According to Apple, MobileMe is launching on July 9th Between 6pm-12am PT, just few hours away now. Apple describes MobileMe as a suite of web-based applications (Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Gallery, and iDisk) and Push sync services.

As I said in Is MobileMe Innovative?, Apple is approaching their massive consumer base with the message of Easy-to-use, elegant interface and desktop look-n-feel. As an application deverloper, I am interested in MobileMe’s perfermance behind the SproutCore javascript platform, and I am going to do some simple tests, including:

1. I will test the speed of the iDisk with some large files. (Reason: To see if it gives me the desktop look and feel)
2. I will test the mail with all basic features and then compare with Gmail’s conversation-style. (Reason: MobileMe and Gmail target the same market)
3. I will run MobileMe on IE6 (Reason: According to W3C, 26.5% browsers are IE6, which is not on the supported browsers list of MobileMe)
4. I will go throught the javascript to do a brief test about security.

P.S. MobileMe lives at me.com

If you never heard about Apple’s MobileMe, what do you think it does? Mobile… mobile phone? get connected anywhere? Me…. all about my stuff? Yes, you are absolutely right. It is a simple way to keep everything organize and sync. If you look closer, MobileMe is actually a web-based application which helps to store and manage your emails, contacts, calendars and files on both your computers and iPhones or iPod.

The idea is not new and so simple. Well… all the brilliant ideas are simple. The question is that what is the innovative stuff involved?

SproutCore, a javascript platform is being used to provide the desktop-like feel. This approach is definitely not new as there are plenty of similar platforms being used all over the place, you name it… Google Web Toolkit, Ext-js, Objective-J, YUI etc.

The business model is not new neither. Keep everything up to date and share large files with friends are well discussed and executed throughout the web industry.

Could MobileMe succeed? I think so…. The reasons are simple:

A. Apple has a good reputation building easy to use stuff.

B. Apple has a massive consumer base, among which there are plenty of evangelists.

C. MobileMe can solve problem, fairly enough