Wednesday, July 17, 2002
News features offered by MSN 8
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 10:00 AM
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/msn/MSN8featuresheet.asp
It seems like an eternity ago that MSN was an online service that was gearing up to take on AOL. There was a desktop client, various services, and a monthly fee. That all seemed to go "poof" when they switched to a web-based offering. MSN Explorer looks like it was a step in that direction again, and MSN 8 is aiming straight at the heart of AOL - and based on the feature list I'm seeing, they might make a dent this time. What Thoughts reader Paul pointed out, however, was this interesting bit of info:
"IntelliSync for MSN. MSN Mail users can synchronize appointments, contacts, tasks and notes with personal information managers such as PDA devices (including Pocket PCs or Palm OS-based handheld devices) and Microsoft Outlook."
Sounds pretty cool! The other features sound quite compelling as well - but it all depends on the monthly costs for those of us that already have an ISP.
It seems like an eternity ago that MSN was an online service that was gearing up to take on AOL. There was a desktop client, various services, and a monthly fee. That all seemed to go "poof" when they switched to a web-based offering. MSN Explorer looks like it was a step in that direction again, and MSN 8 is aiming straight at the heart of AOL - and based on the feature list I'm seeing, they might make a dent this time. What Thoughts reader Paul pointed out, however, was this interesting bit of info:
"IntelliSync for MSN. MSN Mail users can synchronize appointments, contacts, tasks and notes with personal information managers such as PDA devices (including Pocket PCs or Palm OS-based handheld devices) and Microsoft Outlook."
Sounds pretty cool! The other features sound quite compelling as well - but it all depends on the monthly costs for those of us that already have an ISP.
