iPhone - Are You Paying For Apple's MobileMe? Try Google Sync And Push For FREE!
Apple offers their MobileMe "push" technology to iPhone users as a 60-day free trial, then $99 per year afterwards.
From the Apple MobileMe web page: "MobileMe is a service that pushes new email, contacts, and calendar events over the air to all your devices. So your iPhone, Mac, and PC stay in perfect sync."
Here are a couple of blog posts for information about Google Sync:
How To Set Up Google Sync To "Push" Gmail On Your iPhone
Google Sync For Mobile - Google Calendar and Gmail Contacts
I set up Google Sync on my iPhone with Google Calendar and Gmail Contacts integration and so far, I love it! I'm glad I decided to "think about it" when I visited the Apple Store last month and considered purchasing MobileMe. Of course, there are a few features (such as photo gallery sharing, iDisk for online file sharing and the Find My iPhone locator) that MobileMe offers that Google Sync does not...but I can live without them! :)
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This is great news..We do love freebies, and Google. Great alternative to paying Apple..thanks for sharing.
Google makes great free products. Thanks for letting us know about Google Sync.
You're welcome, Ginger...everyone wants to save a few bucks nowadays and I'm glad Google seems to understand that! :)
Anytime, Marc...I'm glad I found out about it so I can spread the word! :)
Leilani
Whew, something I don't have to get involved with. I am PC. Nor am I going to Appathonate.
Perfect, Jane...now you can take the weekend off...if you're done catching up on all the retaggr sites, that is! :)
Leilani
Did you know I joined Retaggr? Are you spying on me?
:) @Jane...oh, I just knew you were going to join retaggr to get the pretty icon mosaic thingie like I have! :)
Leilani
I don't have a clue what to do with it. Still working on it.
Jane, just make sure you put your website links on all the new sites you sign up with...most of them have a spot for it on your profile page! :)
Leilani
I put the badge on my site and it was 10ft wide.
Oh! There is a customization feature for your retaggr badge where you can specify width, Jane...I think I set mine at 150 or 200 pixels wide. :)
Leilani
Thank you. I will give it another shot. Heaven forbid I should be a widget behind you.
Jane, just an FYI, retaggr only lets you have "one" customization...I tried to do a second customization for second site and it appeared the same on both sites. :)
Leilani