Just a few days ago, my MobileMe trial ran out and I was forced to hand over my card details once again to Apple. I haven’t thought about the service much throughout the time I’ve been using it, it’s just been part of my computing needs. But now with competitors such as Google offering a very similar service for free, you have to ask yourself whether MobileMe is worth it.

A recent Apple support article details many of the MobileMe improvements made in the late September 2008 update. With a total of 27 improvements, some of them seem pretty important. What’s interesting about this update, however, is that Apple never notified their users, or anyone, about these updates when they were made back in September. more »

David Pogue, a popular Apple product reviewer for the NY Times, has officially released his review of Apple’s new MobileMe. Compared to .Mac, Pogue comes right out and states that MobileMe “…has a much clearer mission that solves a much clearer problem.” Although Pogue agrees that the initial launch of this product was a disaster, more »

For those of you who are patiently awaiting your .Mac address to officially become a MobileMe address with all the nice, new features, the wait is almost over. On July 9th at 6 p.m. PT you will officially be able to sync all of your information to the cloud, using that wonderfully designed interface that more »

The first stage of the .Mac revamp is underway as some users are noticing that their .Mac addresses are now also working with MobileMe. To get your MobileMe e-mail address, simply take your existing e-mail address with @mac.com and change it to @me.com. For example, “myemail@mac.com” would now be “myemail@me.com.” However, your .Mac address will more »