Starting today, users can sign up for a preview of the new Outlook.com service from Microsoft. This new service will replace their current free mail service, hotmail or live mail. New users are presented with a few keys bullets upon signing up as to why its better:
- Outlook is modern—you get a fresh, clean design that’s intuitive to use.
Outlook is connected—your conversations come to life with your friends’ photos, Tweets, and recent Facebook updates. Outlook is productive—you get free Word, Excel, and PowerPoint web apps built in with 7 GB of free cloud storage. Outlook is private—you’re in control of your data, and your personal conversations aren’t used for ads.
That last bullet looks like a direct hit at Google’s gmail service. The interface is simple and seems to mirror the flat, almost washed out look, typical of their upcoming Windows 8 operating system, its suite of metro apps and the Office 2013 software products.
There is also a short marketing video upon logging in for the first time.
I think its worth checking out. So head on over and grab your new outlook.com email address today.