17/04/2009
Hotmail for mobile: I’m feeling the love
Have you seen the completely new Windows Live Hotmail for mobile? You can try it out by going to http://mobile.live.com from your phone’s browser and clicking Hotmail. I’ve been playing around with the beta for the last month, and I’m a believer! Here’s a short list of what you can do on the new Hotmail for mobile:
- Search your e-mail messages Hotmail searches all your folders and returns any message that includes your search term. It’s similar to Hotmail search on a PC. I’ve found this really helpful for finding stuff when I’m short on time (or battery), particularly because it takes longer on a phone to scroll through a long list of e-mail messages.
Search your inbox
- See all the cool stuff in your messages If you have a phone with Windows Mobile 6 or later, an iPhone, or another phone with an advanced web browser, you can see pictures, images, “clickable” links, and other formatting in messages. Now messages look the way they were meant to when you read them on your phone, too.
Your messages look way better
- View long messages in a single page No need to open a new page to “get the rest of this message.” This feature has been extra handy the last week since my neighborhood recently turned into a mini-Peyton Place. Reading all the replies in the most recent messages keeps me get caught up on the latest gossip and grousing. Ah, suburbia :)
Plus, the new service is faster and more reliable than the previous version.
And here’s some of the new stuff just released on Windows Live Messenger for mobile and Windows Live Home for mobile:
- Messenger for mobile has a new look and feel and now links directly to Windows Live Home, so you can easily navigate between services.
The updated Messenger on mobile
- Windows Live Home for mobile has an improved What’s new list, with ten items appearing in the list instead of five. You can also see the things your friends are doing online at places such as Twitter, WordPress, Flickr, and more. And you can always read the full text of your friends’ personal messages.
For those of you with a Windows Mobile device who like to install programs to use for Windows Live services (instead of using your browser), the full Windows Live for Windows Mobile software (with Hotmail, Contacts, and Messenger) is now available for free download.
Ohhh, the neighborhood is going to have some more juicy gossip today. The local police just rang my doorbell to tell me about some trouble across the street last night!
- Dawn Hollingsworth, Mobile fan and suburbanite
Windows Live team
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