Dazzla Veteran Posted July 17, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 17, 2002 http://mac.com/1/mac_newfeatures.html A lot of this sort of stuff wil be coming out in the next day or so. Calendar PublishingMac OS X version 10.2 includes iCal, a calendar that lets you create work, personal, and group calendars using separate or integrated views. With .Mac it's easy to publish a calendar to the Internet for your family, your community group, or yourself. Other iCal users can download your calendar and they can even subscribe for automatic updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalDJ Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 basically they are ripping off MSN Services..MSN Callendar, MSN Messenger, MSN Photos..but the look better ;) do AOL own Mac or sumthing? if they dont..maybe i think theyll get taken over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroChaos Veteran Posted July 17, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 17, 2002 hey why not? the more software the better, i think. macworld starts today, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzla Veteran Posted July 17, 2002 Author Veteran Share Posted July 17, 2002 Originally posted by BroChaos hey why not? the more software the better, i think. macworld starts today, right? Yep, and indeed the more software the better. Apple will get teh $50 dollars out of me cause it's a not a bad deal, but if they don't add anything worthwhile, they won't be getting $100 out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling3k12 Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 i'd rather use a service by apple than one by MSN... i hate all of MSN's services... all slow and full of freakin advertisements... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling3k12 Posted July 17, 2002 Share Posted July 17, 2002 plus, iCal is a full application... not just an internet service like MSN Calendar... they can sync it with the .mac service so you can use it on the web if you would like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 well they do put an "i" in front of everything now don't they? what's next? changing the name of their OS to iOS?...hehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalDJ Posted July 18, 2002 Share Posted July 18, 2002 Originally posted by codyg11 well they do put an "i" in front of everything now don't they? what's next? changing the name of their OS to iOS?...hehehe LOL...its weird...Compaq's Pocket PC is an 'i'Paq..i thaught it was Mac wen somebody mensioned it to me...but hey ...compaq is practically gone...its takenover by HP now :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superrcat Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 Originally posted by DigitalDJ basically they are ripping off MSN Services..MSN Callendar, MSN Messenger, MSN Photos..but the look better ;) do AOL own Mac or sumthing? if they dont..maybe i think theyll get taken over They are not ripping off anything. It is not an online service, it is a program you install that imports data from various calendar sources. You can post your information online if you have a .mac membership or a WebDAV server. You can't compare iCal to that POS MSN Calendar. MSN Calendar is only web based and has nothing related with iCal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulstorm Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 Interesting! Looks cool. We'll see how it runs. I think you can easily compare .mac to MSN 8. Both provide a slew of similar services (more storage space, photo space, email anti-viral scanner etc), and take advantage of the power (in microsoft terms: "richness") of a desktop machine. The MSN 8 Calendar blows the web-based version away. I like it better than Outlook's calendar application. Apple has had the iDisk service in place for awhile...while the MSN Communications team is still working on their unified storage platform. Still got another year to wait for Microsoft's hard drive in the sky to be released. At any rate, it looks like the .mac service ($99/yr) will be cheaper than a year-long MSN 8 BYOA subscription. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailgreg Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 Originally posted by superrcat They are not ripping off anything. It is not an online service, it is a program you install that imports data from various calendar sources. You can post your information online if you have a .mac membership or a WebDAV server. You can't compare iCal to that POS MSN Calendar. MSN Calendar is only web based and has nothing related with iCal. Yeah, all the MSN Stuff Sucks really bad :) I only use MSN Mesenger Because it is better then AIM :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickedkitten Veteran Posted July 26, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 26, 2002 Originally posted by DigitalDJ basically they are ripping off MSN Services..MSN Callendar, MSN Messenger, MSN Photos..but the look better ;) do AOL own Mac or sumthing? if they dont..maybe i think theyll get taken over when msn calendar syncs with bluetooth devices let me know alright? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulstorm Posted July 26, 2002 Share Posted July 26, 2002 Originally posted by Wickedkitten when msn calendar syncs with bluetooth devices let me know alright? Do Bluetooth-enabled Pocket PCs count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomoverride Posted July 27, 2002 Share Posted July 27, 2002 Dont you guys think its kinda funny that first micrsoft is all .NET then mac comes along and says .MAC ?? It does seem like they are coping micrsoft. Makes you think....at the very least. And now in their switch ads they have some doped up girl doing ads? Kinda makes you think..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superrcat Posted July 27, 2002 Share Posted July 27, 2002 Originally posted by Trade Wind Do Bluetooth-enabled Pocket PCs count? Why spend the money and time including Pocket PCs when Palms are used by 87% of the US market? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickedkitten Veteran Posted July 27, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 27, 2002 Originally posted by Trade Wind Do Bluetooth-enabled Pocket PCs count? If they synced instead of importing sure, since they import instead of syncing no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomoverride Posted July 27, 2002 Share Posted July 27, 2002 Originally posted by superrcat Why spend the money and time including Pocket PCs when Palms are used by 87% of the US market? I dont know where you get your numbers, but I use pocketpc ever since my palm3c couldnt cut it and was slow as hell. I like an OS that upgrades ever so offen not once every 3 years. I like all the ADD ons availble for pocketpc. I like doing instant messaging via my pocketpc, can palm do that? and even if it could its too damn slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superrcat Posted July 27, 2002 Share Posted July 27, 2002 Originally posted by atomoverride Dont you guys think its kinda funny that first micrsoft is all .NET then mac comes along and says .MAC ?? It does seem like they are coping micrsoft. Makes you think....at the very least. And now in their switch ads they have some doped up girl doing ads? Kinda makes you think..... What makes you think even more is Microsoft, with 95% market share of Desktop PCs announced .NET Services 2 years ago and has little to nothing tangible to show for it. And a company with 5% market share delivers something at their announcement of .mac and has many tangible services available TODAY, not.."in the future" Kinda makes you think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superrcat Posted July 27, 2002 Share Posted July 27, 2002 Originally posted by atomoverride I dont know where you get your numbers, but I use pocketpc ever since my palm3c couldnt cut it and was slow as hell. I like an OS that upgrades ever so offen not once every 3 years. I like all the ADD ons availble for pocketpc. I like doing instant messaging via my pocketpc, can palm do that? and even if it could its too damn slow. http://www.palmos.com/about/news/2002/051302.html Yeah, Instant messaging is on the Palm (AIM). ADD ons? Try 13,000 applications for Palm OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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