How to: Set Up Hotmail, with ActiveSync, on Your iPhone

Posted by rorypiper on August 30th, 2010 in Applications , How To , iPad , iPhone , iPod Touch , News

Last week, we told you the Hotmail on the iPhone would be getting push support, like MS Exchange. Well, thanks to our friends at iPhoneinCanada.ca, I was able to get it working on my iPhone 4. Here’s how: rorypiper

On your iDevice, go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars > Add Account.

Tap on Microsoft Exchange. Input the following information:

  • Email: Your Hotmail address (yourname@hotmail.com)
  • Domain: Leave it blank
  • Username: Your Hotmail address (yourname@hotmail.com)
  • Password: Your Hotmail password
  • Description: Hotmail

Tap on Next. Once the account is verified, a new “Server” field will appear. When it does, input the following:

  • Server: m.hotmail.com

Now enable push for either Mail, Contacts, or Calendar or all three.

That’s it. Your Hotmail should now be working just like an Exchange email address, with ActiveSync. We have only tried this with a Hotmail address, so not sure if it’s working with Windows Live emails the same way. If you happen to try, let us know how it went, by commenting below!

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