The Exchange Team Blogs about the iPhone 2.0 Software

One little toe into the enterprise...

All recent BlackBerry's can connect to Exchange, at least to 2007, not sure about earlier versions. Therefore, the Bold will be able to as well. However, this syncing is not "real" syncing, so you can't do your contacts or calendar over the air. Check out the prelim specs at http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/RIM-BlackBerry-Bold-9000-phone-p_2710.html For admins like myself, the Exchange blog is chock full of very useful information, with a cutesy name for the blog too.

Thanks. Do you know about the memory amount?

@DRWAM: Look at the HTC Touch Pro instead. Better web browser (Opera Mobile - similar to Safari on iPhone), lots of RAM (288MB, expandable using Micro SD), 3.2MP camera, second front-facing VGA camera for video phone calls, GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, bigger side-slider keyboard, and finally, NATIVE support for Exchange (no need for BBerry Enterprise Server in your infrastructure = $3000+ savings). The Touch Diamond is similar except for a few glaring differences: no keyboard (touch only - meaning onscreen keyboard), the Diamond has less standard RAM but 4GB of extra storage RAM (think of it like an integrated 4GB SD card) but no SD slot, the Touch Pro has more standard RAM though, and a larger ROM size for some reason. The Touch Pro also has a slightly bigger battery for longer runtime, and an optional TV-Out option. They are both nearly identical aside from that. The UI is the same (TouchFlo 3D UI overlay over top of Windows Mobile 6.1). I'm thinking the Touch Diamond will be my next phone. Telus (in Canada) has much better rates now, and it's cheaper than an iPhone, and EVDO has much better coverage than HSPA too.

Thanks, I will check them out.

I hate to name call, but it is kinda dumb to think that this years activation was going to be any better than last year. The servers were overwhelmed. Now, Apple was crazy enough to add the update to the old iPhone, which apparantly needs activated through iTunes after the update, or at least that is my interpretation of what I've read. Last year, the problem was due to a couple hundred thousand or so activations. There are millions of iPhones now, all of which need activated after the version 2 update, compounded by the sale of many. What would you expect? However, from what I've read, it actually the activation of the old iPhones that are causing the congestion and people are leaving the stores without activation. Duh! Apple should have waited to release the update. People should have waited to purchase. If they've been waiting a few months for the 3G, they could have had a less painful experience by waiting a few more days. One of my partners had no problem buying and activating on day #two last year. BTW, Three of the four iPhone owners that I know, use Windows. With Exchange, MS also benefits. Congrats to the Exchange team!

"Jobs should should give Gates a really big hug, because it's Exchange that will give the iPhone credibility in that market." The iTunes requirement easily makes up for that though....

This activation fiasco could never have happened with a windows mobile phone... Windows is a platform...Apple rode it to iTMS and iPod success...no reason to re-hug them for exchange.

You got me pegged for sure. I'm a sucker for the checkout line impulse shelf items. Actually, since we have 3 kids, the wife needs a car to carry them. She had a minivan, but I like AWD vehicles. The R350 seats six and has AWD and it's a Benz. She was sold in 5 to 10 minutes. It took a little longer to pick a color. We gave the minivan to my older brother, who has 5 kids. He named one after me. Years before, I gave him my old TransAm after buying a Corvette. The Vette got sold after our twins were born. We already had a daughter that was under 11 months old, and 3 kids can't be seated in a Vette.

"And if it is successful in the enterprise, Jobs should should give Gates a really big hug, because it's Exchange that will give the iPhone credibility in that market." Lol, take of Exchange day to day. If I had $5 for everytime a corporate user asked me when we are going to support iPHones with the corporate Exchange server I could have retired already. Dont care how you slice it the iPhone was a success before the Exchange/3G upgrade. It will explode into the corporate world not because of 3G but because of Exchange support. DRWAM in my experience most people cant stand Windows Mobile even the latest version. Its often because of underpowered devices, as MS does not have control of the hardware, much like with PC's. Its tolerated for two reasons in the business world, it works out of the box with Exchange, which dominates corporate email systems, and Exchange admins like it because its free vs Blackberries. Blackberries require a BES server license, either a VM or actual server hardware, and user licenses. This is on top of a costly Exchange environment. Windows Mobile basically use the OWA servers to access corporate email system, if its enabled by your admin, no extra servers, software or licenses. That said, I dont know anyone that would use Windows Mobile if they did not have an Exchange server to sync with. Its a horrible operating system, slow, buggy, prone to lockups, apps never really close unless you force them to close with a shutdown, or go in and kill them off from a screen that is not easy for Joe User to remember where its at. I predict Exchange support for the iPone will result in an explosion of Windows Mobile phones on ebay.

DRWAM, you over on MBWorld.org? That's where I spend a lot of "home" Internet time.

"Windows Mobile basically use the OWA servers to access corporate email system" No it doesn't! It uses Exchange Activesync for Outlook Mobile. OWA is for HTML clients, of which, Outlook Mobile is not one of them. Your credibility in IT has just gone down about 25% for that statement. @subzero Does the Instinct have Exchange Activesync support? The UI does look fugly too - like the UI on one of those hackneyed V-Cast phones.... Also, who makes the OS on it? Symbian? Or is it some kind of proprietary Samsung OS? What I find interesting is that Telus doesn't classify the Instinct as a "smartphone" at all - it's only on the regular phone page.

Dipsh, higher payment? Was that with more mileage? I was hoping to pay less as I don't need more mileage. If so, then the car goes bye-bye. I hate getting new cars, as there is just too much to consider. Hopefully, I'll find another impulsive deal. Thanks

halesgarcia, I don't think that the other vendors will remain static, but I believe that Apple helped raise the bar of standards. Still, many other vendors have done so with thier own products, some of which made it to the iPhone. I do agree that Apple will [is] sell boatloads. Even if you just want a phone and iPod in one device, you get some more features with the iPhone. I'm keeping it on the list. If I can get Entourage 2008 to sync with Exchange, I can use my Mac with it. If not, I need to get Outlook 2007 but I have not been successful. Hopefully, it will only take one call to IT. I need to do it regardless of an iPhone purchase, rather than relying on my Treo. At work, I sit in front of a PC 90% of the time, interpretting images. I try to let the young docs do most of the procedures, but sometimesw they call out the seasoned veteran when they run into problems. [We do some high end vascular work, and use a lot of stents.]