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Steve Jobs: MobileMe "not up to Apple's standards"

(Posted on  Journals.ars  2 months ago)

Apple CEO Steve Jobs sent an internal e-mail to Apple employees this evening acknowledging MobileMe's numerous flaws and admitting that the service could have used more time and testing. Combined with a MobileMe reorganization, Apple is appar… (visit source article)
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