Apple's MobileMe: Your data goes wherever you go

Apple announced their new MobileMe service along with the new iPhone 3G release. Users can sync their mail, contacts, calendar data wherever they go and it will update automatically the info in their computers and iPhone.

Apple’s new MobileMe service is offered via Me.com for $99 a year and 20GB online storage. Users can see their latest emails, contacts and calendar data all in the cloud and will be synced back to their new iPhone via wireless. It will work with Mac’s Mail application, iCal, iDisk, Gallery and Address book in Mac OS and will sync the Outlook data in XP and Vista OS. It will also work with the new applications built in the new iPhone. MobileMe is Ajax based, so you can access them from any of the web browser and Engadget says it will have a desktop-like feel on your browser. You can also sync your photos seamlessly between the devices connected to MobileMe service. MobileMe replaces the .Mac service. No need to sync them separately, because MobileMe will sync all the connected devices and will stay synced and up to date.

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Apple's MobileMe Cloud Service

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MobileMe stores all your email, contacts, and calendars on a secure online server — or “cloud” — and pushes them down to your iPhone, iPod touch, Mac, and PC. When you make a change on one device, the cloud updates the others. Push happens automatically, instantly, and continuously. You don’t have to wait for it or remember to do anything — such as docking your iPhone and syncing manually — to stay up to date. When the user checks their account at Me.com, they can find all the data there and store and share data easily. There will be no ads in the new MobileMe service.