Just got a Windows 7 phone

[Jog On]

It's not just me who found that ******* annoying then

Does the windows synch not do the job anymore of keeping your phone synched with outlook and other bits?

If you have exchange enabled mail you can use active sync for exchange. If you use pop3 then you can set up emails on the phone but contacts/numbers need to be synched with windows live/hotmail. Same with a calendar.

I've been thinking about getting hosted exchange anyway for MyLTD emails - sure the accountant would approve:

Hosted Exchange Business Email 2GB mailbox from £3.29 inc. Anti-Virus & Spam

[blacjac]

You can't just sync with outlook any more?

That's a big downside for probably a lot of people.

[Clippy]

You can't just sync with outlook any more?

That's a big downside for probably a lot of people.

I'd like to know this too.

I'm currently using a HD2 and saw that the HD7 was available from yesterday via O2 so am thinking of getting one and selling the HD2.

[Jog On]

You can't just sync with outlook any more?

That's a big downside for probably a lot of people.

I'd like to know this too.

I'm currently using a HD2 and saw that the HD7 was available from yesterday via O2 so am thinking of getting one and selling the HD2.

You can sync with outlook but it must:

A - be exchange enabled outlook (no POP3)
B - sync via hotmail/live

They must have some deal with RIM to prevent blackberry's becoming obsolete. I can't think why else MS haven't stepped in and made their own equivalent to Blackberry/BES other than they have some vested interest in RIM..

[BoredBloke]

How well does it integrate with Office?

I want to be able to have access to a spreadsheet on the go that I can easily use with Excel - is there a cut down version of Office or is that an extra? If it's extra than I might as well use quickoffice and the like

[Clippy]

You can sync with outlook but it must:

A - be exchange enabled outlook (no POP3)
B - sync via hotmail/live

What a pile of poo!

They must have some deal with RIM to prevent blackberry's becoming obsolete. I can't think why else MS haven't stepped in and made their own equivalent to Blackberry/BES other than they have some vested interest in RIM..

They have, haven't they? Isn't it via MS Exchange on the server and Active Sync on the desktop?

I believe the theory was why spend additional expenditure on a BES infrastructure to work alongside your MS Exchange infrastructure when MS Exchange can do it all.

[Sysman]

You also agree that you will not use these products for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture or production of nuclear, missiles, or chemical or biological weapons.


FTFY

Do they have Mac's in Iran? Do you think Iranian nuclear scientists know they maybe in violation of Apples license agreement?

That one cracks me up too.

[d000hg]

If you didn't already see, he's one review of the HD7: HTC HD7 Windows Phone 7 smartphone ? reghardware

[Jog On]

What a pile of poo!



They have, haven't they? Isn't it via MS Exchange on the server and Active Sync on the desktop?

I believe the theory was why spend additional expenditure on a BES infrastructure to work alongside your MS Exchange infrastructure when MS Exchange can do it all.

Yeah- when you see how aggressively they try and grab market share and buy up 3rd party companies (eg. DKLite - now known as 'Defrag'), the fact that they've let Blackberry be the Exchange mobile device and server solution for so long just doesn't make sense.

This Windows 7 phone should be the BB killer - but the again they've had their own mobile OS and smart phones out all along and haven't made the move to match it up with Exchange... something going on there..

[Clippy]

Yeah- when you see how aggressively they try and grab market share and buy up 3rd party companies (eg. DKLite - now known as 'Defrag'), the fact that they've let Blackberry be the Exchange mobile device and server solution for so long just doesn't make sense.

This Windows 7 phone should be the BB killer - but the again they've had their own mobile OS and smart phones out all along and haven't made the move to match it up with Exchange... something going on there..

I think you are reading too much into it.

MS have a history of being inept outside its core products (Windows/Office) which extends to the present day - it's a corporate culture thing.

I used to be a techie when Blackberrys came out and the main selling point was its security and I would imagine that's still the case today.

Now compare that to MS Exchange which, I would imagine, is still struggling from MS's historic image of being not as secure and you can see why they have failed to make inroads into the corporate mobile space.

Also, a Blackberry infrastructure is an end to end solution which includes the device whereas MS relies on third parties for its handhelds - corporates want a predictable upgrade path for their devices not one which is at the whim of various device manufacturers.