Comments on: Windows Live Mesh goes mobile; Mac version soon

Windows Live Mesh gets a mobile interface, which is just a taste of things to come for the universal sync service. A Mac compatible version is also just around the corner.

[xxdesmusxx]

This is really exciting stuff. If Microsoft wanted to shock the geek world they'd release a native iPhone app that connects with Live Mesh seamlessly to allow uploading/downloading. I think we're going to see some exciting things based off of Live Mesh in the next year or so. It has far more potential than does MobileMe.

[chrisaroz]

Doesn't the Windows Home Server provide much of the same funcionality of "The Mesh"?

[xxdesmusxx]

Not quite.

Live Mesh would enable you to sync data across several computers, mobile phones, and in theory any other internet connected platform. WHS is more geared toward backing up, sharing data, and centralizing data in your home. Live Mesh would enable you to sync that contact across any of your devices. It *could* be used as a form of backup, but the intention is that your data would be available on any of your devices where ever you want it to be.

A practical example, I take pictures on my new fancy camera. I come home, download the pictures to my computer into my "my pictures" folder, and Live Mesh notices these new files and instantly starts to upload those same images to my laptop, my cell phone, my wife's (I'm not married) cell phone, and my parents digital photo frame (on the other side of the country). All without me even having to lift a finger once I downloaded the pictures off the camera.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a poster boy for Microsoft, but I can *huge* potential with Live Mesh. I think Microsoft has just been doing a ****-poor job of marketing the platform to so far. Granted, the target user base right now is still developers so perhaps once they feel the platform is ready you'll see a huge consumer push (think Apple's MobileMe advertisements). The problem being that by the time Microsoft is ready MobileMe will likely be in it's 2nd or 3rd generation, and consumers will think Microsoft is simply playing catch up yet again.

[kwdog]

I am not sure why I care about this. MS needs to figure out what "Live" means, then tell everyone.