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Mike Temporale
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 Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:30 pm Post subject: Microsoft Announces Windows Live for Windows Mobile |
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http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/...veMobilePR.mspx
"Windows Live for Windows Mobile will provide customers with a rich set of Windows Live services, including Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger, Live Search and Windows Live Spaces, uniquely designed to work with Windows Mobile software. Windows Mobile powered devices, with their advanced software, processing power and memory, make ideal platforms for the delivery of Windows Live services. Windows Live for Windows Mobile offers one of the first industry examples of a single integrated and presence-enabled contact list on a mobile device. One consolidated list provides customers with easy access to all their Windows Live, Microsoft Office OutlookŪ and other contacts, as well as relevant presence information."
I'm starting to get confused by all the Live names floating around.  However, I really like what Microsoft has done with Windows Live on Windows Mobile. When this ships, you'll get Live Messenger, Live Mail (Hotmail), Live Search, and Live Spaces all in one application. Messenger is by far the best part of this tool, in my opinion. You can display your contacts by groups and it even supports sending Voice Clips. It's taken a tool that I almost never used on my phone and made it something that I leave on all the time.  It's my understanding that this will be included on Windows Mobile 6 devices and it will be updated directly by Mircosoft. So there's no worry about the operator leaving you in the dust.
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Edgar
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Looks like Jerry scooped you by 3.5 hrs. Look at the frontpage at his Live article.
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extravagant
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anyone have the link to download messenger live? i only see that other application with the maps program etc.
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Mike Temporale
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Edgar wrote: |
| Looks like Jerry scooped you by 3.5 hrs. Look at the frontpage at his Live article. |
Nope, that's Live Search. This is Windows Live for Windows Mobile. Confused yet? 
Live Search is pretty cool tool that allows you to get maps and directions for places.
Windows Live is Messenger, Mail, etc...
And once again, I must say the names on these products SUCK.
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extravagant
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Mike Temporale
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oh ok, in that case do u know where i can download windows live mail/messenger?  |
Microsoft has just announced it, and I expect it will appear with the new WinMo6 devices. So right now, there's no download option. 
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dorelse
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Shoot...I was hoping for Xbox Live integration out of the box...not yet eh?
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aussienick
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| Microsoft has just announced it, and I expect it will appear with the new WinMo6 devices. So right now, there's no download option. |
Hi guys, i found this about a week ago and have been using it ever since... 
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Kris Kumar
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So does this application download all your Hotmail contacts and combine it with the ones on your Smartphone (from Outlook)? I don't like that. I would like to disable that first(?).
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aussienick - I removed your link. We don't allow linking to illegal material here. Sorry.
The software has been announced by Microsoft but not made available at this time. Any copies you may find on the net would be considered illegal copies that are not meant for distribution.
Kris, yes - this application will download your Messenger contacts and merge them with your default contacts. On the plus side, it works pretty good this time around. It looks like Microsoft has spent a good deal of time cleaning that process up.
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