So, think twice when asking yourself “Do I really need that MobileMe if I only want the push email and my calendars in sync”? The answer is likely to be “NO!”, because since version 3.0 of iPhone (and with a current beta release of Yahoo! Calendar) you can easily keep all your events in sync.

Firstly, make sure, that you’re using the beta version of Yahoo! Calendar. To do this, go to switch.calendar.yahoo.com and ensure that you’re on a bleeding edge. Few simple steps to make it work on your iPhone.

1. Take your iPhone and go to Settings -> Mail, Contacts, Calendar.
2. Tap “Add Account”
3. Tap “Other” and select “Add CalDAV Account”.
4. For the “Server” just type “yahoo” - it’ll figure it out.
5. Enter your Yahoo! username and password which you use to log-in into your Mail and Calendar.
6. Click “Next”, wait for iPhone to verify your settings - and you’re done!

Now fire up iCal app on your iPhone and you will see an extra calendar, which you can use like your local - with an only difference whichever changes you make, they will immediately appear on your web-based Yahoo! Calendar.

To make it work on your Mac, just follow these simple instructions on Yahoo! Calendar’s help pages.

That is it chaps, your Yahoo! Calendar should be now on your Mac and on your iPhone - and should it happen you’re separated from your beloved gadgets, you can always type calendar.yahoo.com in any web browser to see all your meetings and appointments.

Event in your Yahoo! Calendar:

…is in your iCal:

…and on your iPhone!

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Update: по-русски.

Today was a day of great wonders for me.

My first wonder was (an only unpleasant one) that my iPhone suddenly stopped finding the O2 cellular network - specifically at my working place; should I come down to the ground floor level - it works, should go to the meeting room - it works, should I come back - it doesn’t. Tried all the usual tricks - like “did you try to turn it off and on again” © — as well as re-installing the firmware and resetting it to factory settings - nothing worked. So that was the time for my second wonder —

…I called O2 and they - after quick over-the-phone diagnostics told me, that problem is apparently in the handset, and advised me to go to Apple Store, to Carphone Warehouse or to the nearest O2 store — precisely in this order of preference, as it likely to have direct impact on how long it may take to sort the problem out.

I went to Apple’s website — and found empty Genius Bar timeslot at Westfield’s Apple Store — may be not the closest one (as Apple Store @ Regent st is within the walking distance), but it took me only 25 minutes to get there

Westfield. Huge, huuuuuuuuuuuge mall - well they say it’s a biggest one in Europe — so I’ve got every damn reason to believe them. Although when it came to locating the Apple Store, I quickly made my way to one of their touchscreen terminals, and in 3 or 4 taps I got a route on the screen which I should follow - as simple as that, really difficult to lost your way.

In Apple Store - well, I was asked to wait 10 minutes which turned out to be only 6 minutes waiting — but after that the gentleman at the Genius Bar (namely Mr Gary Mercury) quickly asked me couple of questions (not unlike the ones gentlemen from O2 has asked), and after that made a blunt proposal to replace my iPhone - right here, right now. Minimum paperwork - two signatures that I’ve got a backup and I’m aware that my data will be destroyed - and a new black, shiny polished iPhone is in my hand. It was quite empty - no music, no books, so I downloaded a MacBreak podcast via the Apple Store’s wireless - and departed

My last wonder was - when me and another chap discussed iPhone’s problem in my twitter tonight, we’ve mentioned word ‘carphone warehouse’. Two minutes after that a guy appeared in my twitter, asking do I have any problems with CW and whether I need any help. Look, it’s so really simple - to have a search on certain keywords, and simply ask if people are unhappy with their telephone, service or whatsoever, connected to Carphone Warehouse (assuming they can advise something afterwards) - but it makes clients see that they’re really taken care of.

So, today was a day of many wonders - quite a good day I would say. So good night everyone — and see you tomorrow!

Same old story: my sister bought an iPhone and now struggling to understand, how to make ICQ work in the background - and where’re bloody picture messages?

Question is: why did she buy it? Because it looks cool and everybody says it’s cool. What’ll happen next? I bet she’ll bring it back to the store in a week or two. What was the point buying it if you don’t know what it can and what it can’t? Dunno, but everybody’s doing that.

Ah, probably she hasn’t discovered yet, that she can’t do copy/paste and send contacts via sms.

You know… there’s a phrase almost impossible to translate from Russian which aptly describes the way we deal with an iPhone: hedgehogs cried and pricked themselves but kept chewing the cactus.

I like the way I can edit websites in Apple’s iWeb, forgetting, that HTML, CSS and JavaScript exist. I totally, utterly dislike the mess it generates, making it completely impossible to edit the website not in the iWeb.