Using sub-folders to create albums on the iphone - bug discovered?

Question

I searched the forum yesterday looking for help on this subject, but couldn't find anything specific to the issue, so pardon me in advance if this has already been discussed...
Photos on my computer are organized this way:
My Pictures
----2010
------03-01-10 Vacation
------04-15-10 pictures of dog
----------dog one
----------dog two
------04-22-10 pictures of kids
(4 layers of folders)
If I choose to sync with the 'My Pictures' folder, and include all sub-folders, I end up with 500 photos in the Photo Library on the phone, and no 'albums'.
If I sync with the folder 04-15-10 pictures of dog, and include all sub-folders, I get two albums labeled dog one, and dog two.
Turns out that if you have more than one layer of sub-folder under the folder that you're syncing with, iTunes sync fails and does not create Albums. It just puts all of the photos as a big blob into the Photo Library.
Solution is to reorganize the folder like this:
My Pictures
----10-03-01 Vacation
----10-04-15 pictures of dog
----10-04-15 pictures of dog one
----10-04-15 pictures of dog two
----10-04-22 pictures of kids
That way, all of the photos are still organized by year, month, day, but I've eliminated two layers of folders. Sync with iphone/ipad, and you're golden.
Hope that helps the next person fighting this problem.

Answer 1

You need to setup Hotmail as an Exchange account:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/32784/sync-hotmail-with-your-iphone-or-ipod-touch -with-exchange-activesync/