Apple introduces MobileMe

As many have feared, Apple introduced MobileMe as the successor to .Mac service. MobileMe will be available for Mac and Windows OS, where .Mac only supports Mac OS.

MobileMe retails for:

  • $99 for Single User
  • $149 for Family Pack (The MobileMe Family Pack is an individual MobileMe subscription plus four Family Member Accounts, each with its own email address, iDisk folder, and 5GB of online storage space (40GB total online storage).)

MobileMe works with applications such as:

  • Microsoft Outlook on a PC.
  • Mail, Address Book, and iCal on a Mac.
  • Mail, Contacts, and Calendar on your iPhone or iPod touch.

MobileMe also enables members to access and manage email, contacts, calendar, photos, and files at me.com.

Features:

  • 20GB of online storage space, double the current .Mac storage space.
  • @me.com email address
  • Push email, calendar, and contacts.
  • Current .Mac members will be automatically upgraded to MobileMe service. In addition to that, .Mac members will retain @mac.com email as they can create new email @me.com.
  • Available for Mac OS X and Windows OS

Minimum Web browser requirements for me.com applications:

Notes:

www.me.com redirects to www.apple.com/mobileme
me.com is not yet active.

Since me.com does support Firefox 2, does this mean it can also be used under Linux?

Apple .Mac Webmail is Still Down

Apple might me working on the .Mac service right now. The IMAP has been having problems the whole day, and now .Mac Webmail is completely down.

I’m hoping that Apple is working on adding new features and upgrades to .Mac service right now.

Oh humanity!

What can I do without .Mac service?

I want my email!

Apple .Mac IMAP Unavailable

Honestly, I don’t know what is really going on right now. Apple .Mac IMAP has been having problem the whole day. First the SSL connection was refused, and now all IMAP are down. I couldn’t even access .Mac mail through the webmail interface.

I can only hope that Apple is revamping .Mac for the better right now as many of the so called “tech-journalist/analyst” has been saying for the past weeks.

I want to keep the @mac.com email, don’t change it to something stupid like @mobileme.com or even @me.com as rumored.

All I can say based on the information given by the completely made-up and imaginary source who is allegedly working at Apple Cupertino office:

“Great things are coming along. Some of your wishes are coming true. In addition to that, expect great changes in the Apple ecosystem. iPhone, iPhone, iPhone, and Mac.”

OK, I’m sold. Now I want the new iPhone in my hand no later than June 29th, 2008.