Hotmail Wave 4 now comes with Exchange ActiveSync

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) on Monday enabled its Exchange ActiveSync technology for Hotmail users, allowing them to receive push email with a supporting client device. Beyond email, calendar entries and contact will also be automatically pushed to Smartphones that implement Exchange ActiveSync, such as the iPhone and the upcoming Windows Phone 7.

Dick Craddock Group Program Manager Windows Live Hotmail elaborated on the benefits to users, "If you use an email client on your PC that already syncs with Hotmail, like Outlook with the Outlook Connector or Windows Live Mail, what you do on your phone will show up there as well, delivering a seamless experience for managing your stuff between your PC email client, your browser, and your phone."

Of course, the BlackBerry is far more efficient in its management of data, a fact that is most keenly felt when executives rack up roaming bills when traveling overseas. At the end of the day, the implementation of Exchange ActiveSync on the widely-used Hotmail service essentially eliminates the barrier of entry to what used to be a feature found only enterprise settings.

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