I keep my Hotmail account for three reasons - nostalgia, so someone else doesn't take it, and because Comics.com only sends one free daily comic per email address and I <i>really</i> want to receive Dilbert and Pearls Before Swine.<p>This update looks like some catchup and some new features. There's nothing there that will prompt me to change. In the context of a market leader playing defence, however, these look smart.
I must admit i do check hotmail.com every day, but i mainly use it as a dumping ground for all web app signups, newsletters etc that i don't want crowding my inbox on my iPhone.<p>It would be handy if Microsoft released an iPhone app for hotmail, or provided full IMAP access like GMAIL.