Two Sony XZ2. Both are logged into hotmail. Both seem to have same settings in Android contacts button - one of which is Microsoft active sync which if selected doesn't do anything on the second ...

You guys have your Hotmail accounts, already full of emails and contacts, so why switch? Well, Google just eliminated that excuse.

The Contacts gadget is a much more benign effort—all it does is display the user's contact information (names and e-mail addresses) that they have already stored on Hotmail or Windows Live ...