By the way they opened Mesh up to Mobile Phones also see the blog entry at http://www.liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2008/07/17/microsoft-opens-up-live-mesh-for-basic-mobile-access.aspx Login on to your mesh folders at http://m.mesh.com !! So now you can look at your pictures, docs and files on your Windows Mobile device also! Jim Kenzig Blog: http://www.techblink.com On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 6:41 PM, Jim Kenzig <jkenzig@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Microsoft announced witin the last week or so that they will be opening up > the Live Mesh Tech Preview. You can sign up directly, with no waiting list, > if your country/region is the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, or > New Zealand. > > > To sign up see > https://www.mesh.com/Welcome/LearnMore.aspx > > Paul Thurrot describes live mesh in this way "Under the Live Mesh > paradigm, users create a "mesh" of interconnected devices, including PCs, > Macs, various mobile devices, and a Web-based desktop. (In the current > prerelease version, only PCs and the Web desktop are enabled.) You can > synchronize folders (and their contents) between all of these devices, > providing you with anytime-anywhere access to your data. Live Mesh also > provides PC remote control functionality, so you can use your PC when away > from home, for example, over the Internet." > > I have been testing the service for several months. If you install > Silverlight on your system you can back up all of your pictures to the Mesh > "cloud" and view them as a slide show for example. As well as upload your > music and play it off line with the silverlight plugin. Mesh lets you open > Microsoft Office files directly from your online folders. > > Jim Kenzig > Blog: http://www.techblink.com >