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 »