Apple MobileMe at WWDC 2008: direct replacement for .Mac

Today Apple MobileMe was announced at WWDC 2008, this will be a direct replacement for the .Mac service and after a slow start to this years conference, things started to really heat up with not only MobileMe but also the 3G iPhone left the rumor world and became fact.

MobileMe will completely sync your iPhone and PC or Mac wirelessly via Me.com, this will give you a lot more control over your gallery apps, calendar, contacts and mail. The new MobileMe will also work well with the iDisk feature so you can send stuff to friends and family using your remotely accessible hard drive.

When Apple launched the Macbook Air they knew they wanted to help you store information in other places and access it wirelessly, this is one reason they left out an optical drive in the Mac Air. Now these new services like MobileMe and other products from Apple are aiming to all work together to give the user more freedom.

Apple’s MobileMe will feature 20GB of online storage, MobileMe iDisk for online document access, MobileMe Gallery for photo sharing, Web applications at me.com, Push email, push calendar and push contacts. It will cost you $99 per year and will be available from mid July.