INSIDE MOBILE: How Apple MobileMe Can Improve Its Data Synchronization and Data-Sharing Service

Apple's MobileMe joins Sharpcast SugarSync and Microsoft Live Mesh, among others, in the battle to provide seamless data synchronization and data sharing for mobile computing. But Apple MobileMe has come out with some cost and service issues that need resolving. J. Gerry Purdy, mobile and wireless analyst at Frost Sullivan, explains. - It's been several rough weeks since the July 11 launch of Apple's MobileMe, Apple's sequel to .Mac, concurrent with the availability of the Apple iPhone 3G. Apple's MobileMe concept is really great: to provide automatic synchronization between a user's e-mail, contacts, calendar, photos (Galler...