14 DAY TRIAL // As far as the evolution of the Windows Live collection of applications and services is concerned, Microsoft is by no means limited exclusively to the desktop, or to the Cloud. The Redmond company also kicked the mobile flavor of Windows Live to the next level ,with the introduction of Wave 3 milestone. Earlier this week, the software giant introduced an update to Windows Live for Mobile, promising an entirely new mobile experience for users, even beyond what was made available to testers during the Beta program.
“The new and updated mobile web services include Windows Live Home, Photos, Profile, People, and Spaces. These complement our existing mobile services, like Hotmail and Messenger. (An update to Hotmail for mobile web is on its way in the coming months – check this blog for more mobile news as it becomes available). With this release, we are extending even more of Windows Live to mobile devices, but with a mobile twist,” Keith Senzel and Martin Krupicka, Windows Live Mobile team, revealed.
Falling with the same design line of the rest of Windows Live Wave 3, the Mobile-centered services now feature an overhauled graphical interface. The redesigned hub for the entire mobile Windows Live experience, namely the Windows Live Home for mobile, centralizes all Windows Live services on both PCs and mobile devices. At the same time, Microsoft is not only delivering the Windows Live Mobile website on mobile devices, but also on PCs. The content will tailor itself to the devices run by the end-users when accessing it, as the address is the same.
“Photos for mobile extends the Windows Live Photos experience to your mobile device, so now you can view, share, and upload photos from your mobile phone. This means you can take a picture with your phone’s camera, upload it to Windows Live from your phone, share it with your friends (if you want to), and then view it online from either a PC or a phone,” Senzel and Krupicka added.
With the introduction of Wave 3, Microsoft has also streamlined access to Windows Live contacts through a mobile phone. In this regard, the Windows Live People for mobile is set up to support search, but also email and phone call capabilities.
Windows Live Profile for mobile makes it easy for people to create a webpage dedicated to sharing information about themselves with their contacts. Furthermore, on top of it all, Microsoft also touched up Windows Live Spaces for mobile, refreshing it to suit the Wave 3 release.