Quicklook: Microsoft Gets A Hit With MyPhone…Not Quite A Home Run

One of the biggest announcements to come out of the recent MWC 2009 conference was Microsoft’s MyPhone online backup service.  This is a huge step for Microsoft, and it is a fantastic looking service.  Essentially, it takes all of the important data from your Windows Mobile phone, copies it to your online MyPhone account, and puts it in a format which allows you to access the data just as easily from the site as from your phone.  In other words, like the popular service, Dashwire, it is not just a backup service, but complete access to your data from any computer in the world.

When MyPhone was announced at MWC, Microsoft indicated that it would be an initially closed beta.  Still, I went ahead and registered my Live ID (the whole thing is tied to your Live ID account or Hotmail) and hoped for the best.  Needless to say, I was quite surprised last night when I received an invitation to register for MyPhone…which I did immediately before they could change their collective minds.  I have now spent most of the day (or at least what free time I have had) playing with this program.  Here are some of my initial thoughts.(…)
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