I can't sign up for iCloud

Hi,
I have an iMac 27" running Lion 10.7.4 + an iPhone 4S running 5.1.1
Now if i want to purchase anything on the app store or Apple store online, i'm obliged to sign in with my apple ID and Password, normal.
But when i try to create an iCloud account it asks for my apple ID and password, but when i put this in the required fields i am getting a message which says wrong ID or password.
Can someone please tell me where i'm going wrong, this is driving me nuts, surely it's the same ID and Password??
Any help would be much appreciated.
Many thanks for your time
Mike

No, it's the same, here's the message i get :
Unsupported Apple ID
iCloud requires an apple id that is an email address
(including @me.com addresses)
I get this with both the iMac and iPhone 4S
Mike

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