Ok, Many people use various applications for the App Store and pay to use there Hotmail account its actually free to connect using the stand application via POP3 & SMTP.
Firstly setup an mail account as "Other" the following details are then to be used. Enter username and password. Click "Next".
Host Name: pop3.live.com
User Name: username@hotmail.co.uk
Password: password
SSL: ON
Port: 995
Host Name: smtp.live.com
User Name: username@hotmail.co.uk
Password: password
SSL: ON
Port: 587
These settings work like a treat on my iPhone. Currently i use my own email server and Exchange so i will not be using this feature however many people do use this an i've setup this up on a couple of people's iPhones now and it works