The new .Mac mail and what .Mac should be

The new .Mac mail in all its Web 2.0 inspired glory is now live and public. There have been quite a few reviews (TUAW, Om, Steve Rubel, and others) listing the pros and cons. As a non Dot Mac user I'm lured by the IMAP support, which is not mentioned in any of the reviews. My fav webmail Gmail doesn't do IMAP so that's an area where .Mac certainly has the upper hand. Is it worth $100 per year? Not on its own.

In a perfect world however Dot Mac becomes an integral part of Apple's iPhone offering, linking iCal, Address book, file storage (including music and video) etc. Then I'd pay $100 for the whole .Mac suite. Fingers crossed.