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"It's in my lederhosen"]]>Feb 7th 2009 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/]]>Feb 7th 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/
You don't even know how MyPhone or Synergy works first-hand, how can you even say that?]]>Feb 7th 2009 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/
As much rage as the Pre is generating, its never going to even touch Apple's iPhone market share. Its basically gonna just be an option for people who don't like Apple products. Just like all those piece of shit LG iclones.]]>Feb 7th 2009 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/ ...You don't even know how MyPhone or Synergy works first-hand...

True, but we "know" Synergy =will= (not does!) use an SQL database for its thang, thus we can do some serious extrapolation and say daemons on phone or off (probably on, unless Palm's going to charge for the capability - then off!) will be doing the database loading from all those sites Palm says will have their data combined and multi-synced with.

But why do we care HOW these things work, if they work...somewhat similarly?

If enough functionality is common across the many different implementations of "cloud syncing", enough that those prosumers are sufficiently content, then Palm's teeth get kicked in.
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It would be even better if their logo looked like an Apple logo, just how the MobileMe logo looked like the Windows ME logo.]]>Feb 7th 2009 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 8th 2009 12:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 8th 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/
It doesn't matter who did it first, all that matters is who does it better.

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So Nokia could have done it first, but all that really matters is the fact Apple is pretty late to the game with there MobileMe stuff. Sorry, Darren. :)]]>Feb 7th 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/
As for the synching, it'll be good for somebody to get it right. Apple tried and MobileMe works, but it's certainly not good enough that I'd like syncing technology to stop right there. There's lots of work to do. I just hope Microsoft doesn't try and tie it in to Windows too much - Apple makes their stuff work on Windows, but Microsoft tends to just ignore the Mac - like they do for Messenger and Office (which is decent, but nowhere near as good as Office on Windows - either Microsoft are idiots or they're crippling it to position Windows as the business computer). There are Microsoft customers using OSes other than Windows, and if Microsoft realises that and gets this syncing service properly cross-platform, they should have something interesting.


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I'll stand by Palm, Garmin, and Apple before I'll ever consider MS.]]>Feb 7th 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 8th 2009 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 8th 2009 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 8th 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/
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my Win mobile phone already syncs with my Outlook calendar and contacts. No need to back-up and restore as it is already synced.

I am confused.]]>Feb 7th 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/
MobileMe was just a revamped, renamed .Mac using Google's online services are we really all thinking this is an Apple innovation ?

If you need to be able to access your office files and stuff on the go I'm sure it's a godsend but I don't so meh!]]>Feb 7th 2009 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 6:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/
They should really just keep it simple, and call it Live Sync/SkyDrive Mobile. But nope; someone on the branding team just doesn't understand consistency. My Phone (it's two words Engadget!) seems pretty uncreative, and very generic (How do I explain what My Phone does on MY phone?). I'm hoping it's just a temporary name until it's final. ]]>Feb 7th 2009 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/07/microsoft-confirms-myphone-invite-only-beta-coming-to-mwc/Feb 7th 2009 7:01PM