As Apple realized that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done for improving its MobileMe Internet services released last month on July 10, the company decided on extending the free availability to its users for another 60 days. The service was designed as the successor for the company’s .Mac service, offering an e-mail account, address book, photos, Safari bookmarks, Dashboard widgets, calendar applications, data synchronization between desktops and several other features for Macs, the iPhone and the iPod Touch.

Apparently, many subscribers reported a series of problems, such as accessing the Web site, the calendars, their contact information and losing their e-mails.

"The transition from .Mac to MobileMe was rockier than we had hoped," Apple officials explained, adding that "While we are making a lot of improvements, the MobileMe service is still not up to our standards. We are extending subscriptions 60-days free of charge to express appreciation for our members' patience as we continue to improve the service."

The free 60 days-offer includes all accounts, paid or free, and it will allow the company to focus on improving the system to reach its wanted standards.  

At the beginning of August, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs admitted that it was a mistake to launch the service at the same time with the release of the new 3G iPhone and other big products, as the resources needed in order to make the best out of all those services and products were insufficient, and the attention had to be focused just on some of them.