Another hurdle in this digital age has been keeping multiple devices up to date with all your important information. Manually syncing these devices can be a bore and unreliable to boot. The idea that all your information lives in the cloud means that you can use unlimited devices to view and edit your information, and you can be confident that it will not disappear (reasonably confident, anyway). Privacy issues and questions regarding the physical location of your data are still a concern, but as we take the leap into cloud computing I doubt that many of us will ever look back.
Services offering shared email/contacts/calendar for unlimited devices include:
1. Microsoft Exchange – an excellent synchronization service for those of you with your own domain name. Cost is $10/user per month and is compatible with Apple and PC. Available through PF Systems.
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MobileMe – Apple’s answer to Exchange. Gives you a me.com email address and lets you collect all your other emails from this address. Cost is $99/year. MobileMe also gives you storage for photos and documents. Check it out at www.mobileme.com.
3. Google – Google’s free sync service is based on IMAP and will let you sync a Gmail account with multiple devices, also. Plus, for $50/user per year you can get your own domain name hosted and have access to Gmails full collaborative suite of online applications, including Google Docs and all the other apps available through their marketplace.
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