Definitely read the whole article, I completely agree with all the points on MobileMe, but in summary:

Topolsky made an interesting observation: that the iPad 2 epitomized how Apple seems to be a generation ahead of its competitors on the device side - both hardware and software - but a generation behind on the cloud side.

… and then a brilliant use of antediluvian (meaning outdated or old-fashioned) which I had to look up:

But the process of getting, say, a slide deck created in Keynote on your iPad open in Keynote on your iMac is downright antediluvian.

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That’s where Apple is behind.

So true.

Apple have finally released an app for the iPhone that answers the question “How can I carry my files around with me?”. It uses MobileMe and allows sharing of files via emailed weblinks. Big files (>20MB) and zip files are still unsupported, but it is a good start and compares well to other apps of its type.

Please, please, please don’t try this yourself. Report it to the police.

I still think Apple implemented this feature as a response to the wonderful software Undercover which was built for the mac (I have installed this on both mine and my wife’s macbooks). Unfortunately the iPhone version is vastly inferior in my opinion and I will be waiting until the mobile me location and iPhone Undercover technologies converge before buying it for the iPhone.

It is tempting to say that Apple are verging on the irresponsible with their actions in making this functionality available. I like the idea of tracking my lost iPhone and being able to remotely force it to make noise to find it down the back of the sofa, but the very real possibility of trying to track down a stolen iPhone concerns me. With America being the litigious place it is, I won’t be surprised to read about a case brought against Apple for somebody claiming that Apple allowed them to approach a dangerous individual who had stolen their iPhone and getting physically injured as a result of using the new mobile me service.