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MobileMe has a ton of features if you use a Mac and/or multiple iOS devices
(iPhones, iPods, iPads, etc). As far as the photo sharing, storage, mail,
calendar, contacts, etc - all of that can be duplicated with Google (Picasa,
GMail, GCal, GContacts, can buy storage at 20GB for $5 per year) - the main
thing you will be losing is Find My iPhone/iPod/iPad which can be worth it
if you misplace your devices.

Also, Amazon sells discounted MobileMe subscriptions at ~79/year and/or you
could always split a 'family' plan from Amazon with 4 other people.

That being said, YES Google can do the basics and do them very well for free
and if you don't have a Mac will save you the cost of MMe.

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 15:29, Mike <mpollard@usa.net> wrote:

> Thanks Bill. Will I have the same features with Google as I do with Mobile
> Me or will I be giving up something to save $100 per year?
>
> --- In apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com, Bill Boulware <bill.boulware@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Google Mobile Sync using Exchange ActiveSync:
> >
> http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138740&topic=14252
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 13:29, Mike <mpollard@...> wrote:
> >
> > > I have a Mobile Me account and successfully wirelessly synch my
> contacts
> > > and calendar between my Iphone, Outlook and the MobileMe online web
> site.
> > > Of course, Mobile Me costs $100 per year.
> > >
> > > A friend was suggesting I could do the same thing using Google Apps
> > > including Gmail and Google Docs for free.
> > >
> > > My question, has anyone in this group used the Google products to
> achieve
> > > the same results I'm experiencing with Mobile Me? If so, please share
> how
> > > you set up your Iphone and Google products.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help!
> > >
> > >
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> > > Yahoo! Groups Links
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