you hit the problem right there without realising it
You're using webmail through a browser, which isn't actually always a good idea - especially on a tablet or phone, where the internet connection can be intermittent
Far better to have a system whereby the mail is actually downloaded to each device and synchronised - and that means IMAP. Which Hotmail can't do.
AOL, Google, Yahoo can all do IMAP
On a Windows PC you can get an rough approximation to IMAP by using Windows Live Mail - but that has a number of idiosyncracies which count against it, especially in the way it handles photo attachments. And you can't do it with any other hardware
If all you do is browse in web cafes, fine. But for real work it fails
Last edited by Milo Minderbinder; 7th Sep 2012 at 23:26.