I am so confused - .Mac To-Do and Notes Mailbox, also in iCal

I can't find anywhere online any documentation on how to properly use the ".Mac" mailboxes for Notes and To-Do's in Mail.
I know this:
- To-Do's put in ".Mac" instead of "On My Mac" show up in a folder on my iPhone, BUT NOT on MobileMe
- Notes put in ".Mac" instead of "On My Mac" show up in a folder on my iPhone, AND in MobileMe
- Creating a To-Do in ".Mac" adds it to a ".Mac" calendar in "iCal"
- ".Mac" calendars and To-Do's in iCal DO NOT sync with MobileMe or iPhone
- Local calendars show up on my iPhone, AND MobileMe
- Local To-Do's DO NOT show up on my iPhone, BUT DO on MobileMe
- Local Notes show up ONLY in mail
Since the ".Mac" calendars do not sync in MobileMe (sounds pretty counterintuitive to me), but the local calendars do, you must set up separate calendars for events and To-Do's. Not only does this create un-needed calendars and clutter, it also means that to see your To-Do's on both your iPhone and MobileMe site, you must DUPLICATE all of your To-Do's to both local and ".Mac" calendars.
Can anyone please explain this logic to me? Am I doing something wrong? I know my way around Macs pretty darn well, but this just completely has me stumped.
Message was edited by: Joe Furfaro
Message was edited by: Joe Furfaro

Hi Joe,
I have been confused by the same issues as I too use mail/ical/mobileme and my iphone, and i'm afraid to say you are not doing anything wrong, those are the limitations and idosyncrasies.
I have managed to live without my ical to-do's not syncing with my iphone, as when I need to access them I can use mobileme at the office. Using notes i can e-mail them to myself, not ideal but a workaround.
I was though pleased to hear that some of these issues will be addressed in the new software 3.0 out in the summer, i.e. notes sync will work, better support for calendars etc. Not sure about the to-do's though, will have to wait and see.
Have a look at the links below as they may help.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/03/17/iphone3_0_adds_copy_paste_mms_forusers.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mail/3.0/en/15160.html.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1756

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