The live version of the Microsoft mail service, Hotmail, comes out of the beta: a new graphical interface similar to Outlook and numerous advanced features
Windows Live Hotmail
Microsoft has announced that Windows Live Hotmail, the service that will replace MSN Hotmail, is now available globally in 36 languages.
As the most significant update to Hotmail since 1996, the new service was designed to provide a radical improvement over the previous version thanks to feedback from over 20 million beta testers. Windows Live Hotmail is therefore a more effective and productive email service that consumers access when and where they want through the Web, mobile phones and email clients. Microsoft has also announced that during this month Windows Live Hotmail users will be given the opportunity to access their messages and Hotmail contacts for free from Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 using the beta version of the new Outlook. Connector.
The Windows Live Hotmail roll-out phase will begin today and continue over the next few days and will give users the ability to request new Windows Live Hotmail accounts at www.hotmail.com. Current MSN Hotmail consumers will instead move their accounts to Windows Live Hotmail by connecting to the service and selecting the green “Join Windows Live Hotmail Beta” button.
"We are thrilled to be able to offer Windows Live Hotmail to more than 280 million active MSN Hotmail accounts worldwide," said Steve Berkowitz, senior vice president of Microsoft's Online Services Group. “Windows Live Hotmail is a highly engaging end-to-end experience that provides customers with the ability to easily access advanced email access from PC, mobile devices and the web. Windows Live Hotmail is a core online service for Microsoft, as well as a component essential of our business on online advertising as email is a very important tool to guide consumers' choices. We are also pleased to announce the launch of the service also to our advertisers on the eve of the Microsoft Strategic Account Summit ”.
