I’m away from home and using my iPad to keep In touch. My only WiFi access is very limited and does not allow basic services like IMAP, SMTP, or VPN — only web access is allowed. That should not be a problem because I can get my email in Safari by going to me.com — wrong. All I get are links to information on how to setup my email client. So I’m stuck without MobileMe email.
Pictures:
http://www.apple.com/mobileme/news/2010/05/the-next-mobileme-mail-now-in-beta.html
This is one area that Apple didn’t think trrough very well. Like you, I need to be able to use webmail once in a while.
If you think about it the Find My Phone feature could be very handy from your iPad. I really wish Back to My Mac would work on iPad.