Hotmail is No More - Leave the memories alone...

[acailler]

Here lies the remains of the oldest email name on the internet....

Microsoft has a new email service -- Outlook.com has launched, and will eventually replace popular browser-based service Hotmail.

Outlook.com borrows the clean Metro-infused look that's already present on its mobile platform and is about to go mainstream with Windows 8. As Microsoft explains on its official blog, if you already have a Live or Hotmail account you can sign in using that, and if you want, you can change your existing email address to one ending in outlook.com.

Windows Phone users should hold fire on this, however -- while many Microsoft employees enthusiasts will be keen to change their existing address to a new one, when you go to make the switch, the Powerpoint-addled corporation warns, "On your phone, features that use this address will stop working, including Marketplace, Xbox LIVE, SkyDrive, email and others.

"To use these features again on your phone," Microsoft continues, "you'd need to restore it to factory settings, which erases all personal content."

In other words, despite Windows Phone being Microsoft's own operating system, changing your phone's Microsoft-brand email address to an Outlook.com one will bork several major apps.

Dismaying stuff, especially for Windows Phone enthusiasts. A question also hangs over whether Microsoft will be able to keep its new toy free of spam -- the service currently prompts new users to verify their humanity using a nigh-on unreadable captcha code, with a broken audio tip that, as ZDNet's Rupert Goodwins points out, sounds like being trapped down a well with an experimental yodeler and his synth keyboard.

So, a few teething problems, but with the official Twitter account raving that the service has already attracted 1 million sign-ups, Outlook.com could eventually prove a decent Gmail alternative for those who are into Microsoft's other services, like Skydrive or Windows Phone. You can also add contacts from social networks, including Facebook.

Microsoft has (optimistically) provided step-by-step instructions for those who want to switch from Gmail to the new service, so examine this page if you're looking to make the jump. Hotmail will eventually be replaced completely by Outlook.com.

 

[seabs]

I forgot hotmail still existed tbh, when I was younger everyone had one lol. Shit I have a WP7 phone, great.......

 

[Rysenberg]

I used to be a little pimp chatting up all the birds on MSN lmao.

 

[Jonathan]

Really? For fuck sake.

 

[Matt]

WHAT? I use hotmail! what will happen to me!

 

[seabs]

WHAT? I use hotmail! what will happen to me!

Your computer will explode in 3 hours.

 

[Big Hoss Rambler]

gmail or gtfo

 

[Stopspot]

 

[Matt]

Your computer will explode in 3 hours.

:upset::upset:

 

[Stopspot]

:upset::upset:

You can save it by getting a Gmail account Mince.

 

[Brother Loathe]

gmail sucks.

 

[Big Hoss Rambler]

gmail sucks.

you suck

 

[Stopspot]

gmail sucks.

Scrub. Are you of the Bully Ray school of computers?

 

[Dat Girl]

Don't be a whiny little Gmail bitch. Be a man and stand up for yourself and use yahoo mail.

 

[seabs]

Scrub. Are you of the Bully Ray school of computers?

TWITTAH and Myspace ftw.