I like the idea of iCloud - let me have it!, I like the idea of iCloud - let me have it!

I have an iMac and a MacBook Air - both running Lion and post release of iOS5 I was very interested to see iCloud - I have an iPhone 3GS and an iPad2.
Post software updates on both Macs I get a prompt to "Move to iCloud" - great - I want to do that.
But the web links only take me to "Find my iPhone" - I know where my iPhone is, it's on the desk by my Mac.  I thought maybe I needed all my devices upgraded before this "move to iCloud" would actually happen - but no I keep getting Find My iPhone.
I have iCloud preferences set up on iPhone and iPad, but despite this when I go to System Preferences on either of my Macs and choose iCloud it is still a pretty picutre of iCloud with "move to iCloud" - and as above click on that and I'm told where my iPhone is - right next to me.
I'm either missing something really fundamental or this just isn't set up in an intuitive way - can anyone advise?
I buy the iCloud concept - I'd like to have it - but I seem to struggling!

I could be wrong, but this could be the problem.  I know a few people that had problems because they set their accounts up uup under their Apple ID instead of their MobileME ID, and had to wipe and revert to get things syncing properly.
It appears to me that you are may be having a common problem that I find comes up sometimes when confronted with the MobileMe website there is a common mistake made. When presented with the  MobileMe website, then you are entering in your APPLE ID, which will always take you to the "find my Iphone ability"... when to set up the cloud you need to enter in your MOBILE ME ID which ends in @me.com. This will instead bring you into the previous MobileMe, and allow you to make the choice to move over to ICloud.  The setup will start from there, after that you just need to follow instructions provided on your phone and computer screens.
Got to this website and enter your @me.com address https://auth.me.com/authenticate
Good Luck
**With yourmost recent comment I really do think you are at the right website, just the wrong ID is taking you to the wrong area...
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