Think Apple Maps Is Bad? Remember the Tale of MobileMe

As Apple deals with the backlash and criticism from the bumpy launch of Apple Maps, it's easy to forget that this isn't the first time Apple has stumbled with a new product.

While Apple Maps is far from the company's finest hour, it pales in comparison to what might have been the most problematic Apple launch of all time: MobileMe.

Launched in the summer of 2008, alongside the iPhone 3G and iOS 2.0, MobileMe was Apple's first real stab at a cloud services platform. MobileMe was the predecessor to iCloud and it offered many similar services, including:

Cloud-hosted email, contacts and calendars that sync between devices
The ability to track lost or stolen devices
The ability…
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