Sam Oliver
MobileMe breaks free a few days early
Around the same time that @me.com email addresses became active for some existing .Mac subscribers, Apple began shipping MobileMe retail boxes to customers who had pre-ordered the service through its online store.
Couriers were apparently asked to hold local delivery until sometime mid-to-late next week, but at least one of them mistakenly began making home deliveries this week.
The MobileMe retail box pictured below was delivered to one customer today. When he called Apple Support because he couldn't activate his service, a rep told him that the box shouldn't have been delivered and that a courier would return to take it back into custody, then redeliver it later.
.Mac customers making the transition to MobileMe should check out AppleInsider's what you need to know guide on moving to the new service.
Users who have not synced their .Mac Web bookmarks to Safari by now should do so immediately, as the service will be discontinued on July 6th. Apple had previously said it would discontinue .Mac Web bookmarks on June 30th, but has extended the deadline for syncing.
Meanwhile, prospective MobileMe subscribers can pre-order a single license MobileMe account from Amazon for $89.99 (a $10 savings) or the Family pack with one individual account plus four Family Member accounts for $134.99 (a $45 savings).
More information on MobileMe is available in this AppleInsider article or at MobileMe.com
Google Talk for iPhone
Also on Thursday, Google released a new streamlined Google Talk web application for the iPhone and iPod touch that's accessible via www.google.com/talk from the mobile version of Safari. Some of the features of the new app are:
Chat with your Google Talk contacts in real time. Send and receive instant messages in chat sessions with your contacts. Move easily between multiple open chats.
View and search for your Google Talk contacts. See the availability and status message of your contacts and change your own status on the go.
Go off the record if you don't want to store your chats. Off the record chats are not stored on Gmail.
Google notes that Google Talk must be open in your Safari browser and you must be logged in to receive instant messages.
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38 Comments
"They can have my MobileMe box back when they pry it from my cold, dead hands."
a rep told him that the box shouldn't have been delivered and that a courier would return to take it back into custody, then redeliver it later.
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What an enormous waste of gas!!!! Who cares if he has the box now, its not like they're going to change anything about it.
who cares if they have it now, if they cant active it yet what's the difference, the activation date is the same regardless
Shock horror!
Mobile mich
What a complete lack of common sense and a waste of resources. We'll pick it up and redeliver it in a few days.
If it were me, they wouldn't get it back.