Microsoft MyPhone Shutdown Coming August 7th
Written by Alan Monday, 11 July 2011 07:00
For those few users out there who are still clinging to their Windows Mobile devices the end is getting closer. Microsoft is now sending out reminders that the their MyPhone service will be shutting down on August 7th, 2011.
For those still using the service to backup their phone’s data, this should be a wake-up call. If you have data stored with the service then it will be moved to Microsoft SkyDrive. You won’t lose data – you just won’t b able to back any more up. You will still be able to access your previously store data, such as photos, Microsoft Office documents. Contacts, calendar entries, text messages and photos.
To get the exact information you can read the email (posted below) that Microsoft is sending out to users.
Dear Windows Mobile 6.x customer:
Microsoft will be discontinuing the My Phone service for Windows Mobile 6.x. Because you may be affected, please review the information below.
My Phone To Be Discontinued
On August 7, 2011 the My Phone service will stop saving content from phones to the My Phone service. If you rely on the My Phone service to back-up the content on your Windows Mobile 6.x phone, you will be affected.
Starting on August 7, 2011, Microsoft will begin moving your My Phone content to Windows Live SkyDrive. SkyDrive is Microsoft’s free online storage service that helps you access and share your files such as photos and Microsoft Office documents. Contacts, calendar entries, text messages and photos will be moved to SkyDrive for you. Once moved, you will be able to access this content by logging into SkyDrive using the Windows Live ID that you used to register for the My Phone service.
Other content types, including videos, music, documents and favorites will not be moved from My Phone to SkyDrive for you. If you want this content, you must save it from the My Phone service to your local PC.
On October 6, 2011, the My Phone website at http://www.microsoft.com/
Take Action
To learn more about the My Phone service shut-down, including information about your content moving to Windows Live SkyDrive and how to save other content to your local PC, please visit this web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/
Microsoft is committed to making this transition easy. In the meantime, we want to sincerely thank you for your use of Windows Mobile 6.x.
-The Windows Phone Team
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