Hurrah!

I've fixed my small-but-annoying MobileMe snag .

Since getting my iPhone 4 it has been impossible to alter addresses or add new ones without MobileMe overriding the change.  Then, using TinkerTool System (the one that isn't free), I found that I had my old iPhone still registered to MobileMe, and therefore syncing.  I inferred from this information that my new iPhone was being overridden in MobileMe.

So I checked the apple.com/support/mobileme pages again today and saw a way of seeing your iPhone (www.me.com/find).  Sure enough, both iPhones were on the list at the side.  So I removed the iPhone 3G and tried altering addresses on my iPhone4 ... and it worked!

All is now right with the world – MobileMe is back to being the truly useful tool it was before

Chris

Well I bought my iPhone 4. I’ve had it for around 3 weeks and it is great. I knew about the aerial/signal limitation before I got it; I knew that I might have to adjust my grip or get a cover of some sort; and I knew that it would be great nonetheless.

I’ll bring it along to the meeting tomorrow, in case anyone wants to have a (non-destructive) fiddle with it.

Chris

Well, I upgraded within around 24 hours of iOS4’s being available on iTunes. The upgrade took quite a while, starting with a backup of the iPhone before uploading the new OS and finally restoring the iPhone.

I do like the new Mail functionality; the ordering of the Inboxes reduces the finger tap count quite considerably. I also like the folders, although that took a little while to get used to: the small icons can still be recognised if you forget which folder has which applications.

But the overall impression is of speed – lack of it! It takes ages to select something like a contact in Contacts. Email messages are not too slow to open, considering what you are doing with a small computer, but some applications grind almost to a halt. GPS MotionX is pretty horrendous, but that goes for any large application.

I might consider downgrading to iOS3 if I weren’t seriously considering replacing the iPhone with 4G ...

Chris

Note: I did downgrade that iPhone to iOS3.1.3 as my wife wanted to take over the device [added 15 Aguust 2010]. cb

Well, it should be here soon – iPad in the UK, I mean. No doubt there will be a rush for the lovely device, but I am inclined to save my dosh for the new iPhone, later in the year. Whether or not the loss of the protoype in the bar not far from Apple’s place in Cupertino, it is an intriguing mix of performance and functionality. It will be quite a bit faster than my old 3G, and enough of an advance on the 3G(S) to make it worth a good, heavy yearn

Chris

I must admit, it’s an attractive proposition. You have a presentation to make to small group of people; you have your iPad, loaded with said presentation (preferably in Keynote, naturally); and you face it towards your audience and play the slide show.



But I have a MacBook Pro. I have the presentation on that, where I have been making last-minute amendments on the way to the audience. It needs no stand, it has an array of output ports to connect to the AV system at the venue and I already have a remote control with which to make the presentation without having to touch the device itself.

Hmmm ...

However, I do like the iCal display, and that of the Address Book.

Chris
p.s. the image came from the Apple (US) site. cb