TOMORROW: free hotmail push/sync - ACTUAL setup info?

[dsilver#AC]

Tomorrow Microsoft is making push, activesync email, calendar, etc. available to all Hotmail users for free.

Since there is no "Hotmail app" like we have for Gmail and even Yahoo Mail, what ACTUAL options with ACTUAL process info do you guys think will work best? New port and server info, perhaps?

If they're gonna give me a solid, free IMAP option, you better believe I'm gonna start using Hotmail more than I do now.

-HTC Mail app: I detest the HTC Mail app, which at-best fails to accurately reflect the UI of the web-based client (Gmail UI is close but fast, Yahoo's is similar but slow). I don't want to use the Mail app unless I have to.

-3rd party apps off the market: I don't use K9 or any of the others b/c gmail integration & app is terrific for my mobile needs, and the Yahoo app gets the job done for the few things I actually use Yahoo for, so I the "just use k9" answer is reasonable, but since MOST people don't use it and won't, what are the other non-market options?

-Web-based Hotmail: Actually, they got their act together and the mobile web UI is pretty nice now...much better than 6 months ago. It's pretty darn fast and you can access your folders, but naturally you can't access your phone's contact list (for 99% of users).

Exchange ActiveSync to arrive on Hotmail on Monday | Beyond Binary - CNET News

 

[theoverdrive]

-HTC Mail app: I detest the HTC Mail app, which at-best fails to accurately reflect the UI of the web-based client (Gmail UI is close but fast, Yahoo's is similar but slow). I don't want to use the Mail app unless I have to.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the only reason why HTC Mail app sucks for Hotmail is that Hotmail didn't support Exchange ActiveSync. With the Hotmail update coming, wouldn't that allow the HTC Mail app to fully interface with Hotmail via Exchange ActiveSync?

And the server information for Exhange ActiveSync is already out there: m.hotmail.com.

I just tried it out of curiosity with the HTC Mail app and it looks promising - it gave me options to sync Mail, Contacts, and Calendar. It didn't fully finish though... probably because the service isn't live yet on Hotmail's end. But if I were to guess, it'll work tomorrow or soon after.

 

[jcole01272]

So far this still doesn't work for me...

 

[theoverdrive]

So far this still doesn't work for me...

Yeah, it's not working for me either. Really hoping it's just not live yet on Hotmail's end, because it would really suck if there's something wrong with HTC's Mail app. I guess we'll know more tomorrow.

 

[theoverdrive]

I found this on the Inside Windows Live Blog:

ActiveSync Set-Up for Hotmail Access

Doesn't sound good regarding Android 2.1 devices. It doesn't outright rule out the Incredible, since HTC's Mail app is separate, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Could be a few more months before it works...

 

[aubiker]

Just set it up on my Droid. Works great with 2.2. Pushing email - syncing contacts and calendar. Information on set up at:

Hotmail now supports push email, calendar, and contacts with Exchange ActiveSync

 

[nmyeti]

anyone set this up using the stock froyo mail application? The HTC client doesn't support a 2nd exchange account which is kind of sad because on my Pre for work I have 3 different exchange accounts setup now.

 

[jcole01272]

Just set it up on my Droid. Works great with 2.2. Pushing email - syncing contacts and calendar. Information on set up at:

Hotmail now supports push email, calendar, and contacts with Exchange ActiveSync

I'm on 2.2, but I keep getting "unable to set up account"...what email app are you using?

 

[aubiker]

The stock email app.

 

[aubiker]

Non-starter: NO HTML!

Not usable until that's corrected.

 

[jcole01272]

Still can't get it to work...oh well, back to my gmail workaround. Or just going to the web portal...

 

[theoverdrive]

Still can't get it to work...oh well, back to my gmail workaround. Or just going to the web portal...

I just updated to official 2.2 via OTA and the stock HTC Mail app still won't work.

Touchdown doesn't work either.

But I did get the free version of RoadSync to work. Unfortunately, that only lasts through the trial period and the full version is like $9.99.

 

[jcole01272]

I just updated to official 2.2 via OTA and the stock HTC Mail app still won't work.

Touchdown doesn't work either.

But I did get the free version of RoadSync to work. Unfortunately, that only lasts through the trial period and the full version is like $9.99.

RoadSync worked for me as well, but I am not going to pay $9.99 just to be able to do what others can do for free! Does anyone know if K9 or Maildroid or any of the other free mail apps are working?

 

[TBolt]

I would have checked this option if it were available:

[check] Sync is important; Gmail/Google Apps does all I need.

 

[jcole01272]

The other problem with RoadSync is it doesn't seem to let you view the emails in HTML...for the use that I put my Hotmail through, this is a deal-breaker.

 

[krelvinaz]

Touchdown doesn't work either.

Touchdown works great with 2.2.

Make sure you download the right version. Look for the version called Exchange for Android 2.x

But it is only for exchange access.

 

[nmyeti]

The stock froyo email.apk that i found works great with the new Hotmail activesync and if you like the black theme you can just stop using the main HTC mail app for exchange all together as this supports multiple accounts.

 

[theoverdrive]

The stock froyo email.apk that i found works great with the new Hotmail activesync and if you like the black theme you can just stop using the main HTC mail app for exchange all together as this supports multiple accounts.

Yeah, I decided to just use that and it worked great.

 

[jcole01272]

The stock froyo email.apk that i found works great with the new Hotmail activesync and if you like the black theme you can just stop using the main HTC mail app for exchange all together as this supports multiple accounts.

Where did you get it?

 

[theanswer3]

yeah can you hook us up.