Windows users were last targeted by the MobileMe Control Panel Update on September 9, when Apple issued several major updates for all its software and devices. Just under a month after that, the Cupertino giant decided a new update was in order for users of its subscription-based collection of online services and software.

With the release of MobileMe Control Panel version 1.2, Windows users are being offered improved syncing, with support for over 2,000 contacts, according to Apple's Support page.

About MobileMe Control Panel 1.2 for Windows

With MobileMe, your contacts, calendar, and bookmarks are automatically kept in sync between your PC, iPhone, iPod touch, and a suite of web apps at www.me.com.

This update provides better support for syncing a large number of contacts (more than 2,000) and prevents syncing of data between Microsoft Exchange Server and MobileMe, a configuration that is not supported.

The MobileMe Control Panel is required to set up sync on your Windows PC. It also enables you to manage your MobileMe iDisk for online file storage and sharing.

MobileMe automatically pushes new email, contacts and calendar events to your Mac, PC, iPhone and iPod touch, and makes sure all your information stays up to date across all your devices. The changes you make on one device are automatically "pushed" to the MobileMe "cloud," then back to every device you use.

Aside from push email, push calendar and push contacts, MobileMe also offers web applications at me.com, a MobileMe Gallery for photo sharing, MobileMe iDisk for online document access and 20GB of online storage, for a monthly fee. MobileMe replaces .Mac.

MobileMe requires Mac OS X v10.4.11 (Tiger) or later, Safari 3, Firefox 2 or later, iPhone / iPod touch OS 2.0 (or later) and iTunes 7.7 (or later). Download your MobileMe Control Panel (1.2) for Windows here.