Chris Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 REDMOND, Wash. — May 6, 2007 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Windows Live™ Hotmail®, the successor to MSN® Hotmail, is launching globally in 36 languages. The most significant upgrade for Hotmail since it pioneered the webmail industry in 1996, the new service has been built to be a vast improvement over the previous Hotmail offering, having incorporated input from more than 20 million beta testers. Windows Live Hotmail will deliver a safer, more powerful and productive e-mail experience than previous versions with flexible access via the Web, on a mobile phone or with an e-mail client. Microsoft also announced that later this month Windows Live Hotmail customers will be able to access their Windows Live Hotmail e-mail and contacts for free* using Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003 or Office Outlook 2007 via the new Microsoft Office Outlook Connector beta.As Windows Live Hotmail begins rolling out on May 7 and continues over the coming days, consumers will be able to visit http://www.hotmail.com to sign up for a new Windows Live Hotmail account. Current MSN Hotmail customers can also update their existing account to Windows Live Hotmail by logging into their account and clicking on the green Join Windows Live Hotmail button.“We’re thrilled to deliver Windows Live Hotmail to the more than 280 million active MSN Hotmail accounts around the world,” said Steve Berkowitz, senior vice president of the Online Services Group at Microsoft. “Windows Live Hotmail represents an extremely compelling end-to-end e-mail experience that makes it easy for customers to get best-of-breed e-mail access across PCs, mobile devices and the Web. Windows Live Hotmail is a cornerstone online service for Microsoft and a critical part of our online advertising business because e-mail is a key point of influence for consumer purchases. We’re pleased to announce the launch of the service to advertisers in addition to consumers on the eve of the Microsoft Strategic Account Summit.”Millions of pieces of customer feedback played an instrumental role in the development of the look and feel of the new Windows Live Hotmail. Key customer benefits include the following:More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted May 7, 2007 Report Share Posted May 7, 2007 Will ordinary bods like us see any real benefit? I use my Hot mail account for registering software etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamb Chop Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 I went on to Hotmail to email a friend and what did I find?It was now Live and all my folders had gone and I had this new window which was strange and so I logged off in fright :lol: Blooming cheek, thought you had to ask for it?? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 I too found that I had been transferred to the new system when I logged on yesterday. All my old messages have vanished - but my contacts folder is still intact. Other than that - I can see no difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 This is what mine looks like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamb Chop Posted May 11, 2007 Report Share Posted May 11, 2007 Yep thats it - but see has to be as I log onto UK Hotmail. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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