Hotmail to add push email, social network integration and a smart security scheme
Hotmail remains one of the most popular Web-based email providers around, second only to Yahoo Mail in most countries. In tech circles, however, Hotmail seems to struggle to escape GMail's geek-friendly shadow. That's all about to change though: Microsoft is bringing a slew of features that match and even surpass GMail in some areas.
First, push email support for mobile phones (including iPhone ...
Earlier in the year, Google rolled out Google Sync: push calendar and contact services for mobile users, based on Microsoft's Active Sync protocol. Since then, plenty of users (myself included) have yearned for Google to roll out push email for Google accounts - and today, Google has announced that Gmail is now push enabled for iPhone, iPod touch and Windows Mobile devices.
Unfortunately the ...
Windows Mobile 6 is the first version of Windows Mobile to include push email support without setting up an Exchange server. Of course, it only works with Hotmail, but it's a start. Once you have a Hotmail account, all you have to do is:
Open Windows Live on your mobile device.
Enter your Live information and set your device to use Live services including Messenger, Mail, and Contacts.
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