So this afternoon I caved and subscribed to the free trial of MobileMe. I’ve always thought that MobileMe had some cool features, but at $99 / year, I just didn’t think it was worth my money.

Today, that changed, somewhat. There’s no one killer feature of MobileMe that made me try it out today, such as the “Find my iPhone” app that is entering the iTunes App Store, or the iDisk app (there’s a similar Dropbox app).

The fact is that every feature, sans the “Find my…” feature, can be done with other (free) products. However, the fragmentation and number of websites I have to visit for these free features finally reached a point where I actually felt good about trying to consolidate everything.

For example, I’m starting to take more pictures with my camera. Today, I wanted to send a few pics by email, but the email was over 22MB. Therefore, I thought posting them on the web would be a better solution. Since I don’t have an account on Flickr or another website, that would be another fragmented solution.

Therefore, I decided to try MobileMe. This is what I get rid of.

• Google for contacts, mail, calendar
• Dropbox for files
• Flickr (or something I would have chosen) for photos
• and I get “Find my iPhone/iPad”

What’s also great is the synchronization with my iPhone and iPad. As with the Airport line of routers, if you own Apple products, integrating everything together is extremely easy.

While I hope MobileMe becomes free someday, consolidating these features into one website seems worth the price so far. I have 59 days remaining on my free trial, but have been able to easily transition.