@me email account now?

[stark4]

Can someone tell me how can i create a @me email account with my name before it's taken? I don't want to wait until fall for icloud so is there anyway that i can create @me email account now?

Thanks

 

[twitch88]

@me accts. are a paid service for now. If you have a friend that works for apple, they might be able to help. They get 5 free ones a year. That's how I got mine.

 

[BillyBobBongo]

..so is there anyway that i can create @me email account now?

If you join the developer program for either Mac or iOS you can set up a new iCloud account. (http://developer.apple.com/)

 

[GreyMatta]

Can someone tell me how can i create a @me email account with my name before it's taken? I don't want to wait until fall for icloud so is there anyway that i can create @me email account now?

Thanks

you could get the icloud beta from a dodgy torrent site then create your email account from in there

 

[Ratatapa]

That's surely not free is it?

 

[thunderbunny]

If you join the developer program for either Mac or iOS you can set up a new iCloud account. (http://developer.apple.com/)

Assuming the accounts set up now will continue. Nothing to suggest they won't, but the beta iCloud is just for dev testing at the mo so who knows?

 

[cozmot]

@me vs. @mac email addresses

I am forever confused about the difference between these two. Apple told me that user@me.com and user@mac.com were interchangeable, but I've encountered situations where they are not. Are either of them going away and they'll be merged if your username is the same? I think this confusion contributes to Jobs' comment that MobileMe was not Apple's "finest moment."

 

[phalseHUD]

Hi guys, hope you don't mind me asking but...

• For those of you with a dev account, did anyone create an entirely new e-mail account with iCloud?
• If so, what is the domain that is appended to the end of your username? Is it still @me.com?
• When iCloud goes live, will we be able to create e-mail aliases?

Thanks!

 

[maflynn]

I am forever confused about the difference between these two. Apple told me that user@me.com and user@mac.com were interchangeable, but I've encountered situations where they are not. Are either of them going away and they'll be merged if your username is the same? I think this confusion contributes to Jobs' comment that MobileMe was not Apple's "finest moment."

Why is it not interchangeable. I uses user@mac.com 100% of the time and have not run into any issues

 

[skoker]

Why is it not interchangeable. I uses user@mac.com 100% of the time and have not run into any issues

I'm the same way. My @mac.com and @me.com addresses work interchangeably fine, the only difference being that any new alias set up after the .mac to MobileMe transition only works with @me.com. Could this be your problem?