Comments on: iPhone and ActiveSync / Exchange

By: Jared Goralnick

Jared Goralnick — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:27:06 +0000

Stephen, I don’t think you mean OWA. But yes you can get mail/calendar by using ActiveSync–please see the updated post here:

http://www.technotheory.com/2008/03/iphone-activesync-exchange-updates-and-its-impact-on-iphone-adoption-amongst-businesses/

By: Stephen Strydom

Stephen Strydom — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:46:06 +0000

Is there now means of connecting to OWA if your organisation has one in order to pull down your mail and calendar similar to Entourage??

By: Technotheory.com - iPhone ActiveSync / Exchange Updates, and its impact on iPhone adoption amongst businesses

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:01:42 +0000

[...] Apple iPhone, one of which was support for Microsoft Exchange Server via ActiveSync. At present, Exchange is not really supported on the iPhone. ActiveSync support will help both business users and IT administrators, but other factors may [...]

By: George

George — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:54:19 +0000

>>Once you use a phone like a Blackberry or Blackjack for more than a few days, you’ll see the real difference in what you can do with a real phone.

Oh… you mean like compiling your own software packages for it?? Ha. Good luck in the past. Sucka.

By: Narg

Narg — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:52:16 +0000

I support a handful of folks with iPhones. I’ve worked on them quite a bit.

It’s junk. Period.

The iPhone is a toy, not a serious communications device. There is plenty of room for improvement though, so Apple’s got a chance. But for right now, other than a “new interface” (I won’t call it nice, because it has it’s moments) there is really nothing worthwhile in the purchase of an iPhone.

Fortunately 3 of those users have already switched to the new Samsung Blackjack 2 phones, and they all love them dearly. Once you use a phone like a Blackberry or Blackjack for more than a few days, you’ll see the real difference in what you can do with a real phone.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:25:45 +0000

This is the only thing holding me back. If they would have put ActiveSync on it, I’d already have an iPhone.

Apple has an iPhone feedback page… let them know that we need this feature before real business users can migrate to the iPhone!

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

By: Tech3071

Tech3071 — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:34:33 +0000

I purchased the iPhone and it is very nice. I wished it could recieve email like my blackberry did. To be honest I missed the blackberry because it kept me in the know. I’m hoping Apple will come on board with more business features to the iPhone. I know my organization would buy more of them if it was in the business class. Oh! I have an ideal, why not make one business class and one for the younger generation.

By: Julie RB

Julie RB — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:01:45 +0000

I just got the iphone and love so much about it, however, I am disappointed that I no longer have all the functions of my Treo650. Active Synch is far superior. Now, I only can synch contacts and calendar entries…can’t synch tasks because there is no option. Also, I have a subscription to our office outlook calendar that I can’t synch because iphone only sees my outlook calendar and not any calendars subscriptions.
iPhone is wonderful for the internet, music and fun stuff like that but just no where near the functionality of the Treo for business features. I feel so lost…

By: Tony K

Tony K — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:07:43 +0000

The iphone is great, but with no active sync support it means that business people will still have to carry their work phone and their ipod separately for now.

By: Jared Goralnick

Jared Goralnick — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:00:37 +0000

Mike, I respect your policing this topic thread–but the point here is that ActiveSync and business mail aren’t supported to the same degree on iPhones as on Palm, Windows, and RIM devices.

As of today, Dec 20, 2007, it’s a painful inconvenience to have to synchronize email, contacts , and calendars the iPhone way after having lived with one of the above three mentioned solutions.

The design and user experience on the iPhone is without doubt far superior, but the business user accustomed to live synchronization will be disappointed.