MobileMe Access Returns to the iPhone

Just last Friday, July 25, Apple announced that they have finally been able to restore MobileMe email account access to users of the iPhone – at least partially so. And reportedly, full MobileMe access will be forthcoming later in the week.

MobileMe, in case you don’t know, is the feature formerly known as .Mac, an email account stored on Apple’s servers, much like Gmail is email stored on Google’s servers. This allows users to store an inordinate amount of email data without cluttering up their own personal hard drives.

More than just email, though, MobileMe also gives users backup storage, web hosting, photo and file sharing capabilities, and synchronization of calendar and contact info on not just iPhones but iPod Touches, Mac desktop and laptops, and even Windows PCs.

According to Apple, MobileMe email access about 1% of iPhone users was accidentally blacked-out for a week.

Unfortunately, restoration of MobileMe access does not ensure that emails sent to those accounts during the black-out will still be available for retrieval once access is restored.