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Hotmail taps into ActiveSync, promising better mobile access
Microsoft today rolled out Exchange ActiveSync support for Windows Live Hotmail -- a long-awaited feature that promises to make it easier to access and synchronize Hotmail messages, contacts, and appointments on mobile devices.
According to the setup page, supported devices right now include Windows Mobile 6.x phones, Windows Phone 7, the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, in addition to Nokia E-series, S-series, N-series running Mail for Exchange application. Support for Google Android devices is spotty, but Microsoft is promising full support for Android as its testing continues.
Microsoft's ActiveSync "keeps everything in sync between your phone and Hotmail, so whatever you do on your phone, like delete an email, add an appointment, or update one of your contacts with a new number, will also be reflected on the web, and vice-versa," writes Microsoft's Dick Craddock in the blog post explaining the feature.
Also see LiveSide.net and CNet News.com.
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