Comments on: Microsoft gets desperate..offers coolhotmail.com (i.e. all possible weird email addresses)

By: anjali

anjali — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:10:46 +0000

well there seems to be a lot of discussion on this..
i ve gotten an id for myself n i tnkh its really cool… well it aint just clothes that suit one s personality.. i thnk this is a nice way to express what you thnk of yourself ur likes etc…

i do thnk ppl shld go n explore.. and abt the limited domain names. i m sure MS WILL SOON ADD MORE AS PER THE LIKES OF PPL…

By: achyut

achyut — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:44:40 +0000

hey wud any1 help me……wen i m opening….coolhotmail.com….its asking me 4 password n id………4 authentication…….i m new to it……..hw to get thosde…..plz help me…..my mail add is achyut_masti@yahoo.com

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Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:09:02 +0000

[...] MSN gears up for mobile content, multimedia advertising After rolling out a new version of Windows Live Hotmail with 5GB free storage space, the company has followed up with a complete suite of services, including SkyDrive, Live Messenger and Live Spaces. My take: I hope they go beyond the “coolhotmail” sort of stupid things. [...]

By: Nirmal

Nirmal — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:43:38 +0000

Agree with you. This is idiotic. For people who think this is innovative, http://www.mail.com had this way back in 1997- it is way back since hotmail was out only in 1996. And now even AOL offers it https://domains.aol.com/personaldomain/app/domainHomeSearch . Been there done that concept. Yes it seems very new to a lot of people since the reach of the internet has widened in india- however i dont think it would effect the existing situation – very rightly as you mentioned.

By: tina

tina — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 05:39:57 +0000

yes

By: Ashish

Ashish — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:58:21 +0000

@Madhavi
Y! offers unlimited now..so does Indiatimes..and honestly, no matter how many mails u receive a day, u will NEVER go out of space in Gmail (atleast for another 2 years).

By: Madhavi

Madhavi — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:50:28 +0000

What you guys talking about!!?

I think this is the COOLEST idea MS has come up with in a long time! Not only can you choose a unique domain, its 5 gb!!! I think its kickass:)

By: RE:. Rahul

RE:. Rahul — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:17:23 +0000

they don’t delete any emails, cuz i have mine, this is a good idea, which no one has comeup with, except AOL and hotmail, so if you don’t like it, then dont read it, go and use gmail. Now gmail isn’t much better, hotmail now has better interface and 5GB storage, so quit wining.

By: Rahul

Rahul — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:58:33 +0000

Microsoft is really a crazy co. their hotmail sucks so bad..if you dont check ur accnt for 60 days, they delete all your emails..WTF!

By: rAm

rAm — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:10:26 +0000

hmm…
It’s plain Stupid..! I use hotmail id only for one purpose.. (download live writer !! and some other stuff ). it’s full of usability issues and top it all a glaring in your face banner accupying abt 25% of the page on the top.
They don’t need to do lot of good stuff, but let me check my mail easily..

By: Sameer

Sameer — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:39:42 +0000

This is the MOST stupid idea that I have come across. Except the domain registar which I am sure will have made huge amount of money, I don’t think how will this benefit anybody else.

MS needs to reboot!

By: Abhishek Goyal

Abhishek Goyal — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:33:10 +0000

I am amazed how people who make up these decisions get away with it. There should be a fan club of the guys who came up with this idea .

By: Raseel

Raseel — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:28:54 +0000

I completely agree. Most people don’t want an email that suits their personalities. Thats what clothes are for.
People will usually have 2 email IDs, viz., 1 for work related stuff and the other for more personal stuff.
And as you rightly pointed out, the jobless ones who will actually go and register a sorry-excuse-of-an-email-address from coolhotmail, will end up not using it as soon as they realise how conviniently used-to they were to their older email accounts.