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It's activesync, you set up via exchange, google hotmail activesync for the settings, some people managed to start using it already, but hotmail won't let anymore start using it at the mo as they got swamped, I set it up to get an email saying they had high demand and that they will allow people to start using it in 2 weeks.
Edit - here's the settings:
Set up new mail account, picking exchange
email: myemail@live.com
SSL enabled
username: myemail@live.com
password: password
Domain: <blank>
Click next
server address: m.hotmail.com
You're done. Until it's up and running again it will just ask for password though.
Yeah, I already did that and got the try againg in two weeks email. What i was saying is that the service goes live on monday and wanted to know if it was true. Anyways I found a link to the news:
http://www.electricpig.co.uk/2010/08/27/hotmail-push-email-headed-for-iphone-and-windows-phone-7/
Sorry if I wasn't clear with my question.
That's the first I heard of it, to be honest, doubt anyone will know for sure here unles MS have officially said anything. Best thing is try it Monday and see
Apparantly if you message http://www.twitter.com/ryanburk this guy, he's a dev for it and he'll give early access. Check his tweets
According to them IMAP is too old and their POP works better in this futuristic world
Anyways w/ activesync it will still push everything mail, contacts and calendar so really for the normal end user there would be no true difference between IMAP and POP.
Also there are olders threads already of this here: example:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1002024/
see my post above, as the OP said, it's coming on monday, so no point trying to set it up by then, one of the developers on twitter has confirmed this - http://www.twitter.com/ryanburk he was giving people early access, not sure if he still will since it starts monday and its the weekend now.
wouldn't hurt to read the other posts in the thread before posting
Carlanga said:According to them IMAP is too old and their POP works better in this futuristic world
Anyways w/ activesync it will still push everything mail, contacts and calendar so really for the normal end user there would be no true difference between IMAP and POP.
Also there are olders threads already of this here: example:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1002024/
The big difference is folders, probably doesn't matter to most, but I really need my folders.
i think activesync should bring the folders, with gmail exchange you can have folders syncing too from what i have seen
Folders will work! They are gonna use EAS and we (iPhone) are the only ones with full HTML support for email(not even the WM phones can do it!)
Have a read on all the features here:
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/zdnet-uk-first-take-10013312/hotmail-exchange-activesync-10018413/
Folders will work! They are gonna use EAS and we (iPhone) are the only ones with full HTML support for email(not even the WM phones can do it!)
Have a read on all the features here:
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/zdnet-uk-first-take-10013312/hotmail-exchange-activesync-10018413/
YES!! I can stop paying my yearly fee to Izymail finally. Great news.
According to them IMAP is too old and their POP works better in this futuristic world
Anyways w/ activesync it will still push everything mail, contacts and calendar so really for the normal end user there would be no true difference between IMAP and POP.
Yeah, but on the non-mobile side, the lack of IMAP is the reason I eventually left Hotmail for Gmail. They're shooting themselves in the foot by ignoring IMAP and continuing to stand behind POP.
Just curious what IMAP has that this solution they are enabling Monday doesn't have. My own personal issue with the lack of IMAP was that I wouldn't get my hotmail folders using POP3, but as another user has confirmed with Monday's solution I will in fact get folders. What else does IMAP bring that wouldn't be covered?