5 reasons to get MobileMe

If you have more than one Mac and an iPhone (like me), here are 5 reasons why MobileMe would be great for you.

1. Seamless syncing of your calendars, bookmarks, and contacts.

• Real life example #1 : Someone calls you on your iPhone. You create a new contact for him. When you go home and turn on you iMac, your Address Book is updated with the contact.
• Real life example #2: You bookmarked something on your computer, and you're at work or somewhere else with your MacBook. Guess what, your bookmarks are synced, so its available for you. And on your iPhone as well!

2. Remote access your Mac with Back To My Mac.

Some will be plagued with router problems, and have a hard time to get it to work. But when it works, it's sweet.

• Real life example #1: Since I don't have my home mail account setup in the Mail program at work, if I needed to check mail, I can just remote to my home Mac, and check my mail.
  
  
• Real life example #2: Since my todo app doesn't sync on multiple computers, for now, I just remote into my Mac at home from the office, and access my todo app.
  
  
• Real life example #3: For the paranoid, sometimes you just want to make sure your house is fine. Remote in, open up Photo Booth, and you can see if there are any strange activity.

3. Sharing files with iDisk

iDisk hasn't being stable enough for me to use it as actual file storage. It is, however, an easy way to share large files. You can create a special link for people to download a file. You can even password protect it.

4. MobileMe Mail - mail synced everywhere

MobileMe mail is IMAP, meaning all the messages and folders are kept intact on the mail server, just like GMail. This means, you can setup the account on multiple Macs or computers, and you will always have access to same folder structure. And best of all, you'll never have to organize your mail twice again. (well, sometimes you do, when the mail didn't get synced...)

5. Find your iPhone and Remote Wipe

Though these are two features you wish you never have to use. But in case, you lose it, the fact that you can remotely wipe your iPhone serves as a great insurance if your iPhone carries a lot of sensitive information.

There are plenty of other features like having your website, photo gallery, and etc., but I don't think they are the features that really make MobileMe stand out.

That's all folks, and thanks for reading!