iCloud email

I have a gmail address I've been using for a few years now. I recently bought and iPhone 4 and I'm trying to get it tied into everything I use, and I prefer the calendar and mail apps to gmail's interface, but is there any reason for me to create a new icloud @me email address in addition to or instead of my old gmail address? I hate having to go around and update my information, and my Apple account is already under an even older email address. Are there any significant benefits to the @me account?

Not a HUGE difference, but the iCloud email address doesn't scan your mail looking for ad keywords, nor does it append an ad on every email. Some of us think that's a significant difference, others not.

OTOH, GMail does have some features in their web interface (like labels, direct GTalk connection, etc) that aren't used in iCloud's web interface.

If you enter your gmail details into the iPhone it uses the same interface for mail, calendar, contacts as iCloud would, rather than going into the web interface. So if that's your only deciding factor there's little value in switching.

chas_m:
Is the appending an ad to each email a US thing? Never had that happen in the UK.

mrplow said:

chas_m:
Is the appending an ad to each email a US thing? Never had that happen in the UK.

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You may be right -- I just checked a couple of gmails sent by friends. Perhaps I have that confused with the web-browser view, or Yahoo/Hotmail/AOL/the rest of them.