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Here is a quickie but goodie for you.  How do you like free?  (I’m sure the editors will have a field day with that lead in…a free quickie).  But, you know what I mean.  And hey!  Free is good.

Microsoft’s My Phone backup service for Windows Mobile has shifted from “by invite only” mode to public beta.  And what does that mean for you?  It means that anyone can rush on over and sign up to try it out.  And this one just may be worth the price of sign up.  Oh yeah, it’s free.  Well, still worth it.

My Phone syncs anything you have on your phone (any Windows Mobile 6+ phone that is) to their 200MB per person cloud.  Your contacts, text messages, calendars, photos, music, videos, all of it.  It also offers up a web interface to use so that you can view, edit and add to them.  If it’s on your phone, it’s on your cloud.  Simple.  There is a default backup scheduled once a day.

“We’re opening the beta to all users – no more waiting list or promotional codes! So you can tell your friends, family and colleagues with Windows Mobile phones to visit [the website] and start using My Phone today. We’ve heard from several of you who lost your phones about how My Phone saved the day. We love these stories,” revealed a member of the My Phone Engineering team.

Although it is totally free to sign up and try out the service right now, this probably isn’t going to stay that way forever.  Once Microsoft rolls it out officially, they are probably going to attach a price sticker to the service.  When is the “official launch” said to be expected?  Look for it when Windows Mobile 6.5 is released.

[Microsoft’s My Phone] via: slashphone