Microsoft has launched Outlook.com as a re-imagined version of Hotmail. You can try the preview at outlook.com
Outlook.com adds the best of Email, Contacts, Calendar, and SkyDrive, plus Instant Messaging… all in one easy place.
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Outlook will carry many familiar features of Hotmail but will do the heavy-duty as well, fully supporting Exchange ActiveSync , a full Contact directory, and adding Skype Video.
As far as the interface, Outlook.com looks like a Metro-version of Hotmail, save , of course, the name…
Here’s a quick walkthrough Microsoft made for those of you who want to get working with Outlook.com right away…
The Hotmail controls that pop-up when you hover over an email have gone a Metro re-design.
Outlook.com works beautifully on a mobile device, as shown to the left.
On a personal note, Hotmail was getting kind of of old and its design clashed with the clean look of Metro…
More info coming soon!
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1.Outlook NEEDS live spell check…who remembers to go back and check spelling! irritating!!
2. Some of us WANT to “insert” photos into email – I make creative story-emails- NEED the insert option!!
Change those two things….and I’ll use Outlook. Hated Hotmail for lack of these two options as well.