MobileMe 2.0: A wishlist

05.06.2009

In iLife '09, ( Macworld rated 4.5 out of 5 mice ) finally became a pretty formidable tool for making basic, good-looking Web sites and blogs, but MobileMe's hosting services are still very one-way. Sure, comments are allowed on blog posts, but not on Gallery photos or albums. MobileMe is also devoid of traffic or visitor statistics of any kind. Unless you use third-party tools like to inject that code after every publishing session, users remain in the dark about the most basic of details, like how many people visited their site today. It would be great to see a slightly more social MobileMe that offers at least basic visitor stats and more interactive features.

This is admittedly a bit of a Hail Mary, but keep an open mind. Between and Web-based music library stores like , the rest of the Web is streaming just about any kind of media you want. It would be great to see Apple put that $99-per-year MobileMe fee to even better use and allow members to stream their iTunes content and playlists over the net. Imagine working at a coffee shop, the office, or even halfway across the country and never being without the content you forgot to load onto your iPhone or iPod before leaving the house.

After tying your MobileMe membership to your iTunes Store account, you could stream all the music (or, heck, video) that you have purchased through the store. This would be a win-win for the studios and Apple: more content would sell through iTunes because it becomes ubiquitous Apple sells more MobileMe subscriptions.