Hotmail Now Supports Push Email and Other Features

Users of Hotmail will find it easier to stay up-to-date and be productive with your phone. Starting 08-30-10, users can get email, calendar, and contacts pushed automatically to your phone using Exchange ActiveSync (EAS).

EAS syncs up everything between your phone and Hotmail, so whatever you do on your phone, like  add an appointment, delete an email,  or update one of your contacts with a new number, will also be reflected on the web, and vice-versa. If you use an email client on your PC that already syncs with Hotmail, like Windows Live Mail,  or Outlook with the Outlook Connector or what you do on your phone will show up there as well. It will deliver an integrated experience for managing your stuff between your PC email client, your browser, and your phone.

hotmail Hotmail Now Supports Push Email and Other Features

Outlook Connector

Outlook Hotmail Connector provides a solution for managing your Windows Live Hotmail e-mail, calendar, and contacts from within Outlook 2003, 2007, and 2010. This program is free of charge.

By connecting and organizing your e-mail in Outlook 2007, you can take advantage of the capabilities in Outlook 2007 such as Instant Search and the ability to access your information even when you’re offline.

Windows Live Mail

If you have multiple e?mail accounts, you put them  in one program.  And now Windows Live Mail has a calendar, too. Mail combines the ease of use of Outlook Express, with the speed ofWindows Live.

Support

Today, EAS has a large support base covering 300 million mobile devices worldwide. These include some of the most popular Windows, Nokia, and Palm smartphones. The following devices have been tested against Hotmail ActiveSync

  • WM 6.x
  • WP7
  • iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
  • Nokia E-series, S-series, N-series running Mail for Exchange application

Setup

For ActiveSync Set-Up go here.

For Windows Live Mail downloads, go here

For Outlook Connector go here.

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Hulu Plus Coming to Xbox in 2011

On the heels of the price hike for Xbox LIVE gold members comes some positive news. Among some some of the new features coming soon to Xbox LIVE is the addition of Hulu Plus in 2011. I remember hearing word that Microsoft was in talks with Hulu and many speculated that a Hulu announcement was going to come at the unveiling show of the Kinect at E3. Sadly, this never happened, but it looks like it might be coming soon enough.

If you are a current gold member of the Xbox LIVE service, you probably received this email today:

xb 600x630 Hulu Plus Coming to Xbox in 2011

Maybe I’m missing something, but I believe this is the first confirmed mention of Hulu Plus actually coming to the Xbox experience. With Windows Media Center access, ESPN 3, Netflix, Zune music+videos and last.fm it looks like Microsoft is priming the Xbox 360 to be the complete living room device for delivering media to your TV.

This makes me feel a little better about raising the gold member price, but I think Microsoft needs to follow up on their promise to continue delivering quality services to the Xbox 360.

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