It doesn't take a genius to figure out that there's something wrong with Apple's
MobileMe transition -- which was originally scheduled to take place Wednesday evening. Now, into the early hours of Friday, and almost a day after the iPhone 3G's launch in NZ, we've seen maybe a total of 30 minutes of scattered uptime for the service, and Apple is finally confessing that the transition is "taking longer than expected." The good news is that .Mac users should still be able to check their mail, sync their contacts and use their iDisks, but at the moment there's no telling when MobileMe's sexy new web apps will be available, or what to expect next as far as those other services.
Update: For what it's worth, MobileMe is up again -- now with working email and new "Getting Started" tours which we haven't seen before. Looks promising but we'll need to give it a few hours to burn-in. Screenshot after the break.
Update 2: And by "up" we meant "not up," of course. Get it right, people.
[Thanks, Alec A]
posted Jul 11th 2008 1:12AM
"Mac... It Just Works"
wow,
-high five-
thats not getting old at all.
Heh.
Oscarv77, you just signed your death warrant. The fan boys are going to have your head!
On a side note, Engadget should rename themselves iGadget. That way we can know to expect more Apple news and updates than any other product on the market.
After all, isn't downloadsquad for software news? Isn't tuaw for Apple news? Or maybe all this news about the iPhone should be posted on Engadget Mobile... because isn't that the site specific for phone coverage?
But, this keeps getting posted again and again. I think Engadget reports on the Apple stuff so much because they get hits and generate more ad revenue.
Oscar,
Totally! And how come you can only use a one-button mouse on them?
High five!
Brian. Don't be a troll. Like it or not the iPhone is big news. I don't think raving fan boys would make a graphic that says Mobile Fail, instead they'd be making excuses on Apple's behalf.
@Lamp
Almost as old as the MS bashing that goes on. Isn't it amazing when Apple balls up a full product launch that the tech press are understanding about it whilst at the same time crucifying Microsoft for not launching a beta website?
@Lamp
Making fun of it will get old as soon as Apple stops trying to tell everyone "it just works"
"Mac.. it just about works"
Fixed.
thanks for the update!
Email me when some hacker CRACKS the iPhone3G wide open.
Then i'll buy it.
"Email me when some hacker CRACKS the iPhone3G wide open."
Sure, just post your a-mail address right here.
I have been having problems sending mail since yesterday. :(
A story about Apple... doing wrong?! Wait... what's this...
"The good news is that .Mac users should still be able to check their mail, sync their contacts and use their iDisks..."
Nice to know you sprinkled some good news in there. Not sure the last time I saw a "Vista did something horrible and mean today, but in other news it also worked really well with an old game I haven't been able to get working since Windows 98SE. Whoo!"
I'm sure it's just around the corner now, though. ; )
I kid.
...
Sort of.
For god saik, If don't like the news you don't have to click on it and post a comment. Or just leave.
ZING! Got me! I guess if we don't have anything nice to say here at Engadget, we shouldn't say anything at all...
...but then again that'd cut down the comments by about 78%. I don't think the advertisers would like that. So I'll continue to support my gadget blogging friends with my negativity.
@Pochi
Well at least you're honest....
And it looks like we have a double header of FAIL, nice going Apple. So much for "it just works". Maybe its time to rename to MobileMaybe
I can't do anything with my iDisk, because I already have the MobileMe pane in System Preferences...
My .Mac e-mail is still working, but it's very slow. I sent myself an e-mail about an hour ago and it's just arrived now.
me too.
and I made the mistake of signing out in the pref pane, just to see if logging back in would work. Of course, I wasn't thinking that if it's down, I can't sign back in.
So yeah
I am unable to sync with .mac because my login preferences have changed somehow and I can't log in to change them. I requested a new password this morning and I still haven't received confirmation. So my .mac AND iPhone are JACKed at the moment because I cant login for tech support. The iPhone update erased my phone so its back to the state when you first buy it. Its waiting for iTunes Store to register it but iTunes is down. Was on the (land line) phone waiting 30 mins for tech support even though the message told me my hold time was approx 2 mins. I give up.... This shouldn't be sugar coated. My business is now out of commission.
their web hosting is still working for me :D
Tried publishing or just still live?
Not for me. Can't sign into my .mac account which really sucks considering you have to pay 99 bucks for the thing.
Whoops!
they might as well completely take the whole server down and just get it fixed correctly.
it would be better than everyone freaking out and spamming it with push requests for email all the time while they're trying to figure out what the problem is.
apple fail? that's unpossible!
Speaking of fail, the job on the picture could have used a tad more work.
Well than, get off your ass and into Photoshop! (More like stay on your ass and click on over to Photoshop, but whatever.)
That picture up there brought me the joy within; like a breeze of cold air in a summer day; I feel human once again... I can rest in peace.
Haha no kidding... between "mobile fail" and "sad Moto" :(, Engadget is on a roll!
http://h4xr.org/e7bm
Leave them alone.
LEAVE STEVE JOBS ALONE!
All you tech blogs care about is readers and making money off of Apple! Steve's a human!
I'm sorry I couldn't resist.
Omnicloud,
SO IS BRITNEY!
LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!
SHE'S HUMAN!
Y'all know what I'm talking 'bout.
What happened to being a Blackberry killer?
Welcome to June 29, 2007
I just noticed the "mobile fail", like the third time I saw the picture.
Tip of the hat to you, sir!
I can log into MobileMe through System Preferences, but iDisk isn't working.
The rest of it seems to be.
@Reid
Macs come with a multi button mouse.
I've been using mulit button mice on my Macs since the 90's.
Maybe you just can't read.
Woah - somebody forgot their irony hat today.
lol
lol
I cant access my iDisk, sign in via my control panel, or sync a bleepin thing.... Thanks apple.... Its been nearly 36 hours of ZERO access other than mail via my desktop application.
Stay up to date here:
http://www.apple.com/support/dotmac/
I was able to sign up earlier during a brief period of uptime (of just the registration page) for a trial. I was able to check my email the first time I tried about an hour ago, and now am able to actually sign in via System Preferences on my iMac as well as in Control Panel on my PC. :)
iDisk is apparently still down, but everything else is working.... except the web apps as well. Syncing and all of that is working though.
I was using screen sharing with my iMac service when it crashed the other night. ever since .Mac isn't working my sys press still say .mac -where is the mobile me pref pane?
36+ hours without service. Absolute disaster for me. Considering I actually pay for what I could have and do have for free at Yahoo/Gmail I guess I'm the real dummy here. I'll be asking for that refund and populating everything to Gmail.
It's worth the wait. Ive been a .Mac customer for two years. I haven't had any email problems at all. I have both my pc's, my mac, and my iPhone syncing up now. It's taking them longer than planned but its coming up.
It looks to be up and running... I am not able to login via the mobileme icon in windows control panel and its syncing up :)
Still waiting for the 2.0 update as well.
"Exchange for the rest of us"
And it's down again...