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Apple Gives Mobile Me Subscribers An Additional 60 Day Extension

All Mobile Me subscribers have been given an additional 60 day extension. In an email sent out tonight, Apple explains the following:

We have already made many improvements to MobileMe, but we still have many more to make. To recognize our users’ patience, we are giving every MobileMe subscriber as of today a free 60 day extension. This is in addition to the one month extension most subscribers have already received. We are working very hard to make MobileMe a great service we can all be proud of. We know that MobileMe’s launch has not been our finest hour, and we truly appreciate your patience as we turn this around. Read this article for more details.

The MobileMe Team

Additional information from Apple’s website:

Why is Apple granting a 60-day subscription extension?

The transition from .Mac to MobileMe was rockier than we had hoped. 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.

Aside from a leaked email in its entirety from Steve Jobs himself, Apple has already issued two Mobile Me service extensions.

To get caught up on the amazing experience Mobile Me provided many users, read this and this. And we can’t forget about the Mobile Me Status Blog which seemed to be deserted by David G. But not before giving us three updates here, here and here.

In addition, Walt Mossberg’s review called the service “far too flawed to recommend.”

I’ve previously written in detail my thoughts about Apple considering some help from Google, who is very experienced in cloud computing and web based applications. Although it seems that Apple is content with sorting through bugs and developing solutions of their own.

The 60 day extension will surely be welcomed by many, however a stable service is more important. At this point, I cant help but keep wondering, should Apple have launched Mobile Me as a beta service?