“Existing members have noted their accounts at least temporarily changing over from ‘individual’ to ‘full member’ without any changes of their own,” Electronista reports. “The switches coincide with maintenance Apple had scheduled for the same day.”
Electronista reports, “The labeling implies that, rather than offer a completely free service, Apple may stratify its service into basic and full tiers where free customers still get core services while full members get extras… The company has recently been working on a North Carolina data center that could help scale such plans in the future.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: On May 07, 2010, MacDailyNews was first to report an unconfirmed tip that said, “Apple is planning to make MobileMe free.” No timeframe was given for MobileMe to go free, other than: “sooner than later… depends on certain facilities going operational.” Full article here.
Let’s hope that they iron out the problems with the beta release of MobileMe. Really slow on my Snow Leopard iMac and my G4 running Tiger. I mean really slow.
@twodales…
ditto here on my iMac running snow leopard…. and my net download speed is 30mb/sec
Jersey_trader:
This it?
My account still reads ‘individual’, not ‘full’.
The only upgrade option is for more storage.
Hmm..
I want great functionality, not my money back !
Just to let everyone know apple has post the new ipad data rates on the apple store.
@Jim-TIV
The frustrating part is that my iPad and iPhone over the same router run fine with no delay. My desktops run like they are dial up
WTF
I hope it changes by July 30th when I have to renew.
Would be nice if they offer a Carbonite type back-up service for fool members…er, I mean ‘full’ members.
I want it to be a paid service…the less ads, hidden metrics or what ever info they gather the better.
I really like the ui for the mail beta though. Much cleaner.
Query to MobileMe members:
What advantages, other than a storage spot, have you found with MobileMe that can’t be had using ssh tunnels, etc.? <i>Inquiring minds want to know?<i>
The right answer will get me to sign up…
@Hm….
I use quickbooks, and it will automatically back up my files to mobileme (in addition to a local backup), I also like the “back to my mac” functionality, which displays my remote computers in the finder as if they were on the local network (very handy). I also like the “find my iphone/ipad” part.
Also, I do use the gallery functionality for my images and video, and I’ve kept my mac.com e-mail address since the day it was started around 10 years ago.
It’s also great if you use iCal for sharing your calendar (or parts you choose) with other iCal users and/or via a web page.
I’m sure I’m forgetting other things. There are a number of things that are automated using mobileme if you’re using a Mac. It’s like the Mac in general, it simplifies and integrates numerous things.
–Ron
@Hm…
* Push E-mail
* Push Calendar
* Push Contacts
* Internet Photo Gallery
* Internet iDisk
* Find my iPhone / iPad
* Remote Lock iPhone / iPad
* Remote Wipe iPhone / iPad
I can only get the first 2 items with GMail.
Find my iPhone has already proved it’s worth to me by indicating my iPhone was in my house, and not on the golf course where I thought I had lost it..
I was dreading the thought of retracing my steps over an 18 hole course!
Nooooo! Not free.
It should be free, it should be symbolic to keep thing in order.
If they make it $9.99 or even $19.99 per year that would be perfect.
I don’t mind paying for mobileme, I just think $99/yr is a bit much for the functionality we get right now. I’d like to see BackToMyMac work as reliably as LogMeIn or something like that, and the price dropped to $20 or $40 per year…
Making MobileMe free would be great for me (yeah, I know. That was a “no DUH?” statement). My budget is REALLY tight right now and MobileMe was one thing I had to let go. It would be great to get my account up and running again, even if it was on a limited basis.
I was just at the apple store and they’re offering a significant discount to renew my MobileMe membership
MobileMe is not worth even free since it often simply DOES NOT WORK!!! iDisk is a notorius failure! Anyone who uses iDisk to back up important files is simply clueless and begging for trouble.
Apple needs to FIX MobileMe before anything will move forward.
MobileMe gives new meaning to the word S L O W. Apple has had several years to fix MobileMe and has gotten nowhere.
I’d be happy with free email and data syncing. Keep the data-intensive stuff like photo and video hosting (and the rumored iTunes cloud storage) paid services.
I think it’s worth Apple’s while to make MobileMe free as a value-add for iPad and iPhone.
I think the author meant “quiet” changes.
MobileMe is worth it simply for syncing of multiple devices. This includes usual items like calendars, address book, bookmarks, and email but also other items like Dashboard widgets and preferences. I can visit my parents out of state and log into their i\Mac and have all my own setup as if I was at home. And everyone knows that only morons pay full retail for MobileMe (Apple charges $99). Amazon sells activation codes for $79 standard, and often it goes lower than that. That’s 22 cents per day people. Get a grip!
Make it 99¢. That’s the magic number.
@Ron, I verified with Apple support that you can’t access your MobileMe web pages on an iPad. I was told it was for a “better user experience,” that is, except for the Account page, iPad users should use the iDisk, Mail, and Gallery apps.
@exregis…which is retarded since the iDisk and gallery apps aren’t even optimized for the ipad