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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
MobileMe
I've updated my iPod Touch with the 2.0 software, and done the necessary updates on my Mac to support the new MobileMe syncing stuff. Apple is *almost* where they need to be to allow me to replace my old Palm with the iPod Touch. I now have my calendar and contacts synced automatically to the Touch, accessible on the web, and on my Mac. And I can update either the calendar or contacts on the Touch, Mac, or web, and it should all sync automatically. Pretty cool!
There are couple of little problems. First, while the birthdays from my contacts can show through to my calendar on the Mac and on the web, they don't show on the iPod Touch. This problem is described here, and there's a tech note about it here. That's not a killer problem, but it's definitely an annoyance.
The other problem is that there's still no good way to sync text notes in the same way as the contacts and calendar. There are a couple of third-party solutions that may work out for this. Here's an interesting one that should be available soon. Evernote is available now, and might be what I'm looking for. It would be nice if 37 Signals came up with something to allow you to sync BackPack to the iPhone/Touch for offline access, but I don't see any indication that they're working on that.
There are couple of little problems. First, while the birthdays from my contacts can show through to my calendar on the Mac and on the web, they don't show on the iPod Touch. This problem is described here, and there's a tech note about it here. That's not a killer problem, but it's definitely an annoyance.
The other problem is that there's still no good way to sync text notes in the same way as the contacts and calendar. There are a couple of third-party solutions that may work out for this. Here's an interesting one that should be available soon. Evernote is available now, and might be what I'm looking for. It would be nice if 37 Signals came up with something to allow you to sync BackPack to the iPhone/Touch for offline access, but I don't see any indication that they're working on that.
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