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Among the many updates
coming with iOS 6, it appears the latest beta version has begun
migrating people over to iCloud.com email addresses. Anyone who
registers a new Apple ID with iCloud will be given an @iCloud.com
address, instead of the previous @me.com addresses users were given when
MobileMe was still a service.
Anyone who currently has an me.com address, and joins iCloud with the
same Apple ID, will be given a matching address with the iCloud.com
suffix. This is all part of the ongoing migration from MobileMe – which
shut down on June 30 – to the replacement iCloud service. It has also
been reported by our readers that users of the new iOS 6 Beta 3
are now receiving a notification regarding this switch, and the final
version of iOS 6 will inevitably include this migration feature.
It seems a bit counter-intuitive to be switching everyone over to an email address that’s four characters longer
than their current one, but evidently Apple is serious about iCloud
becoming the one-stop-shop for everything related to the Apple network,
with MobileMe being quickly swept under the rug.
coming with iOS 6, it appears the latest beta version has begun
migrating people over to iCloud.com email addresses. Anyone who
registers a new Apple ID with iCloud will be given an @iCloud.com
address, instead of the previous @me.com addresses users were given when
MobileMe was still a service.
Anyone who currently has an me.com address, and joins iCloud with the
same Apple ID, will be given a matching address with the iCloud.com
suffix. This is all part of the ongoing migration from MobileMe – which
shut down on June 30 – to the replacement iCloud service. It has also
been reported by our readers that users of the new iOS 6 Beta 3
are now receiving a notification regarding this switch, and the final
version of iOS 6 will inevitably include this migration feature.
It seems a bit counter-intuitive to be switching everyone over to an email address that’s four characters longer
than their current one, but evidently Apple is serious about iCloud
becoming the one-stop-shop for everything related to the Apple network,
with MobileMe being quickly swept under the rug.