I’ve noted that the iPad will be a computer for people who are poor. I’ve predicted that Apple will turn on Facebook (their friend today, but so was Google, once). I’ve noted that MobileMe more closely resembles OS X server than it does Google Apps.
Now, for my next prediction [1] – related to all of the above.
Within a year Apple will make MobileMe an iPhone back-end peripheral. When they do that iPhone users will not need a local copy of iTunes (PC or Mac), and they won’t need an ISP. After that Apple will make MobileMe into a Facebook competitor.
Next year’s iPad will come with a starter MobileMe subscription.
[1] I’m a dreadful prognosticator, but it doesn’t stop me. I’m often right in the long run, but usually premature.
