Using Hotmail with Windows Mobile

Today we’re going to talk about using your Hotmail or Windows Live account with Outlook Mobile.

What does sync’ing with Windows Live support?

• Email (Your choice of push email or scheduled sync)
• Contact sync
• Uploading photos to your Live Spaces
• Live Messenger (in some cases)

How do I set it up?

If you have Windows Mobile 6 and the Windows Live software is pre-installed by your phone manufacture:

1. Simply open the programs menu and select Windows Live.  Follow the setup wizard and viola, you’ll have your Hotmail / Live mail and contacts syncing to your device in no time at all. 
2. Alternatively, you can enter your live.com or hotmail.com email address in our email setup wizard and we’ll automatically launch Windows Live setup for you.  However, some of you may have email addresses that are hosted by MSN or Windows Live, such as sympatico.ca, but don’t have a live.com or hotmail.com domain. For such email addresses, this method will not work, so try 1 first.

How to get Windows Live if it isn’t pre-installed on your phone:

Visit the following web site on your mobile phone to download Windows Live for Windows Mobile, or visit the site on your PC, download the appropriate file, copy it to your phone, and open it on your phone in File Explorer:

https://wl.windowsmobile.com

This download supports Windows Mobile 6 device for push Hotmail, contact sync, and uploading pictures to spaces!  Live Messenger is not included in this download and if you are interested in Messenger access you’ll have to contact your mobile operator.

Once you’ve install Windows Live for Windows Mobile from the above site, you can then follow items 1 or 2 from above to setup your mail and contacts.

Limitations:

Microsoft will continue to invest in Windows Live for Windows Mobile, but for the time being there are some limitations:

• You can only setup one Live or Hotmail account.  If you have additional accounts that you need to check the best solution is going to https://mobile.live.com in Internet Explorer mobile.
• Synchronization with your Windows Live calendar is not supported.
• Invitations and Meeting Requests sent you your hotmail or live account can’t be accepted on your phone.  You can still accept meeting requests sent to other accounts on your phone, and you can accept invitations and meeting requests for your Live account at www.hotmail.com on your desktop.

We hope you enjoy the Windows Live experience on your phone.  We in the Outlook Mobile team don’t make the Windows Live application itself, but since it integrates into Outlook Mobile, we work closely with the team and we’ll be sure to pass on any comments and suggestions you may have!

-- Tony Grue

Updated on 7/22/08 with new link

Have a question about Outlook Mobile? Leave a comment or check out the Windows Mobile Forums

Comments

• Anonymous
  June 05, 2008
  Utilizzare Hotmail e Gmail con Windows Mobile

• Anonymous
  June 05, 2008
  The link to download Windows Live for Windows Mobile is too long to type in a mobile phone, even with a full keyboard. I'll suggest making a forward link or shorter link so that it will be more convenient for users to enter. Nuo Yan

• Anonymous
  June 05, 2008
  Hi Nuo,  yeah the link is way to long.  It pained me to suggest it, but at this time a shorter link isn't yet available.  One will be soon and I'll make sure to update the post.

• Anonymous
  June 06, 2008
  I wish to know if is in schedule (and when) the support od bidirectional synchronization with the new Windows Live Calendar. Is a killer feature for me!

• Anonymous
  June 11, 2008
  I have the Treo 700p and use it to connect to my exchange server using exchange Active sync in VersaMail. I now have Live.com host my domain's email and it works great with the Outlook connector. I want to have my phone also connect to Live to sync up mail, contacts, and calendar like I could with my old exchange server.  Not the case right now.  =( I was thinking about getting one of the new iPhones too.  Says it will do Exchange Active Sync but I wonder if it will work with Live.com.

• Anonymous
  June 27, 2008
  It doesn't appear the link is available and I've search all over Microsoft's web sites.  Any Idea if this supported anymore? Thanks, Mike

• Anonymous
  July 09, 2008
  Is there a way to unblock images by setting? I wanna see email images directly, not by clicking "view image...". Thanks Scott

• Anonymous
  July 19, 2008
  I think we are all waiting for the (easy) full sync between hotmail, outlook (or windows live mail) and the mobile phone/PDA (eventually only for hotmail plus)... See also mobile me from apple... syncronisation of mail, calendar, etc. I think a lot of people are switching over because it's taking to long... Outlook connector is not bad, but doesn't work for all hotmail plus users. And can't syncronise over the air with your mobile...

• Anonymous
  July 23, 2008
  It simply doesn't work and Microsoft likes it that way

• Anonymous
  July 29, 2008
  This is exactly what I was looking for.. hotmail in my windowsmobile 6 phone !! I totally chanced on this today.. have been looking for a solution for 3 months!!    Am completely surprised that you have not released this software under total access, or linked it from the windowsmobile website.

• Anonymous
  August 03, 2008
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• Anonymous
  August 04, 2008
  I wish to change the Hotmail account which is currently accessed through Window Live for Windows Mobile (and showing on my today screen how many messages I have) When I 'tap and hold' on the account, the delete option is grayed out.  Any suggestions?

