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I am appalled to pay $350 CDN (over the duration of my phone contract) just to get Find My iPhone. That’s more than the cost of the iPhone.

The rest of the service is totally redundant and replaces far better functionality that is already available for far less. As a PC user I can se absolutely no value in the rest of the service.

well, to have that i think the first step would be in the mac desktop apps, to merge ical, mail, contacts, to do, notes, keychain and chat in the same app. And it should have the same aspect and the same name in the iphone. Then, all this everyday communication dataflow has to be up to date in your desktop and in your pocket. this is where mobileme becomes important, and has to be stable, fast and ‘real time’. This should be the free options for everybody.

Then, the paid version, could have other sync options based on an iDisc system, which allows you to access iphoto, itunes and office documents (googledocs style), etc.

I think this is the concept that would work for me.

2)Better compatibility with Windows browsers such as the oh-so-popular Mozilla Firefox

3) iDisk from iPhone

4)Ability to star/flag email!

For the online MobileMe services to load faster, particularly the calendar. MS Outlook Web Access is much faster.

Keychains with password to not only sync via MobileMe but to be accessible from online and iPhone. I know 1password does this, but it is overly complicated.

For the Family Pack to allow sharing calendars and files.

Online Pages, Keynote, Numbers, Bento that can be edited.

Unlikely, but an online ITunes that I subscribe to for additional fee.

Maybe not MobileMe but Garageband or iTunes to add downloadable guitar tab/chord/lyrics that can sync to iPhone.

idisk uploads that completed and do not stall at 99%.

A web based calendar that doesn’t freeze when in use

24/7 Telephone support

Reduced price $99 is too much compared to MS Live at $20… MS Live offers more a lot more for the price

I’m a PC user and I find the $99 price tag reasonable if you take into account how much a decent exchange account would cost plus 20gig online storage. Plus this way I get push email, contact and calendar sync and it leaves the exchange account free to connect to my works exchange server for emails.

I also foresee iTunes getting a new name (though maybe not right away), since it’s not all about “tunes” anymore… just as the iMac name was changed to MobileMe when it became more about the Mac.

So for utility sake, give me an extra view in MobileMe to show me contacts that aren’t currently in a group!

If I have a 2pm phone meeting with John, I should be able to click from the meeting record to his contact info.

Or from a calendar entry for “concert at the Jones Club”, there should be an easy way to see the club’s address & phone#.

I realize this would need to be a change throughout the iphone/mobileme/osx lineup but trust me it’ll be worth it!

1.) Better Pricing Plan: – While $99 for a single year is reasonable for the service when looked at on a cost per month basis requiring to pay it all in one fell swoop crushes that view. How about a monthly payment plan?

2.) Actual (non-mac) syncing capability. – When they said “Exchange for the rest of us” what they really meant was “Exchange for the rest of us Mac users”. A significant portion of the iPhone users are tied to a Windows machine. Like it or not. Since most of use are tied to corporate email accounts and calendars Apple needs to REALLY focus on getting the WIRELESS sync to/from Outlook down and get around that whole “you can’t sync because you’re on an exchange server” issue. These days if you have to plug in to sync…consider it a fail.

3.) Google and Yahoo – Those two entities alone account for WHAT percentage of personal email accounts? How about teaching their development teams how to work with wireless syncing of Tasks, Calendars and Contact lists? The only company that’s even come close is RIM and that’s only if you tie into a BES server. There are third party options like NuevaSync, yes, but all they’re really doing is highlighting shortfalls in what should be base capability.

4.) iDisk – Turn iDisk into a Mozy like archival service where your working files are maintained in multiple places at once. If I thought I could get all of the cloud syncing PLUS Mozy like backups…I’m there. (and would be willing to pay up to $20/$25 a month for an unlimited sync and archive package.)

I’m happy to pay a reasonable price for an app or service. Simply put: I do not think MobileMe offers a service worthy of its current price-tag… at least as far as my personal needs are concerned.

to-do sync. Look, I know there are lots of todo programs for the iPhone, but why the heck can’t apple sync tasks from iCal to MobileMe / the iPhone? (I wouldn’t even use it… it just seems OBVIOUS?!)

Back to my mac for iPhone. It’d be like browsing your iDisk, except it’d work with any file on your Mac. If it’s not a supported file, well, too bad.

Passwords alone are not strong enough.

Is $8+/month any easier? $2+/week? $0.33+/day?

I’m happy to pay for solid, secure, private features I can’t get for free (or sometimes to avoid advertising based on searches of my private data). I don’t judge on cost, but on worth.

For PC users, I think MobileMe has a much harder value prop. Back to my Mac and Mac Sync make it worthwhile to me all on their own.

(“free” is not a viable business model, so there would either have to be ad-based support like Google, or an up-sell to pro or something).