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03
Dec
Mobileme the worst Apple product

Forgive me I need to get this out of my chest!

I takes ages to import all my files back from iDisk. It’s only 45mb pictures folder for god’s sake and it’s been HOURS! I always had to turn off the Airport connection to stop the loading window.  I am definitely leaving mobileme for good. I have been a good customer for over 5 years and this is what I get. The damn iDisk is freaking SLOW. Mobileme is the worst Apple product ever! 

It doesn’t even allow me to sync my files anymore, too much glitch and problems for $99 USD. The transition from dotmac to mobileme is really a disaster. Heck, even dotmac wasn’t that good either but at least is didn’t give me tons of trouble sync my files. The point is,  I spent $495 USD for 5 years just for what? Only for email address and storing my 45mb pictures with tons of glitch? And now it’s getting far worst than I thought, I can’t get my files back!

Anyway, end of rant.

I need to focus, I still have 45 days to move all my files and backup my emails before my account expire. I have to start looking for mobileme alternative. Although I found many choices but not sure which one I like, yet/

For iDisk alternative : Sugarsync, Funambol,  Bingodisk, dropbox,  AmazonS3, Google service or just rent one server and work it out.

For gallery, Sugarsync, google picasa and flickr works but I have to admit the mobileme gallery looks much better but well it doesn’t matter to me.

Ugh, my head is still aching.  I’ll keep looking until I find the one I like.

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02
Dec
iPhone – update

As I wrote in my previous post about getting a new cellphone iPhone because I couldn’t find my old cellphone. Well, It turned out right before we decide to go and spend ¥160000 for two iPhone contracts, I found my beloved old cellphone under the car seat lmao.

Soon after I found it, I told my husband to cancel the reservation. Current iPhone doesn’t really appeal to me that much, so I probably wait until Apple release their next iPhone upgrade.  Don’t get me wrong, as much as I love Apple product I just can’t find myself to spend ¥80000 (¥850 USD) for one cellphone with less feature than my old cellphone has and Softbank limited signal reception area. I don’t live in  a big city and Softbank just doesn’t have a great service as much as Docomo gives. There are still many areas in Japan that Softbank couldn’t handle especially the small towns in Japan.

So now I’m back on the waiting line for Apple next iPhone upgrades. In the mean time I’m going to purchase regular Japanese cellphone next year because Docomo will release their new products around January to March 2009.

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01
Dec
iPhone – Yes or No?

 

To be honest I didn’t plan to get any new phone at the moment, at least not until next year but because I lost my cellphone and I couldn’t freaking find it I thought maybe I could get a new one but this time changing my long time cellphone provider from NTT Docomo to Softbank and get the new iPhone.

After I played with it again for a few minutes or so at the store today, I felt dissapointed, actually it was kind of big disspointment from iPhone.

There are many features from my cellphone that I loved and iPhone doesn’t have them, including the iPhone camera. 

Even my two years old cellphone  take a least 3mp picture, but iPhone only 2mp.

Second, it doesn’t have the built-in video/movie record. I believe I’m going to need to install some app for the feature.

Other minus thing would be :

 

* Softbank limited signal area.  I could use my Docomo cell almost anywhere in Japan even when I’m passing the tunnel on express highway. But NOT with Softbank provider, they still limited to some areas.

*Problem showing emoji on emails but I’m not so sure about that because I didn’t try that today. I only read people reviews about it on internet. 

*Not even sure it has the bar reading feature, which I used a lot in my previous old cellphones.

*Need to get another gear in order to watch TV from iPhone and that’s just sucks because most Japanese cellphone  already has the built-in feature. 

* I need to bring my Passport to get the iPhone, which is surprised me because Docomo only asked for my Alien card identity to purchase their cellphone.

* No wallet feature, which I also used that feature a lot  in my old cellphone.

 

And I think there are more to mention but they aren’t really necessary to me.

 

The only features that I love from iPhone is the cheaper full browsing option, except for flash sites and the music storage.

So buying iPhone would save me some extra without getting another gear for music storage. I won’t be needing any iPod/touch if I get the iPhone.

But anyway,  I placed my reservation today but I’m not really sure whether or not I should get the iPhone.

The iPhone will cost me at least $500-700 and I’m not really impressed with it but I need a new freaking cellphone. I better make a wise decision for this.

I also need to consider that I still have my $100 points value on my Docomo provider. If I switch to Softbank I will lose $100  USD points value and spend another $500-700 to get the iPhone with less features but with better/cheaper internet browsing option.

This is tough, but we’ll see tomorrow.

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