Microsoft Launches OutLook.com - A New Email Experience

Hotmail is one of the oldest email service provider and it was also one of the most popular email service provider before Gmail. Users are moving towards Gmail like crazy because of tons and tons of Gmail tricks we can do while using Gmail. To stay in the competition its a good move from Microsoft. After Microsoft Office 2013 its Outlook.com. For now Microsoft is running Hotmail and outlook.com together. Microsoft Outlook 2013 also came with some new exciting.

Read: The New Features In Microsoft Office 2013

So what is new in outlook? will people move towards it and will they leave Gmail and other email service providers? lets read about it.

Whats New In Outlook.com

To beat Gmail storage space, Outlook.com gives you unlimited storage space for your emails and with 7GB of Skydrive space absolutely free. Go get your @outlook.com email address now.

The metro-styled interface is extremely attractive and easy to use. The interface resembles windows phone and windows 8 a lot with a tile-like interface. The new interface is easy to navigate interface, Features divided into different columns.

Features of Outlook.com

Email, Contacts, Calendar and skydrive are integrated in outlook.com.

The best feature is the slideshow feature, If you are mailing some one number of pictures it will automatically appear in a slideshow making them more presentable.

One more attractive feature is the contact information, lets say you are mailing some on, their information, picture and social network profiles will be displayed next to the note. Small but a good feature.

The office integration is also cool, If you receive a mail with a file which office can open, lets say its a word document. The outlook will automatically open it in Office web apps. This is to compete Gmail as files open in Google docs, there.

Skype integration will also be there in near future.

Conclusion

Its a step to beat Gmail and many users find it more powerful then Gmail. Number one reason for this is its interface, Number two reason is that its easy to manage and navigate. You can link your Facebook and Messenger accounts an additional feature which Gmail does not offer. Many users will stick to Gmail because of the Gtalk integration. The competition is tough, but what do you think? will outlook.com beat Gmail?

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