best of pals—Google CEO Eric Schmidt is still [...]

Drag Menubar Items Off the Menubar!

An OS update recently left me with a MobileMe sync icon in my menubar, a service from Apple which I don’t use. Digging through System Preferences, however, I couldn’t find the option to turn off the menubar item and indeed after searching the web I found that there was no option if you aren’t logged [...]

Non-integration and MobileMe

From Cult of Mac: “For $99, anyone can have world-leading syncing of their entire digital lives. There’s just one problem: you have to use Apple’s Web applications to do that. No GMail, no Flickr, no GCal, no Facebook. Rather than delivering on the promise of automating the process of keeping every aspect of your [...]

The Metaphysics of MobileMe

Considered article by LonelySandwich concerning the metaphysical implications of Apple’s new MobileMe service. Insightful, knowledged and beautifully written, this is something that should be read twice.