MobileMe account failed email verification, iCloud unusable

Hello there!
I was a longtime MobileMe user with my email address ([email protected]). A couple of days ago I switched my .me account to an iCloud one.
I also had another appleId just for my iTunes stuff. (my_name).
Today iOS5 is being released and I've been having several issues. The Find my Friends and iMessage features don't work with my new iCloud account. As I try to log in in the apps, i just get a message that my account needs to be verified. I tried that online at appleid.apple.com ... but I'm not ale to log in. an "unknown error" occured.
When I try to log in with my iTunes apple ID (my_name) , I can log in perfectly.
So, I upgraded to iCloud and can't use ****. Making a new account isn't really an option as I use my .me email address for a lot of things. (it's my primary email address since over 2 years).
I saw that I could request assistance by phone, but that I have to use a pay 29$ just to get in touch with them.
I'm trying to hold of this option. But I'm seriously annoyed!! There's obviously something wrong at serverside. I hope they fix this ASAP. Anyone else having these problems?

Hi mineshv,
If you are having authentication or verification issues with your iCloud account, you may find the troubleshooting steps in the following article helpful:
iCloud: Account troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3988
Regards,
- Brenden

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