• Anonymous
  August 06, 2008
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• Anonymous
  August 19, 2008
  I wish it would be possible to create more than one account. I use this with my Officelive business account and my own domain name and it wuld be nice to be able to use both my Hotmail account together with that account.  Also, unfortunately there is no way to change the account name to something else. It would be nice if I could just change the account name to be let's say "MyCompany" instead of "Hotmail", the same way it is possible to specify an account name for almost all other accounts (except "Outlook Email" for exchange accounts which cannot be changed either).

• Anonymous
  August 19, 2008
  Hi all, when will possible to sync my pocketpc calendar with live calendar? It's very important for my job!

• Anonymous
  August 21, 2008
  I've just gotten my new Touch Pro and have setup Hotmail while connected to my PC via USB. However, when I try to sync my Hotmail over the air, it responds 'Sync Failed, Temporarily unable to connect'. The phone is connected to the internet via a Vodafone 3G connection and I can browse websites without a problem. So the internet connection appears to be ok. Any ideas?

• Anonymous
  August 23, 2008
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• Anonymous
  August 27, 2008
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• Anonymous
  September 08, 2008
  I would really appreciate if  someone could help me with the setting up of the email account in windows mobile please. I am having dificulties finding the right income and outgoing server for hotmail. Could some body help me please. Thank you in advance.

• Anonymous
  September 24, 2008
  I wonder know why does hotmail go through GPRS? In fact, my wifi is connected at the moment. I've tried with Messenger, it goes through wifi if two connections available. (wifi + GPRS)

• Anonymous
  September 24, 2008
  I wonder know why does Hotmail goes through GPRS when I have an existed wifi connection? I'd tried with Messenger, it went through wifi in this condition. It's not reasonable because wifi should be free comparing to GPRS.

• Anonymous
  September 28, 2008
  How do I view the email images in mobile hotmail. I have a Sprint Mogul with Windows Mobile 6.1

• Anonymous
  October 01, 2008
  Hey there, I try to use hotmail account with my Samsung i780 WM6, but I have a problem. The issue is Cyrillic symbols typed on the PDA keyboard look like question marks even in the Sent folder on the server (web-access). It makes impossible to use hotmail account. Any idea how to fix this? Btw, outlook 2007 send and receive Cyrillic symbols excellent Thanx for any suggestions

• Anonymous
  October 01, 2008
  in addition to previous: another email accounts I use from mobile device work perfect, no problem with Cyrillic symbols

• Anonymous
  October 04, 2008
  can i check my email offline with this program

• Anonymous
  October 27, 2008
  I want to know how do i go about registering with hotmail using my phone

• Anonymous
  November 09, 2008
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• Anonymous
  November 11, 2008
  I can't sync my hotmail on my Xperia. It worked some days ago but now it just says something like "unable to connect to server" Anyone knows? /Mellon

• Anonymous
  November 12, 2008
  I have read about a lot of problems of not being able to send/reply to messages with windows mobile live hotmail (myself included), but, I have been unable to find anyone who has had any succuss with a fix or a reason to the problem.  Is there anyone who has had any success in fixing this problem?  Thanks.

• Anonymous
  November 13, 2008
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• Anonymous
  December 01, 2008
  I've also noticed it is really annoying when you send/receive for the Hotmail account within Outlook Mobile it insists upon firing up the GPRS/3G connection rather than just using the already connected Wi-fi connection. The other annoying factor is the shared single Windows Live ID, many people have multiple Windows Live ID's, business and personal for instance. Come on MS sort these issues out.

• Anonymous
  December 03, 2008
  This is fantastic! I wish information like this could be publicized more. When I first switched back to Hotmail, it was impossible to find this info.

• Anonymous
  December 09, 2008
  Hi All Does anyone know when functionality to sync windows live calendar with a WM6 device will be available? I'm sure every WM6 user out there can't wait for this.

• Anonymous
  December 16, 2008
  I read this interesting blogpost which talks about how to use your Hotmail or Windows Live account with

• Anonymous
  December 19, 2008
  Please let me re-iterate how BIG it is for you guys to enable syncing Live Calendar directly with WM6. I am serious, give me a PayPal account address and I'll donate huge to your guys Holiday party slush fund or something, just get that done!!!

• Anonymous
  January 10, 2009
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• Anonymous
  January 17, 2009
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• Anonymous
  February 13, 2009
  One workaround for calendar: Use Outlook Plugin for your desktop, then sync to your mobile device. One disadvantage: Recurring appointments are off, there is a TZ issue. Single instance appointments show up just fine.

• Anonymous
  February 17, 2009
  Would also love to be able to synch Live Calendar with WM6.... Is there a target release date for this?

• Anonymous
  April 02, 2009
  Is there a way to configure the download settings to just download a copy.  For instance, when I download mail, I want to be able to delete it from my phone but not delete it off the server...can this be done?

• Anonymous
  June 04, 2009
  Оригинал: http://blogs.msdn.com/outlook_mobile/archive/2008/06/05/using-hotmail-with-windows-mobile.aspx

• Anonymous
  April 21, 2010
  My Hotmail on my htc HD@ is greyed out as well as all menu items, including options, except status. I cannot delete it & it does not send o