Apple Introduces MobileMe Internet Service
news June 10th, 2008
One of the big announcements to come out of WWDC 08′ was the introduction of Apple’s new MobileMe Internet service. MobileMe features push email, push contacts and push calendars from your “cloud” to native apps on your iPhone, iPod touch, Mac or PC. MobileMe will be available shortly and will replace Apple’s .mac service.
The MobileMe service will deliver a desktop-like experience on the web. Changes made on your MobileMe cloud will automatically update native applications on all of computers and or devices. “Think of MobileMe as ‘Exchange for the rest of us,’” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Now users who are not part of an enterprise that runs Exchange can get the same push email, push calendars and push contacts that the big guys get.”
The MobileMe web applications are 100% ad free and includes 20GB of online storage. The service will be available on July 11th priced at $99 for individuals and $149 for a family pack (includes one master account with 20GB of storage and four 5GB family member accounts.
Apple has posted a video tour describing the new features of MobileMe.
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