New features coming to Windows Live Hotmail

The Hotmail team has posted that they are adding some new features to Windows Live Hotmail. Here is what the blogpost reads-

It’s that time again! The Hotmail team has been hard at work since our last release in the fall, and we’ve got a bunch of new features coming out… and we’re rolling them out now! Your Hotmail account has seen a number of awesome changes in the past few months - we’ve introduced a great new look and we’ve made everything faster and easier to use. The new stuff we’ve added came from the feedback you sent in, and we hope you like what you see so far.

If you haven’t seen any changes yet, you will soon! Until then, here’s a quick preview of just a few things to expect: ¹

More room for messages. We’ve moved the banner ad from the top of the screen to the side so you can see more messages listed in your inbox.

Ever growing storage. Our storage grows with you – You start with 5 GB of storage, and it automatically increases as you need it. So you don’t have to worry about whether to keep a message or delete it. ²

Info at your fingertips. Making plans with friends and family is easy. When you’re writing a message, it’s just one click to add local maps, direction, movie times, and more. We’re trying this out in the US and the UK to get feedback for now, but more places are on the way.

A little more social. Open your Hotmail to the Today page to see what’s new with the people you know, like the latest stuff they’ve posted on blogs, Twitter or Flikr.

A new way to get Hotmail on your phone. POP3 technology is available to Hotmail users in a bunch of countries for free now, so it’s easy to add Hotmail to the e-mail program on your phone. Check out this blog to find out more.

More style. Choose from more themes (and some that change based on things like time of day or weather) and edit your email signature in HTML.