At WWDC this year all the attention and hype was dedicated to the iPhone 3G, but think many overlookedthe announcement of MobileMe.  MobileMe was announced as the replacement for .Mac and introduced many new features and labeled it as “Exchange for the rest of us”.  I was never a customer of .Mac, I just personally didn’t see the value in it unless you had several Macs to keep synced, which I did not.  MobileMe caught my eye mainly for the fact that it will sync my e-mail, contacts, and calendars among multiple devices, including the iPhone and my Windows PC.

Apple also showed off the new web applications that will be launched with MobileMe.  This really peaked my interest as it has a unified interface  so regardless of what platform I am on, I will have the same experience.  At least that is what I am hoping.  That pretty much convinced me that MobileMe would be worth the investment, so my step was a trip to the Apple Store.

After a few minutes chatting with one of the store reps about MobileMe, he offered me $30 off .Mac, which will automatically be updated to MobileMe next month.  Not a bad deal so I took it, and we will see if MobileMe deserved more hype than it actually received.  I’m not sure if the Apple Stores are clearing the shelves of .Mac boxes, but if you are interested then it’s worth a try to see if your store has them discounted.

So what are you thoughts on MobileMe?  Will you give it a shot, wait for it to be out for a while, or are you just going to stay clear of it?