Why I won’t be renewing MobileMe

When the iPhone first came out, MobileMe was essential to squeeze as much functionality as possible from a device that was still very limited. But that’s not the case now:

• MobileMe’s email service is pointless when Gmail is free.
• For photos I’m enamoured with Google’s Picasa right now.
• For contacts, well, I think there are plenty of options out there and simplicity is key. Duplication of contacts on the iPhone is a real problem for me, and cutting MobileMe out will be a relief, especially with the MobileMe Sync Conflict Resolver being so buggy and tiresome.
• iDisk isn’t a patch on DropBox for Windows users
• and the Personal Domain thing? That’s so 1999…
• The last thing really is Find My iPhone, which is now free.

MobileMe has definitely run its course.