Phil Schiller came onstage today to tell us about Mobile Me. Exchange for the rest of us. We can all now get push email, calendars, and contacts. On a Mac, a PC, or an iPhone or iPod Touch. And it is called Mobile Me.
Mobile Me will work for Mobile Me. It works with Outlook and other native applications. But best of all, it is best used in a Web 2.0 application suite at me.com. According to Phil, it “feels like a desktop application.” it even includes drag and drop, live search (just like Spotlight,) iDisk functionality, and a basic photo editor integrated with web galleries. There will be direct access to Mail, and all other features currently in .Mac.
While the name and logo is horrendous, the service is amazing. But one question. How much does it cost? And when will it be available? It costs $99/year, just like .Mac. A free trial, just like .Mac. It completely replaces .Mac. And it looks really great.
I currently have .Mac service with the additional 10GB to store all of my business related data. I am assuming that I will now have 30GB of storage (base 20GB + 10 additional)?
I do have to agree that the name and logo are HORRIBLE! Why couldn't they have just called it ".Mac Mobile" or ".Mac 2.0". .Mac is such a cool name/brand. I see no reason to change it. At least they are letting users keep the mac.com e-mail address. me.com is so dumb.