Davey Winder
Tuesday, 22 July 2008 18:34
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Mobility
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Time for another letter from Apple, this time aimed at
those users who had been so charged and delivered over the weekend. It
promises that credit and debit card users will not be hit by more than
a USD $1 (AUD $1.02) pre-authorisation charge. Further it apologises to
debit card users for an error that caused the incorrect amount to be
taken. "Apple has identified and resolved an issue that caused an
incorrect, temporary authorization hold of 121 GBP to be placed on your
credit or debit card when your MobileMe trial account was created" it
said.
It also threw another 30 days extension of the
service into the now overflowing pot of Apple face saving generosity.
So let's sit back and recap for a moment. If you were an early enough
adopter, as in your signed up for the MobileMe service on the 15th July
or before, and Apple rifled your bank account or credit card of more
than a buck, then so far you have earned yourself 4 months of MobileMe
for free.
There was an initial 60 day trial period, plus those two 30 day
extensions to add, you see. Even if you have, for some reason that
totally baffles me for now given the events so far, already upgraded to
a paid for account you will get the 30 days free time owed to you by
way of extensions to your subscription.
You might want to keep a close eye on the Accounts tab in the MobileMe
web interface though, given how well Apple has managed not to manage
MobileMe so far. Continuing with the less than instant theme of
MobileMe, Apple says that these free time extensions will be reflected
over the coming weeks rather than, well, instantly.
So can you get MobileMe totally free? Read on for the big reveal...
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