Windows Live for mobile Wave 3 – take your social life on the go

By damaster on November 14, 2008 3:39 PM

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Since Wave 3 first surfaced, we’ve been talking about the Windows Live Essentials clients suite, and we’ve been discussing the online portion of the Windows Live services, but there’s actually a third part to the Windows Live Wave 3 release – Windows Live for mobile. We’ve produced the matrix below that summarises what mobile services will be offered as part of the Wave 3 release. Each mobile service is marked against the three different channels of how Windows Live for mobile will be available for the mobile users – through Client-based (for Windows Mobile and other supported mobile devices), Web-based (for WAP or GPRS-enabled mobile web browsers), or SMS-based services:

Here’s a summary of what’s new and updated in each of the above mobile services:

Windows Live Home for mobile
- What’s New feed integration – just like the normal web version, you’ll be able to see all your contact’s What’s New feeds at a glance on your mobile device

Windows Live Hotmail for mobile
- Mail Search – search within the contents of emails using the Web-based service
- Rich email – HTML rendering of email with images and links
- SMS new email alerts

Windows Live Photos for mobile
- Ability to upload your photos on your mobile phone (including those just taken with the phone camera) directly onto Windows Live Photos using the Client-based Windows Live Photos for mobile
- New Web-based service that allows users to view albums and photos on their mobile web browser and add comments to the uploaded Photos
- What’s New feed integration – similar to the one for Windows Live Home for mobile, but filtered to display only Photos-related feeds in your Network

Windows Live Profile for mobile
- New Web-based service that allow users to view their own and other people’s Profile information in the mobile web browser, manage their friends requests, and also with the What’s New feed integration

Windows Live People for mobile
- New Web-based service to allow users to search for contacts in Windows Live People and view their contact’s information using the mobile web browser
- For supported mobile devices, the Client-based version of Windows Live People for mobile integrates contacts in the mobile phone’s address book with your Windows Live contact list
- SMS-based service allow users to send SMS to a Windows Live SMS shortcode to look up a contacts information in their contact list

Windows Live Calendar for mobile
- SMS-based service allow users to SMS the text “today” or “tomorrow” to a Windows Live SMS shortcode and receive a list of appointments and events for the particular day on their mobile phone

Of course, all the above-mentioned service will also get a face-lift and will feature the new “Wave 3”-look for mobile. Most features, particularly the new SMS-based services, are expected to be released in early 2009. Click on the pictures below for a larger preview of some of the new services.

In the coming months, you will be able to access most of these services from http://mobile.live.com . Of course, don’t forget that Live Search for mobile also recently got an update over at http://m.live.com

Posted in News | Tags: Mobile, Wave 3

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http://www.liveside.net/members/Alimaggs/default.aspx Alimaggs

If anybody has contact details for the team, I’d be intrigued to resolve a problem I have with Windows Live Mobile Home…

I’m using the beta version at http://mhome.live.com and, rather oddly, I can’t click through to my own profile…

My address is:
http://cid-6ba5a09ff313398.mobile.spaces.live.com/?mkt=en-GB

which comes up saying: Sorry, you can’t view this space. Either this space is private, or it does not exist.

Bizarrely, I can get to my space if I type the direct URL (http://alimaggs.mobile.spaces.live.com).

I tried creating a second account and made myself friends with myself to test the process, but my second account couldn’t access my space either. I’ve checked my spaces permissions, just in case, but it’s all set to “everyone can view”…

Anyway, I’d like to resolve the issue, but I don’t have any contact details and, as far as I can tell, I can’t find a blog. I’m wondering if it’s because I’m using a non-hotmail address?? But I’m just guessing.

Anyhow, my email address is ali@alimaggs.com if somebody could put me in touch.
http://www.liveside.net/members/BV2312/default.aspx BV2312

http://mobile.live.com/Ruhp.aspx has been updated with the new Wave 3 colour
http://liveside.net/members/thaman04/default.aspx thaman04

Check out the new WAVE 3 ICONS!!
http://windowslive.com/ComingSoon

I like!!! Can’t wait to see the rest of them! :)

I hope they had the golden swirl to the new Profiles and Groups icons, because they are not really consistent with the other new icons.
http://liveside.net/members/ales_5F00_X1/default.aspx ales_X1

Hey,check this out!
http://mphotos.live.com/?mkt=en-US
http://www.liveside.net/members/foaf/default.aspx foaf

No Calendar for Client or Web! Absolute shocker!

How difficult is it to sync a calendar made by the same company? Probably quite difficult, but that’s no excuse.
http://www.liveside.net/members/BV2312/default.aspx BV2312

totally agree with FOAF!
http://liveside.net/members/thaman04/default.aspx thaman04

I agree as well FOAF! It’s a disgrace that the calendars in Outlook, Windows Live Mail, and Hotmail don’t sync seemlessly. TONS of people want this, and they STILL have not delivered.
http://www.liveside.net/members/JSYOUNG571/default.aspx JSYOUNG571

Agree with FOAF! Windows Live has really never mastered putting the calendar together period. This has been since last November when they came out with the Windows Live Calendar period. It took a whole year for it to finally work, and that is not even full potential working. The outlook connector beta that was introduced during the last wave sucks. I can sync my Windows Live Calendar with Outlook, but it throws all my scheduled appointments off and changes my United States time to a foreign country’s time. I just can’t use it period. That is why so many people have run over to Google. I am not surprise about the mobile part since they have a hard time with putting it together for our email accounts. I downloaded the Windows Mobile software for my phone and sort of disappointed with that. It dosen’t even include messenger.
http://www.liveside.net/members/Seika/default.aspx Seika

And they can’t at least add Active Sync through Live Mail’s calendar in the mean time.
http://www.liveside.net/members/foaf/default.aspx foaf

@JSYoung – There is actually a version of Windows Live for Mobile that includes Messenger. For some reason (I think blame the power of the Mobile Operators) MS don’t make this version public.

But go here to find the version with Messenger http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334621 to download the CAB and install on your WinMob.

Aside from Calendar, I hope they improve the reliability of the WL for WinMob. To actually do anything with it takes at least three taps of the “Synchronise” button.
http://www.liveside.net/members/CafeConLeche/default.aspx CafeConLeche

Having a calendar that can not sync with my phone is pretty much useless. I love live services, but if they can’t deliver such a basic feature, I think I will have to move to something else (probably google, once they get their contact tool working right)

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