Prince McLean, AppleInsider
Apple’s MobileMe provides mobile device push and an innovative Wide-Area Bonjour push sync mechanism for securely updating desktop clients over the Internet. There’s currently nothing identical to the service on other platforms, but there is some feature overlap with Microsoft’s Exchange Server in corporate settings, RIM’s BlackBerry mobile push messaging, and web-based service offerings from Google and others. Here’s a look at how MobileMe compares in price and features.

Inside MobileMe: Secrets of the Cloud and Mobile Push
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Inside MobileMe: Apple’s Push vs Exchange, BlackBerry, Google
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Mobile providers in Japan are crediting the launch of Apple’s iPhone 3G with dramatically shifting large numbers of subscribers between providers. The impact of the new phone is also answering critics who insisted the iPhone would find only limited interest in Japan.

iPhone 3G rocks Japanese smartphone market
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