Comments on: T-Mobile Sidekick Owners’ Data Vaporized

By: (Most) T-Mobile Sidekick Users Get a Happy Ending | RPad.TV -- Raymond Padilla & friends talk games and geek culture

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:14:54 +0000

[...] suffering a massive data disruption and offering its customers an olive branch, it looks like most T-Mobile Sidekick users will have [...]

By: T-Mobile Sidekick Owners Get Free Service and $100 Gift Card | RPad.TV -- Raymond Padilla & friends talk games and geek culture

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:31:50 +0000

[...] Sunday, I wrote about a service disruption that zapped the data of T-Mobile Sidekick users. To make amends for the loss, T-Mobile is offering its users a free month of data service and a [...]

By: Smartguy

Smartguy — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:20:36 +0000

I haven’t taken the plunge on MobileMe. I don’t want to cough up the extra money. I do back up my stuff on my time capsule (I know it is overpriced, but so handy). Gotta love Time Machine.

By: lookatthisguy

lookatthisguy — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:44:25 +0000

I’ve got an iPhone. AT&T isn’t the best, but it works well enough for me. Between the local backup/sync on my MacBook Pro and my MobileMe subscription, I’m pretty happy. Plus, the “Find my iPhone” feature from MobileMe has come in handy on an occasion or two when I’m running late and misplaced my phone.

By: raymond padilla

raymond padilla — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:20:34 +0000

@N8R The nice thing about Google Sync is that if I make changes on my Blackberry or on my PC, I can sync up either way. It’s free and useful. Mobile Me has more features, but it costs dough.

I dunno about Sandra Bullock…I found her absolutely charming in Demolition Man, but she annoys the hell out of me in RomComs.

By: N8R

N8R — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:15:02 +0000

@ R Pad

Yeah, all that automatically syncs on my Mac and I just back it up manually. I like the internet option and I knew that Mobile Me worked like that, but you have to pay for it.

I got an HDD in a fireproof box that I whip out to back up everything. If Google sync is free… I’ll look into it.

I still don’t know if I trust it though. Big Brother is getting closer and closer. I also watched that Sandra Bullock movie “The Net” the other day and laughed at the technology they were using. Sure, they had 50 lb laptops but the premise of security kinda relates.

By: raymond padilla

raymond padilla — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:55:21 +0000

@N8R For example, I use Google Sync with my Blackberry and (unactivated) iPhone. The data (contacts, calendar, etc.) is store on the Internet, not on my local PC.

By: N8R

N8R — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:36:59 +0000

@R Pad

I’m not sure what you mean by “the cloud”. I’m not registered with either Mobile Me or Google sync. I back up everything on my Mac on a WD HD that you recommended actually. The iPhone back-up files slide right into that.

Lovin’ the Time Machine.

By: raymond padilla

raymond padilla — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:03:30 +0000

@N8R Do you use Mobile Me or Google Sync to back up content on the cloud?

By: N8R

N8R — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:12:47 +0000

That really sucks. Makes me happier i got an iPhone. Even though AT&T has it’s own issues… this is a +1 for the debate.