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Windows Live Mobile website updated to Wave 4

Jun 5, 2010 2:06 pm by damaster | 6 comments

Windows Live Mobile logo Seems like the first Windows Live Online Service to be updated to Wave 4 is Windows Live Mobile. If you visit http://mobile.live.com using your PC’s web browser today, you would’ve noticed that the header had been upgraded to the new Wave 4 style (with Web Messenger integration and ability to change to new themes). In fact, it seems like Windows Live Mobile is now a part of Windows Live Devices (although it’s not yet available). Here’s a screenshot of the new Windows Live Devices service, allowing you to add your phone as a “device”:

(Thanks to Paul Thurrott for this screenshot)

Clicking on the added phone will bring you to Windows Live Mobile, which allow you to manage your SMS services or edit your phone’s info, as shown below:

Clicking on “Manage SMS services” allow you to customise the SMS services for your phone. We’re not sure if the list of services will increase when Wave 4 actually launches or not:

You can check out the new Windows Live Mobile now at http://mobile.live.com, although really there’s nothing much you can do at the moment on there. Stay tuned as we bring you more about Wave 4!

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http://revanmj.pl/ Michał Jakubowski
So it seems that Windows Live web services are being upgraded to Wave 4 :)
- http://about.me/mackenzieprice mackenziepricee
  Hopefully they do it relatively quickly also…
- JohnCz
  Huge guessing game here, but they’ll probably use the next 3 weekends to rollout different parts of it. I’m fascinated to see if these services are beta or final bits. During Wave 3, you had to opt-in to the Beta to use the newer services. But usually when you do that you have to provide a way to leave the beta and use production services. That is not trival by no means, so I think they just might go straight to final release on these services. I imagine the current Windows Live apps are compatible, just not able to fully leverage new functionality. The current version of Windows Live Sync might have to be updated though.
JohnCz
Any touchscreen users here? I don’t have a touchscreen, but I’m curious how well the hover/dropdown menus work using touch. In fact, it would be cool to get a touch user perspective once Wave 4 services are released.
http://about.me/mackenzieprice mackenziepricee
I had an idea before that could of been a pretty nice product in Windows Live Wave 4.
Some webcam software should of been included. Something that let you put effects and backdrops then take photos through your webcam, much like Photo Booth on Max OS X.
This seems to be a selling point for the Macs for the younger crowd. I constantly see friends my age (teen) uploading photos taken on Photo Booth. It could of been a selling point for Windows 7.
- Adam
  They already have software like this but it only works with Microsoft webcams. It’s called LifeCam.