Comments on: Why MobileMe Wants to Be Free

By: More Evidence That MobileMe Could Soon Be Free: Apple News, Tips and Reviews «

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:37:46 +0000

[...] Amidst the launch of new MacBook Pros, the developer preview release of OS X Lion, and the introduction of FaceTime to the Mac App Store, it’s easy to overlook what’s missing at Apple’s website today. That would be MobileMe, or at least the option to purchase Apple’s suite of online services. Apple has not only notified resellers that the company is discontinuing sales of the retail box, but it has also stopped offering MobileMe for sale digitally at the Apple Store online. Current users can still renew their services, and sign up for a free trial (with an option to pay for an upgrade) outside of the store, but indications suggest that MobileMe will soon be free. [...]

By: More iOS 4.3 News: “Find My Friends,” New Device References: Apple News, Tips and Reviews «

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:01:04 +0000

[...] to the device owner. Unfortunately, “Find My Friends” appears to be linked to MobileMe (which isn’t yet free), which could severely limit its benefit, and that would be a big mistake. Hopefully, like [...]

By: Warum MobileMe kostenlos sein sollte | mactime

Warum MobileMe kostenlos sein sollte | mactime — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:25:48 +0000

[...] Charles Jade sagt: If it seems counterintuitive to give services away free that currently earn money on a subscription basis, it is, unless you aren’t really in the software subscription business to begin with, which Apple is not. Last quarter, Apple earned $20.3 billion in revenue, with just under $18 billion coming from sale of Macs and iOS devices. MobileMe was lumped in with software and services, which presumably includes OS X and applications like iLife and iWork. The entire group earned $662 million for the quarter. From desktops to handhelds, Apple is in the business of selling computers, and free cloud services sells more hardware, or at least help retain more existing hardware customers. [...]

By: The 12 Apples of Christmas: Apple «

The 12 Apples of Christmas: Apple « — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:30:29 +0000

[...] While Apple’s e-commerce initiatives may be strong, the same can’t necessarily be said for the Mobile Me side of Apple’s cloud-based strategy. With modest updates to their mail, contacts, calendar, gallery and disk services, Apple has been struggling to keep pace with some fierce competition from all the free services available from Google and others. Apple’s recent decision to make at least one of those services free indicates a change in that strategy could be in the offing. [...]

By: Albert

Albert — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 16:48:19 +0000

I’ve been a subscriber to .mac since April 2002 when it was iTools and free. Since about Oct. 2002 I’ve been paying the $99 a year. $99 a year? I just want to keep my .mac email address I signed up for when I bought my first Mac. I don’t need the rest of the services.
I’ve been using the services anyway the last 2 years because, I have to show something for that $99 I’m paying. But believe me every year when my payment is due I still consider canceling it, even if it means losing my email address of almost 9 years. I just wish Apple would at the very least, make their email addresses free, with just a 1GB limit. Even Juno does that.

By: BusyToDo Review: MobileMe Syncing at Last: Apple «

BusyToDo Review: MobileMe Syncing at Last: Apple « — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 21:31:21 +0000

[...] could be improved with MobileMe, starting with a free version, but Apple’s cloud service does wirelessly sync personal info like bookmarks, contacts, and [...]

By: Apple’s Mobile Cloud Services Are Actually Mostly Google’s: Apple «

Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:31:33 +0000

[...] competing, better-integrated services of its own available to all its iPhone customers (and not just MobileMe subscribers)? I’m not so [...]

By: Elliott

Elliott — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 04:54:27 +0000

That’s what I do as well, works well :)

By: Elliott

Elliott — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 04:52:14 +0000

great concept Mobile, free, me and we. Apple sign the him up
I think that mobileme, if free could be very successful. I find it very easy to use an really like how everything sync’s together. A lot of people who aren’t technologically minded but still have iphones could find it useful for placing events on their calendar, sending invites and coordinating their email, phone numbers, address book etc in one address book in the cloud.
Apple have the hardware out there, now all they have to do is make it easy to use the software side of it (including itunes)

By: cheetahdeals

cheetahdeals — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:20:40 +0000

You know, I don’t think that Apple has a lot of skin in the game for cloud. Call me crazy, but I’m pretty sure they want to sell physical downloads. And since one of their USPs is the ability to buy flash storage at a lower price than its competition, they have some good reasons not to go cloud crazy.