July 14, 2008

By Robert Palmer

MobileMe, the successor to Apple’s lackluster .Mac service, is poised to bring subscribers into the realm of “cloud computing,” one of those nauseating phrases that’s been around for a while, but nobody has a better term for.

MobileMe provides email, calendaring, contact management, photo sharing, and online file storage to Windows, Mac, iPhone, and iPod touch users for $99. A family pack subscription is also available for $149, which adds four 5GB accounts to a standard-sized 20GB account (making 40GB of storage total).

Users can also add 20GB or 40GB of storage to their account for $49 and $99, respectively.

MobileMe got off to a really rough start last week, but we still don’t know exactly where the hangup was during the transition. I know I’m interested to know what happened, but for now, let’s just all be glad that it’s working, and have us a look-see at what’s new.

After the jump, join me for an in-depth look at MobileMe’s features, and how they compare to .Mac and other free services available elsewhere on the web.

When you sign up for MobileMe, you get an email address @me.com. (For existing .Mac users, your email address is …

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