I originally posted this on my Blogger and MSN Spaces blogs, but I wanted to repost it here because I think it could make for an interesting conversation.
I just finished a survey put on by Plaxo asking questions about a possible “photo sharing service.†I answered as honestly as I could, that is, I don’t care, probably won’t care next week, and definitely am not likely to care in the next month. If Plaxo offered the service, I would be “highly unlikely†to use it.
Do you ever feel like you’re on the wrong end of a paradigm? I subscribe to quite a few technology blogs through Google Reader, and it does seem that most sites these days are jumping over themselves to offer “photo sharing†services. I put quotes around the words simply to indicate how little the subject interests me.
Want to know what would get me really excited? Something like Apple’s Mobile Me, with two conditions.
- it works, and is designed more for Windows Mobile than for the iPhone,
and
- it syncs Outlook tasks.
- Oh, yeah, being free (or substantially less than Mobile Me’s $99 up front for a year price) would be nice too.
Here’s what I envision: something like Microsoft Exchange, which is prohibitively expensive for a single user like myself. I’d just like the ability to synchronize my ActiveSync items between my Pocket PC Phone and my laptop and maybe another desktop computer without having to pay a buttload or go with a service like Mobile Me that at present seems like a good reason for Apple to issue an apology to Microsoft for years of flack. Hey, Apple, it sure is hard to deploy and support a service that a lot of people actually use, isn’t it? Anyway, I’d like to sync my stuff without needing my cradle and needing my Pocket PC and laptop in the same room.
I’d also like an easier way to update my blog from my Pocket PC. At this point, I can’t input the CAPTCHA from Pocket Internet Explorer, so I can’t post to my blog at all unless I’m at my laptop.
Thus endeth the rant.
Do you care about or plan to use a photo sharing service that Plaxo may roll out? I’m not saying it’s not a good idea, I'm just saying I don't really care right now.
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