Thursday, June 16, 2011

iCloud vs. MobileMe: What We Might Lose and What We Might Gain

iCloud vs. MobileMe: What We Might Lose and What We Might Gain -

Are you a long-time MobileMe subscriber and allured by the niceties that iCloud will bring, but are wondering what you will miss after switching over? While Apple has yet to release their plan of action for switching users over to the new service and a lot of users are wondering what will change come this fall. We hope to answer some of those questions by doing a side-by-side comparison of iCloud and MobileMe.

The chart below is based off of the information that Apple has already released to the public regarding both features.

  iCloud MobileMe
iTunes Music Purchase Restores (Music, Apps, iBooks) Yes No
iTunes Purchase Syncing to all devices (Music, Apps, iBooks) Yes No
iTunes Match Yes No
Photo Storage Yes, 1000 photos through Photo Stream Yes, MobileMe Gallery, uses overall MobileMe storage allotment
Photo Syncing Yes Yes, iPhoto-to-iPhoto only
Document Storage Yes Yes, with iDisk
Document Syncing Yes Yes, with iDisk
Online Document Access No Yes
iOS Backups Yes No
Contacts Sync Yes Yes
Online Contacts List ? Yes
Calendar Sync Yes Yes
Online Calendar ? Yes
Email Yes, 5GBs Shared with total allotment Yes, Shared with overall total MobileMe allotment
Online Email Client ? Yes
Bookmark Syncing Yes Yes
iDisk No Yes
iWeb Sites No Yes
Back To My Mac ? Yes
Find My iPhone ? Yes
iChat/AIM Accounts ? Yes
Online Photo Gallery ? Yes
PC and Mac Synchronization ? Yes
Total Storage Allotment 5GB for mail, documents, Camera Roll, account information, settings, and other app data 20GB Shared among all services
Storage Upgrades None 20 and 40GB allocations
Prices Free; $25 per year for iTunes Match $99 per year for single user / $149 for family

(Via Mac|Life all.)

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