The MyPhone service from Microsoft allows you to synchronise your personal data with the cloud, effectively enabling you to securely backup your data to your personal area of Microsoft's online storage. Data can be backed up automatically on a schedule, or manually as you prefer. Once backed up, your data can be restored to any device of your choosing or accessed directly online via your web browser. Data sources that can be backed up include:

• Contacts
• Calendar
• Tasks
• Text Messages
• Photos
• Videos
• Music
• Documents

The Photos, Videos, Music and Documents options can be applied both to the device's internal storage as well as any inserted memory card.

You will need a Windows Live / Hotmail account in order to use the service. Registration is free.

The client application is installed by default on Windows Mobile 6.5:

When running the application for the first time you will be prompted to accept the terms and conditions of the service:

and then enter your Windows Live account details and set your synchronisation options:

as well as define which folders you wish to synchronise:

Once the initial setup wizard has been configured, you can adjust any settings by selecting the Options Menu:

Once synchronised, you can then access your data online via your web browse by browsing to http://myphone.microsoft.com

Where you can view all of your folders: