Microsoft has announced that it will be shutting down the Microsoft My Phone service for Windows Mobile 6.x this summer. The move follows a decision to make Windows Live the principal and centralised cloud service for various Microsoft products.
On 7 August, 2011, the Microsoft My Phone service will stop synchronising data between My Phone-configured Windows Mobile 6.x phones and the My Phone service: User data will stop being backed up to the My Phone service. On this date, Microsoft will begin automatic migration of certain data types from the My Phone service to Windows Live SkyDrive.
On 6 October, 2011, the My Phone web site will no longer be available. On this date, users will no longer be able to access the data stored from their Windows Mobile 6.x phones to the My Phone service.
Users will receive a confirmation email from Microsoft once their data (contacts, calendar entries, SMS messages and photos) has been transferred to Windows Live SkyDrive. Note that certain content will not be migrated and users will need to download it themselves prior to the shutdown if they want to keep it.