I was looking in the Apple online store and noticed they pulled MobileMe and when you click on MobileMe it just offers a free trial?
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Mobile Me Pulled From Online Store
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I hope they release a statement soon saying whats going on... I don't think I have ever seen Apple pull a product like that!?
It is on the site, but it appears as though all you can do is sign-up for a free trial and that purchase occurs later.
http://www.apple.com/mobileme/pricing/
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http://www.apple.com/mobileme/pricing/
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We are discusssing its availability to buy from searching the Online Store not searching Apple's entire site.
But that still does not explain why they pulled it from "new to the store" and from the front page!
Maybe they have decided to stop selling the boxed product anymore and to handle all sign-ups and renewals online.
That still does not explain why they pulled it off the site..... If they were going to do that they would not stop advertising it?
They are still advertising it:
It's right there front¢er when you go to the Mac section: http://www.apple.com/mac
But if they are discontinuing the boxed product there would be nothing for you to buy in the store. All signups and renewals would be done through the MobileMe page.
Maybe they are going green. No more packaging. Remember, the box contains nothing but a renewal code, so it seems like a waste.
Chatted with one of those people in the "Chat Now" help thing of the Apple Store and this is what I got:
My responses are in bold.
There was about a 10 minute wait......
For such an available product it sure is taking 'Cheryl' an awfully long time to find this for me to purchase.
My responses are in bold.
There was about a 10 minute wait......
For such an available product it sure is taking 'Cheryl' an awfully long time to find this for me to purchase.
This is very strange.
Apple doesn't usually keep these different stores in sync (a little ironic!) and as such this seems to be a strange move. The UK store is often different to the US one (but not with this).
I guess they might be working towards making the packaging more like an iTunes Gift Card or something where it's just the code and little fuss.
The other possibility is that they feel it's a bit pointless having the box up on the Apple Store when you could just sign up online instead (people who buy the box in a retail store would obviously be unaffected by that). Of course there are a few reasons that you might want to get it from the Apple Store VS signing up by credit card.
Apple doesn't usually keep these different stores in sync (a little ironic!) and as such this seems to be a strange move. The UK store is often different to the US one (but not with this).
I guess they might be working towards making the packaging more like an iTunes Gift Card or something where it's just the code and little fuss.
The other possibility is that they feel it's a bit pointless having the box up on the Apple Store when you could just sign up online instead (people who buy the box in a retail store would obviously be unaffected by that). Of course there are a few reasons that you might want to get it from the Apple Store VS signing up by credit card.
Can I state the obvious here? MobileMe was not ready, they're struggling to cope, and are trying to decrease new sign-ups until they have caught up with the backlog
