Put Windows Live on your Windows Mobile phone

Posted by:
Brandon LeBlanc
05:02 AM Wednesday
May 14, 2008
35 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 19, 2008 at 1:37AM
cool. thanks Brandon.
Rob Neff

Posted on: May 29, 2008 at 2:21AM
How I make it so Windows Live Messenger automatically signs in when I boot Windows Mobile 6? This is a critical feature and I can't find it. Imagine if I had to manually sign into Vista Messenger. I'd never use that either.
srsickler

Posted on: May 31, 2008 at 7:08PM
This download has been disabled more often than it works. I set up Windows Live for Windows Mobile a couple weeks ago - however, I had to reset my phone and now the download is disabled until 6-16-08. How can I reinstall the download from two weeks ago? I have the file but it won't install from my storage card nor if I move it to my phone.
Frederic

Posted on: June 27, 2008 at 5:41PM
I am interested in using this Software. I have installed it, and find that it could be really useful, alas, all the cool features like gas prices, traffic, directions etc, seem as though are not meant for this country.

South Africa.

Will there be support for this at a later date?

I would really like the use of traffic and gas prices as this can be handy.

Who ould one need to contact for this in order to get the message accross?

Thanks
radeldudel

Posted on: June 29, 2008 at 4:30AM
I'd love to sync my E-mail with my HTC Touch, would switch to live and even pay for the service, but the download is not working, and it had not been working for over a month.

Whats up?
Brandon LeBlanc

Posted on: July 23, 2008 at 1:43AM
The download should now be working again!

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

- Brandon
clackers

Posted on: July 24, 2008 at 9:52AM
Have you guys implemented something for the iPhone yet? I have been a loyal Hotmail user for years and your non-cooperation in this area is disappointing.
tgrendus@hotmail...

Posted on: March 25, 2009 at 2:52PM
Any word on Windows Live for Windows Mobile adding a feature to sync with Live Calendar? Everything else works great but this one area is frusterating.
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