All your favourite Windows Live tools now available on your mobile phone Kuala Lumpur, June 24, 2008 – Microsoft Online Services Group today announced that its Windows Live services are now available on-the-go for the 25 million mobile subscribers in Malaysia1. This will allow mobile users to have valuable access to a world of relationships, information and interests from their mobile device.
Windows Live for Mobile provides customers with a one-stop access to their favourite Windows Live services such as Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger, and Windows Live Space. The new service gives consumers a quick and easy way to find the content and services they need while on-the-go and features new technologies that customise the experience for each consumer’s device.
“People want to stay connected and informed wherever they are, and our aim is to deliver easy-to-use, familiar mobile services that keep people connected to the people and information they care about,” said Craig Law-Smith, Marketing Director, Microsoft Online Service Group, Southeast Asia. “Windows Live for Mobile is the latest example of our commitment to enhancing the mobile services experience for our customers, and helping mobile operators, OEMs and advertising partners access new revenues and differentiate their products in this competitive mobile market.”
Chris Chandler, Head of Mobile, Microsoft Online Services Group, Southeast Asia, said, “We believe wherever you go, your phone should bring your world with you. Microsoft will continue build upon our current offerings to personal and business users by delivering a whole new range of experiences to mobile consumers. And we have the broadest partnerships, the finest people, and the best software and services to get us there.” Your world, wherever you go
Windows Live for Mobile is now available as a software client application on Windows Mobile devices, select Nokia N Series and E Series devices, as well as for other handsets with a mobile browser. Customers using Windows Live for Mobile will enjoy the following: - Windows Live Mail. Microsoft’s email service for mobile users allows customers to access and manage their Windows Live Mail account while on-the-go. Receive email updates, send emails, and update your contact list wherever you are simply by logging in with your existing Hotmail ID
- Windows Live Messenger. Windows Live Messenger allows users to stay in touch even when they can’t speak out loud – in meetings, loud concerts, etc. All the brilliant features users love about Windows Live Messenger on the PC are now available on their mobiles too, including contact status updates, text and voice messages, group chats, the power to send and receive files
- Windows Live Spaces. Update your space, post blog entries and upload photos and videos taken from a camera-enabled mobile phone while on the move. Stay in touch with the lives of your friends and families by subscribing to their blogs and reading them at your own convenience. Blogging has never been so easy
“Windows Live is all about giving consumers the tools and services they need to be in control as they stay connected to the people they care about, on top of the information that is important to them, and protected across all of their online activities,” added Craig. “We’re proud and excited to release the Windows Live on Windows Mobile to consumers so we can deliver an experience that further enhances their online communications.”
Windows Live for Mobile also offers value and opportunity for the mobile industry. It enables operators and OEMs to differentiate their products in the marketplace by offering customers new, innovative services while helping to minimize the time to market and certification costs for operator partners. The product was designed and tested with mobile operators in mind. Microsoft is also pursuing alliances with mobile operators in Malaysia to integrate Windows Live services so that they can leverage Microsoft’s investment and development work to bring an improved mobile Internet experience to their subscribers.
Windows Live for Mobile will run on mobile phones from nearly 50 device makers used by 160 mobile operators. Windows Live for Mobile services including, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Mail and Windows Live Spaces, the world’s most widely used blogging service, are also used by device makers including HTC Corp., LG Electronics, Motorola Inc., Nokia, Palm Inc., Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) and Samsung.
Windows Live for Mobile is now available in Malaysia. Customers interested in using Windows Live for Mobile services can simply go to http://mobile.live.com on their mobile phone web browser or visit http://www.messengergoesmobile.com on the PC for more information and instructions on how to download. About MSN and Windows Live
MSN attracts more than 465 million unique users worldwide per month. With localized versions available globally in 42 markets and 21 languages, MSN is a world leader in delivering compelling programmed content experiences to consumers and digital advertising opportunities to businesses worldwide. Windows Live, a new set of personal Internet services and software, is designed to bring together in one place all the relationships, information and interests people care about most, with enhanced safety and security features across their PC, devices and the Web.
Windows Live is available at http://www.live.com. MSN is located on the Web at http://www.msn.com. MSN worldwide sites are located at http://www.msn.com/worldwide.ashx. About Microsoft
Microsoft (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd is a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation and was incorporated on July 8, 1992. Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software – any time, any place and on any device.
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