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| MobileMe Family Pack | 
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| From: Apple
Category: Software
List Price: $149.00
Buy New: $69.99
You Save: $79.01 (53%)
New (21) from $69.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 99
Format: Dvd-rom
Platform: Mac Os X
Media: DVD-ROM
Edition: Family Pack
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: MB825Z/A
Model: MB825Z/A
UPC: 885909270262
EAN: 0885909249909
ASIN: B001BY0C2U
Release Date: July 12, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW IN RETAIL BOX.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great now after rough start August 30, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Buggy at first, but everything works great now. I love how updated contacts, bookmarks and calendar changes on one device just appear on the others. This is sweet, enterprise for the rest of us!
 Working great for me now! August 11, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I was like most here when MobileMe was launched...it was a nightmare...about the worse product launch I've seen in some time, if not all time. Couldn't get email, web apps didn't load, iPhone set up would crash, etc. Apple was slow and muted to respond.
But that was then...July 11.
As of now (Aug. 11), just about everything works great for me. My email is stable and functioning. My contacts are all there. Push calendars, contacts and email works perfectly and instantly with my iPhone, including my Entourage/Exchange items. Syncing between my office desktop and personal laptop is flawless (which by the way, what's the big gripe about a 15 minute interval between PC syncs?! When is it critical for you to have synced information on 2 or more computers within 15 minutes?!).
There are definitely things that need improving like the dual listings on Exchange/iCal-Contacts entries on the iPhone; the ability to have shared calendars (which right now is limited to CalDAV server solutions like Mac OS X Server); better photo editing/sharing tools on the Gallery; and updates for Backup or another file backup solution to better integrate w/ MobileMe, especially for the Family Pack members.
Anyway, I'd say give MobileMe a shot now. Lord knows, there have been plenty of other software releases that have had mountains of problems at launch (Vista, Leopard, Lotus, etc.) It definitely does not have a quarter of the issues it had at launch and really has become quite a nice replacement for us previous .Mac users. I find it to be an excellent solution for mobile users, especially those with iPhones and/or Macs.
Love it! August 11, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Just a little history about me and my use of the software. I was a .mac user prior to mobile me. I switched over from pc about a year ago and have enjoyed the transition. I really like not being asked to fix everyone else's pcs any longer because they are tired of me saying, "Yeah, I don't have that problem on my mac."
Now the review. What is with all of the hating of this product? I love it. It pushes to my ipod touch, it works well on all of my computers. I do not understand why people are still griping. Did the roll out of this new product go smoothly? No, not in the least but all is well now. It was a rocky transition but Vista is still in transition nearly two years after a roll out.
For those unluckly 2% that had real mobileme problems, yes, you had it rough for a few days but the rest of us were mostly mad because it did not get started until a day or so after we expected.
Benefits
The push feature on email, address book, and calendar are great. I can make a change on my ipod touch (or iphone) and my home computer in another country is updated.
As an added benefit I really like how everything flows together. I realize that I can publish my pictures on another site but I like how iPhoto integrates into my online gallery. I realize that I can publish videos to any site but I like how iMovie integrates to my gallery.
Some have said that all of these features in mobile me can be found in other places. Most of the online features are available but they are not integrated, they are unreliable, and who wants all of the advertisements? I had been using these work arounds prior to .mac and now mobileme... it is worth the $112 or so that mobileme family pack costs to not have to deal with the other services.
After using the service for a few weeks, I upgraded to the family plan so that my wife could use it as well. She loves it.
 Problems still continue 8-4-2008 August 5, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love mac and apple products. But mobile me is a complete dud. I had .mac since 2007 and it was converted to mobile me.
I spent two hours on the phone will apple care yesterday, they got a specialist and still they could not get my account to work.
I have data lost that still has not been recovered. The web interface still is not working.
I hope this will one day be a good product, but right now it is awful. It is very frustrating that it simply doesn't work.
Too difficult to use for work place July 29, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
I should have listen to all the negative reviews that have been posted everywhere and not just Amazon.com. It is easily one of the WORST product that I have ever used. It simply does not work as advertised.
Apple advertised that it works well with Outlook on PC but it never bother to tell you that if your Outlook connects to Microsoft Exchange Server, it will not sync with your Contacts and Calenders. It tells you only when you bought the package and then tell you when you are setting up. A big company like Apple could be so sneaky. I guess all the marketings are the same. Boast big deliver little.
Push emails, contacts and calenders that never push. I sent test emails, imported contacts and calenders. The following day, absolutely nothing got pushed to my iPhone. I finally gave up the following day and not bother to sync my contacts and calenders anymore.
What a waste of money!!! It is a product that is not ready for prime time yet. For all Apple fanboys, please don't tell me give Apple time to work all the bugs out because it promises a lot of features. If you charge people money, you better deliver good product instead of a piece of JUNK.
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