iCloud named as successor to MobileMe, will be free service

I noticed that icloud.com was no longer up?

I wonder if Apple will offer additional storage space for a set amount, just like Google is offering??

20 GB - $5/yr
80 GB - $20/yr
200 GB - $50/yr
400 GB - $100/yr
1 TB - $256/yr
2 TB - $512/yr
4 TB - $1024/yr
8 TB - $2048/yr
16 TB - $4096/yr

Any comments?

What I need the ability to do, and can do with MobileMe now, is transpose some of my work content from my work Outlook account to my iPhone. I can't do it directly, my employer won't let me. So MobileMe acts as a go between. I can log onto MobileMe from my work browser and copy and paste from Outlook to MobileMe, which then syncs to my iPhone.
Without MobileMe the process described above wold be very tedious. I would need to retype everything.
How can I do this in iCloud? I don't think there is a way right now. I hope there's a web version of iCloud in the future so I can bridge the gap.

I have a second generation iPod Touch.. When I switch over to an iCloud account from my Mobile Me account will I be able to sync my E-mail, calendars and my Safari Bookmarks to my iPod Touch which is only able to run IOS 4.2.1?

meh.

It would be lovely to see the ability to download arbitrary files built into the iOS version of Safari. It could work just like the desktop version of Safari: if a link was tapped or clicked on that points to an unrecognized MIME type, it could give you the option of downloading to a "Downloads" folder on iCloud, henceforth accessible on any other device in the same fashion as the various other iCloud services. They wouldn't even have to *really* download the file to the device where bandwidth might be a concern (like on an iPhone), as it would be sufficient to send the URL and any pertinent session data to iCloud.

For that matter, this fictitious file download capability could be linked (via a setting, say) to any alternate storage backend, and not just iCloud: just as apps can already register to respond to certain MIME types (or maybe just protocols; if I've got that part wrong, then let's throw in the ability for apps to register with a MIME type while we're at it), an app could register to respond to any unrecognized MIME type. This would allow, for example, the Dropbox app to catch any unrecognized MIME types and save them to your Dropbox folder.

For the user this would be as intuitive as tapping or clicking on a link, and their downloaded files would be accessible on all of their devices. For the app developer, this would be as simple as an `Info.plist' entry akin to `Accept: */*', and some appropriately implemented handling code.

We'll never really be PC-free until we can do arbitrary things with arbitrary data on our devices, and file downloading would bring us one big step closer.

I'm using local folders to store important emails on my iMac. Are local folders synced via iCloud too?

from a mobileme support rep: Ok your account automatically renewed in april and that was more than 30 days ago so unfortunately you will not be able to receive a refund unless you cancel your account, if you cancel your account you will lose your data.

will the web-apps stay the same? e-mail/calendar/idisk/... through safari? i kinda liked that when i was on vacation and signed on in an internet café...

speaking of the idisk: will that be available or cancelled altogether?

According to Apple's iCloud pages:

"Mail that delivers. Free.
When you set up iCloud, you get a free me.com email account. iCloud automatically pushes new email messages to all your devices, so your inbox is up to date everywhere you check it. And iCloud keeps all your folders in sync, no matter which device you’re using."