Put Windows Live on your Windows Mobile phone

Posted by:
Brandon LeBlanc
05:02 AM Wednesday
May 14, 2008
33 Comments

Windows Live for Windows Mobile is now available to download for your Windows Mobile phone. Windows Live for Windows Mobile lets Windows Mobile users sync their email from Windows Live Hotmail as well as their Windows Live Contacts.

To download, just head on over to this URL on your Windows Mobile phone:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/mobile/wl/download-en-us.mspx

UPDATE: Folks wanting a shorter URL to access Windows Live for Windows Mobile can go to the following URL - http://wl.windowsmobile.com/

Just download the .cab file for the version of Windows Mobile you are running (Standard or Professional). Windows Live for Windows Mobile works on phones running both Windows Mobile and Windows Mobile 6 (and 6.1).

Let me explain how I use Windows Live for Windows Mobile today on my BlackJack II. Because Windows Live for Windows Mobile syncs up my Windows Live Contacts - I encourage many of my contacts to edit their profiles and make sure their email addresses and phone numbers are correct. When their Windows Live Contact is synced to my phone - their name appears under my Contacts on my Windows Mobile phone (Windows Mobile has a centralized "contact directory"). Information my Windows Live Contacts fill out in their profiles appear on my phone. Users can have multiple phone numbers entered into their profiles for a variety of locations such as Mobile, Home, or Work. When I choose to call a Windows Live Contact - I choose any of the numbers they provided to me that is in their profile. Of course I can also edit their contact information either in Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Mail or via the web in Windows Live Hotmail.

Speaking of Windows Live Hotmail - Windows Live for Windows Mobile also lets my sync my email to my Windows Mobile phone as well. With Push-Email - you can get your email from Windows Live Hotmail account as it comes in. The sync features for email in Windows Live for Windows Mobile let me view the same unread/read email messages on my Windows Mobile phone, desktop PC with Windows Live Mail, or via the web with Windows Live Hotmail. If I read an unread message on my phone, it not only becomes unread on my phone but also becomes unread in Windows Live Mail and on the web in Windows Live Hotmail.

Windows Live for Windows Mobile however does not come with a Windows Live Messenger client for your Windows Mobile phone. We've chosen to do this to support carrier's plans for IM services for their phones. If there is no IM client on your phone, you can try our browser based version of Windows Live Messenger to chat with friends or ask your carrier about IM options for your phone.

For me - Windows Live for Windows Mobile has become a huge asset for me in staying connected with Windows Live and is essential for my Windows Mobile device.

For more information on Windows Live for Windows Mobile - check out the Windows Live for Windows Mobile Team's new blog!

Comments

jamiet

Posted on: May 14, 2008 at 6:26AM
Hiya Brandon,

I've downloaded and installed and am about to start setting up. I'm reticent to sync my email though because I already have my work email synced to my phone via active sync. Do you know if it creates a new email account or does it put everything into the same one?

I'll subscribe to your comments RSS feed so I'll know if you reply.

Thanks

Jamie
reverseswing

Posted on: May 14, 2008 at 10:11AM
It would really help people out if these download links were shorter to facilitate quicker typing in the mobilde devices.
reverseswing

Posted on: May 14, 2008 at 10:51AM
I'm just glad I get push-email for hotmail. Finally!
Windows Addict

Posted on: May 14, 2008 at 2:58PM
PingBack from :

http://hacksdaily.blogspot.com/2008/05/put-windows-live-on-your-windows-mobile.html
Brandon LeBlanc

Posted on: May 14, 2008 at 4:59PM
jamiet, it creates a separate account for your Windows Live Hotmail email with its folders etc. Which is nice because I also use Exchange on my phone as well but the two are entirely separate.

Thanks,

Brandon
Brandon LeBlanc

Posted on: May 14, 2008 at 5:28PM
I've updated the above post to include the shorter URL to download Windows Live for Windows Mobile:

http://wl.windowsmobile.com/

Thanks,

Brandon
Bryan

Posted on: May 14, 2008 at 8:10PM
Awesome- thanks Brandon & Windows Mobile Team!

In future releases, will this functionality be integrated into Outlook Mobile? It seems redundant to have multiple e-mail applications on the same device- especially for pocket devices which have very limited hardware resources.
Esquire

Posted on: May 14, 2008 at 8:53PM
Is this "release" any different from the Windows Live already on my WM6 phone?
Brandon LeBlanc

Posted on: May 14, 2008 at 10:33PM
Esquire, if you already have Windows Live for Windows Mobile on your WM6 phone then you don't need to download this.

Bryan, glad you like! I can't imagine my Windows Mobile phone without it.

I actually would disagree that functionality like email from Windows Live for Windows Mobile should be integrated into Outlook Mobile. I like having Outlook Mobile with my Exchange email separate from Windows Live Hotmail. And there are some folks (I know a few) who don't use Outlook or Exchange that will use Windows Live Hotmail primarily for email too - so Outlook Mobile wouldn't be of any use to them really.

In terms of being redundant - think of it this way: Windows Live for Windows Mobile "adds" and "enables" your Windows Live Hotmail email account to existing email accounts on Windows Mobile. Look at it in the account sense instead of separate application sense.

- Brandon
jamiet

Posted on: May 15, 2008 at 1:27AM
cool. thanks Brandon.

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