How can I get iCloud on my iPhone3GS without upgrading my Mac?

According to Apple you can get an iCloud account from a PC, but not from a Mac Snow Leopard. Is this right? It sounds loopy!
I read so many users saying everything went wrong when they 'upgraded' to Lion that I am reluctant to go down that path.
However I have an iPhone 3GS and wish to use iCloud on it. How can I do this? When I try to sign in to iCloud from my iPhone I just get a message to 'Go to me.com on your computer to move your information to iCloud.'
This cannot be done without upgrading to Lion.
Is there a solution?
Thanks in advance for any help.

Thanks again for responding.
My question is, how do I create an iCloud account on my iPhone 3S?
Step by step, this is what happens:
On my iPhone 3GS I go to Settings > iCloud >
insert Apple ID and Password
Click Sign In
after a few seconds, I get the message: 'Go to me.com on your computer to move your information to iCloud.'
... which of course I can't do because it tells me to upgrade to Lion, which I do not wish to do for the reasons already given.
Gaaah!

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