David Pogue's review of Outlook.com
If I weren’t already tied into Gmail, I would probably be on Outlook.com. Gmail’s interface is so cluttered nowadays.
Outlook.com won’t have that problem. It’s clean, white and attractive, even on a cellphone. (It matches the look of the Mail program in the coming Windows 8 and the Outlook program in the coming Office 13.) Somebody put thought into the placement and typography of every element — and tried to get as far away from the Times Square clutter of Hotmail as possible.