ICloud - Apple ID - Mobileme or Not. How does this function?

Hi everyone -
Please help.. I don't understand how iCloud functions, to be able to make an informed choice!
Scenario.
I have an apple id I have been using for iTunes, purchases, everything apple basically. My Apple ID is a
regular everyday email address. An email address I hand out to freidnsa and family.
A year ago, I purchased a mobileme.com account which I activated and I - NEVER USED- I don't even
care about it. It serves me no purpose.
Now...
I understand it's reccomended that I use my existing Apple ID for iCloud. This is fine. So can I ignore
my me.com account?
Lastly. Do I -NEED- a me.com email address for any reason at all for use in iCloud? For example, to sync mail
or for anything else?
Thanks..
-Frankie

I have two accounts as well.
I use my @me account for iCloud.
I use my @gmail account for purchases in App Store.
I actually like this set up and I don't see any down sides. The nice thing about having a .me account is that it is Push email. Gmail is pull/imap. I think it was iOS4 that brought consolidated inboxes, so it's no problem for me to have multiple accounts.
Another advantage I can think of is that this avoids having one account that rules them all (sorry, couldn't resist...) If your password is compromised to your one account, you can imagine the problems this may cause. I hope I'm not forced to merge accounts but that may happen at some point.

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