A follow up clarification question....
I have a Live account, SkyDrive, WP7.5, XBOX Live, etc. All are currently tied to my @gmail.com account. I too want to be done with GMail and move everything to Outlook.com. I created an @hotmail.com address. However, I really just want to rename (?) my old account to the @hotmail.com. I have stuff on SkyDrive (plus it is much larger space than a new 7GB account), so I want the old @gmail.com login to be my @hotmail.com login. If I click on Account Settings --> Update Email Address, I get the following message.
The email address associated with your Microsoft account can't be changed
Warning: You might not want to change this email address if you've used it to set up a Windows Phone. On your phone, features that use this address will stop working, including Marketplace, Xbox LIVE, SkyDrive, email, and others. To use these features again on your phone, you'd need to restore it to factory settings, which erases all personal content.
However earlier, it had the same warning, but did have a spot for me to change the address. Can anyone help explain what might be happening, if it is possible for me to rename (?) the account, and what consequences this warning may mean with respect to my phone, SkyDrive, and/or XBOX Live account? Thank you in advance.
BWIS