Apple Provides 60 Day Extension to All MobileMe Subscribers

[goodfellaNW]

If you haven't received this yet, you should soon, hopefully.

Kudos to Apple. They could have easily stopped at 30 days. This was unexpected, at least for me.

 

[elcid]

90 days free....I'll take it.

It has worked well since the 2nd week or so for me, so I am not too troubled

I also like how one of the hardest emails to read on an iphone came from apple.

 

[alphaod]

About time… Except I still haven't gotten it yet nor have they fixed my domain issue. Now it tells me that I didn't add a TLD instead of saying it doesn't exist.

EDIT: I only got 30 days. w/e

 

[goodfellaNW]

About time… Except I still haven't gotten it yet nor have they fixed my domain issue. Now it tells me that I didn't add a TLD instead of saying it doesn't exist.

EDIT: I only got 30 days. w/e

Really? Only 30? Was the wording of the email the same?

 

[Mindflux]

Really? Only 30? Was the wording of the email the same?

Nobody has gotten their additional 60 days tacked on yet. It's coming.

 

[MM07]

This is good news. I just got my 30 day extension yesterday.

 

[brn2ski00]

Didn't get that email and didn't get an extension. My service is set to expire on October 9th.

The web site is still wicked flaky -- more bugs than a piece of Windows software.

 

[bbotte]

Hey imagine that, the e-mail announcing this went to my mobile Me account and didn't push to my phone. It downloaded it as I opened the mail client on the phone after reading this thread. The fetch didn't even get it. Awesome. Oh and my date of expiration has not changed. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee this is fun!

 

[profetto]

Didn't get that email and didn't get an extension. My service is set to expire on October 9th.

The web site is still wicked flaky -- more bugs than a piece of Windows software.

Probably only a matter of time before we all get the golden ticket into Willy Wonka's chocolate factory!!! I mean email.

 

[slapppy]

Thats nice, but make us all happy and bring back "iCards"!!!!

 

[Prof.]

I just now got the email and the previous 30-day extension. I'm one happy boi right now

 

[cyberbolt]

Just got the email. This is pretty good of Apple, although they had to do something, considering how unstable the service has been.

 

[thesaint580]

I got the same extension as well.

 

[evilyankeefan]

I like free time.

 

[ItsGavinC]

Awesome. Oh and my date of expiration has not changed. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee this is fun!

Who said it should have changed already? Read the supporting documentation that is linked in the email.

 

[sushi]

Just got the email. This is pretty good of Apple, although they had to do something, considering how unstable the service has been.

Agree.

This will hopefully keep those on the fence from abandoning MobileMe.

A total of 90 days free is nice.

 

[MacRumors]

Apple Provides 60 Day Extension to All MobileMe Subscribers



Apple has sent out emails to MobileMe subscribers tonight revealing that they are extending all MobileMe subscriber accounts by 60 additional days:

We have already made many improvements to MobileMe, but we still have many more to make. To recognize our users' patience, we are giving every MobileMe subscriber as of today a free 60 day extension. This is in addition to the one month extension most subscribers have already received. We are working very hard to make MobileMe a great service we can all be proud of. We know that MobileMe's launch has not been our finest hour, and we truly appreciate your patience as we turn this around. Read this article for more details.

The MobileMe Team

Eligible individuals are those with an active MobileMe account as of August 19, 2008 at 0:00 Pacific Daylight Time. As well, customers with an active free trial as of August 19, 2008 at 0:00 Pacific Daylight Time will also see a 60 day extension to their free trial.

This 60-day extension is in addition to all previously offered extensions. All MobileMe customers were given a free 30 day extension that was announced on July 16th. Some free trial customers affected by billing mistakes were later offered another free 30 day extension.

Article Link

 

[macbookairman]

interesting. i hope i get the email soon.

EDIT: i got the email 5 seconds or so after i typed that.

heres a link to the support article mentioned in the email: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2826

 

[notnek]

The web site is still wicked flaky -- more bugs than a piece of Windows software.

it still needs work, but it wasn't that bad when it didn't work for several days .

 

[lozanoj83]

Wow...
Im sure happy now.. and mobileme only had a couple of issues to me..

60 day original free trial + 30 days free for first mobileme outage + 60 more days for this email = 150 days of free mobileme..

I am one happy camper

 

[macmyworld]

Everyone raise their hands that didn't get the message because MobileMaybe was down again.

 

[nickspohn]

I just got the email.

It wasn't even pushed to me

 

[ventro]

If we sign up for a new trial tonight, will we get the extension?

 

[Mindflux]

If we sign up for a new trial tonight, will we get the extension?

Maybe? It says by August 19th?

I think the previous one was July 19th.

 

[spicoli]

Agree.

This will hopefully keep those on the fence from abandoning MobileMe.

A total of 90 days free is nice.

+1
I am one of the those on the fence. We are through the first 30 day extension, and I still can't get my work PC to even log in. I was able to log in for the first three weeks (but no calendar sync - contacts OK), then blamo. No log-in. Keep getting the spinning wheel for about 10 seconds, then a dialog box saying "Unable to log in to MobileMe, please try again later." I have decided to leave it alone for a few days (or weeks if needed) until there is some solid information on a solution - checking these forums and Apple discussion groups regularly. The extra 60 days will help with the frustration.... if it gets fixed. I am holding out hope.