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Windows Live Hotmail

As we told to you yesterday, Microsoft today enabled ActiveSync for their popular Hotmail email service.

Quick Steps

  • If your device supports only one profile of ActiveSync, delete the existing ActiveSync profile on your device if you already use it
  • Enter the following:
    • URL - m.hotmail.com
    • Username – Enter full name with domain info, e.g. me@test.com
    • Domain – Leave blank
    • SSL – Enabled
    • Certificate - Accept the SSL certificate when prompted
    • Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks – All can be enabled.

Supported Devices

  • The following devices have been tested against Hotmail ActiveSync
  • WM 6.x
  • WP7
  • iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
  • Nokia E-series, S-series, N-series running Mail for Exchange application

Note that Android 2.1 isn’t currently supported due to known client issues in Android’s client. On Android 2.2 this ActiveSync be working.


Windows Live Hotmail

Microsoft is tomorrow going to enable Exchange ActiveSync for Hotmail accounts . Basically, this means that you will get push mail on your Exchange enabled phones including Android, iOS, Maemo, Symbian and Windows Mobile devices.

With Push Email, you can also sync your contacts and calendar with Hotmail’s service.

To enable push Hotmail on your beloved smart phone, simply configure your Exchange client to server m.hotmail.com, and enter your credentials.

Update: It’s now live and kicking. How-To posted here.


Here is a comparison video of startup times of Windows Phone 7, Android, iOS and Windows Mobile.

The attending devices are as follows:

  • iOS 4 – iPhone 4
  • Android 2.2 – Nexus One
  • Windows Phone 7 – LG Panther
  • Windows Mobile 6 – HTC HD2

Check out this screen comparison video between AMOLED, SLCD and LCD screen technologies.  The HTC Desire is responsible for both the AMOLED and the SLCD screen, while the HTC HD2 is responsible for the LCD screen.


Sony Ericsson Aspen - Black

Sony Ericsson announced Aspen in February, 2010. You’ve had to wait for a long time for it to become available, but now you only have to wait a few more weeks since it will be available in August.

The phone will have a 2.4″ QVGA resistive touch screen, a 3.2MP camera, 3.5mm audio-jack, FM radio, WiFi, microUSB connector and a full QWERTY keyboard. The phone is 117 x 60 x 12.45 mm in size, and weighs 130 grams.

Aspen will come with Windows Mobile 6.5.3 on board.


HTC HD2

HTC today released a new ROM for their HTC HD2. This is just a minor update, that will add the ability to make recurring calendar appointments.

The update HTC-HD2-LEO09202.exe is 1.1MB and can be downloaded here.

Here is the official changelog and installation instructions.

Update for HTC HD2 Annually Recurring Calendar Appointments
This update for HTC HD2 allows you to set recurring calendar appointments year on year.
Installation Instructions:
Note:
This update is only applicable to HTC HD2 (Not applicable to T-Mobile HTC HD2)

Follow the instructions below to download and install the update on your device:

  1. Make sure you have Microsoft ActiveSync® installed on your Windows XP PC or Windows Mobile Device Center on your Windows Vista® PC. You can find Microsoft ActiveSync from this link or Windows Mobile Device Center from this link.
  2. Connect and synchronize your device with your PC via Microsoft ActiveSync® or Windows Mobile Device Center using the USB cable.
  3. To download this update select the update below and the location closest to you then click Download.
  4. Copy the update, which is an .exe file, to your device. To install the update, tap the .exe file and follow the on-screen instructions.

Ubuntu for HTC HD2 was released yesterday by a XDA-developers member.

The video shows the user first running Windows Mobile, after that dual-booting into Android 2.1, and into Ubuntu after that. Pretty cool!


decordes at XDA-developers just released Ubuntu for HD2 version 0.1! The file is 634MB, and the download is currently quite slow since a lot of people are downloading it now.

Hit View Post to see the changelog and for download instructions.