The new 3G iPhone: Expanding the Possibilities of Interactive Multimedia Communication

The new iPhone is filled with possibilities….In this post, I’m sharing some pictures of the iPhone that look interesting to educators and those of us who want to increase our interactive multimedia communication and entertainment when we are out and about.

Apple offers MobileMe service for the iPhone, which is something most people on-the-go will appreciate:

“Everything you need. Anywhere you are.”

“MobileMe stores your email, calendar, and contacts on a secure online server, or “cloud.” The cloud pushes the most current data to your iPhone, iPod touch, and computer so you’re always up to date. And your email, calendar, contacts, photos, and documents are accessible over the Internet through a set of easy-to-use web applications.”

Overview

Everything you need. Anywhere you are.

MobileMe stores your email, calendar, and contacts on a secure online server, or “cloud.” The cloud pushes the most current data to your iPhone, iPod touch, and computer so you’re always up to date. And your email, calendar, contacts, photos, and documents are accessible over the Internet through a set of easy-to-use web applications.

Push email, push calendar, and push contacts

Get an email account at me.com and an online address book and calendar, which are accessible from your devices and the web. Changes you make on one device are automatically pushed up to the cloud and down to your other devices, keeping them all in sync. MobileMe works seamlessly with familiar applications such as Outlook on a PC and Mail and iCal on your Mac.

Web applications at me.com

MobileMe offers a rich set of integrated web applications at me.com to manage your email, contacts, calendar, photos, documents, and more. The web applications look like desktop applications, with a beautiful, uncluttered interface and no ads. They can be accessed from any modern browser on a Mac or PC.

MobileMe Gallery for photo sharing

Upload your photos to the cloud to create an amazing photo sharing experience on the web that’s accessible from any device.

MobileMe iDisk for online document access

Upload, share, and access your documents from any web browser with iDisk. Easily share files too big to email.

20GB of online storage

Get 20GB of storage space to keep your email, calendar, contacts, photos, and files in the cloud.