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By Elsa Wenzel on 24/07/2007

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The good:

  • Offers both a new interface and a Classic view
  • Inline dictionary and thesaurus
  • Built-in audio player
  • Basic image editing
  • Automatic link and image blocking
  • Integrates with desktop Windows Live Mail and Outlook

The bad:

  • Includes ads in the interface and your e-mail messages
  • No RSS newsreader
  • Storage is smaller than that of competitors
  • Lacks built-in chatting as well as integration with mapping and blogging
  • Some features only work in Internet Explorer

The bottomline:

Drag-and-drop message organisation and a built-in MP3 player are among the notable new features to this radical overhaul of Hotmail.

Editors' rating:

7/10

Users' rating:

6.4/10
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