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Hi all,
Having just got an E90 i went to the downloads page to see what they had and discovered Windows Live was now available for the E90 where as previously it had only been available for the N series devices.
Having posted this news in a relevant thread on another Forum it appears Microsoft intend ending the 30 day free trial and will start billing S60 users who want to use Windows Live on thier devcies here is what a Microsoft employee has said.
""Hi folks, Jeff from Microsoft here (any Mobians on the thread will know me from Amsterdam and a few other events) – first of all, sorry for taking so long to get back to you; we needed to do some investigation as Windows Mobile users were not supposed to get that message.
Here’s what happened: This week we rolled out a direct-to-consumer billing service for the Windows Live client on Nokia S60 in the UK and Sweden. Although we are considering doing the same at a future time for Windows Mobile, this has not been implemented – however, something happened and many of you saw a trial message on Windows Mobile devices. Windows Mobile customers shouldn’t have received any notifications of a 30-day trial and we are working as quickly as possible to correct this.
As you may know, we offer Messenger services through mobile operators on lots of handsets, not just Windows Mobile. Traditionally, customers have been billed by their mobile operators for many of these services, either directly or through their data package."
So basically S60 users will either have to start paying to use the service or need to find alternatives instead.
Marc
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[ This Message was edited by: Dogmann on 2008-01-10 07:49 ]
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Posted: 2008-01-10 06:11:42
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Glad I don't use it.
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Posted: 2008-01-10 06:24:49
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