Mobile Me off to a Rocky Start
...Another snag we have run into is our use of the word "push" in describing everything under the MobileMe umbrella. While all email, contact or calendar changes on the iPhone and the web apps are immediately synced to and from the MobileMe "cloud," changes made on a PC or Mac take up to 15 minutes to sync with the cloud and your other devices. So even though things are indeed instantly pushed to and from your iPhone and the web apps today, we are going to stop using the word "push" until it is near-instant on PCs and Macs, too.We want to apologize to our loyal customers and express our appreciation for their patience by giving all current subscribers an automatic 30-day extension to their MobileMe subscription free of charge. Your extension will be reflected in your account settings within the next few weeks...
Editors Note: I spent several hours trying to get calendars and mail to "push" and was unsuccessful. Calendars kept showing up with blank data, extra calendars I did not create, and an email send at noon did not arrive until 4:00pm. I have not given up yet! It could have been another server glitch, no ISP is immune. Mobile Me push is attractive not only for the "push," , but also because of SSL support, for more secure email communications on publish networks. SSL capability is often an added cost with many other ISP's email setups.