Alguns novos usuários do Hotmail na quarta-feira tiveram uma ótima surpresa ao verem a capacidade do e-mail ser de 2 GB, mas a Microsoft confirmou nesta quinta um erro que fez com que estes usuários tivessem esta capacidade, ao invés dos 2 MB normais.
Este erro será corrigido e as contas terão a capacidade normalizada. Para ter uma conta de 2 GB no Hotmail, deve-se pagar US$ 19,95 por ano.
Some new users of Microsoft's Hotmail on Wednesday got a pleasant surprise when they received 2 gigabytes of storage upon registering for the popular free e-mail service. That's a thousand times more than the 2 megabytes that new users should be getting.
Microsoft confirmed on Thursday that some free e-mailers were given the wrong amount of storage and that 2MB is the correct amount, claiming the matter was caused by an "error." The software giant that day was busy upgrading its paid users to 2GB, which costs $19.95 a year, and some of those perks slipped into free accounts.
When rolling out 2GB of storage, it inadvertently went over to free users as well," a Microsoft representative said.
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