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Looks like the iPhone could open up a little bit more starting next year. According to an announcement on Apple’s website, the company plans to have a Software Developer’s Kit (SDK) available in February 2008. This kit will also enable developers to create apps for the iPod Touch.

“It will take until February to release an SDK because we’re trying to do two diametrically opposed things at once — provide an advanced and open platform to developers while at the same time protect iPhone users from viruses, malware, privacy attacks, etc. This is no easy task. Some claim that viruses and malware are not a problem on mobile phones — this is simply not true. There have been serious viruses on other mobile phones already, including some that silently spread from phone to phone over the cell network. As our phones become more powerful, these malicious programs will become more dangerous. And since the iPhone is the most advanced phone ever, it will be a highly visible target.”

Sounds exciting, but will this truly enable what many of our customers are after? Wireless Sync. we sure hope so, the iPhone is a great little device, but lacks the synchronization capabilities we all crave. Lets hope this attempt at giving developers access to the iPhone works, and we can get some useful applications out of it.

The Apple iPhone is quickly becoming the phone to have! Exchange My Mail is dedicated to supporting the Apple iPhone if possible, whether through ActiveSync, Pop or Imap. As soon as the details are released on how this amazing new phone can connect to our Microsoft Exchange Servers we will be sure to add to this post.

Rumours have been flying around about support for ActiveSync. If this is indeed the case, current Exchange My Mail plans will support this device. All of our mailbox plans include free ActiveSync support, as well as POP & IMAP support.

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EDIT: New News on the iPhone capabilities;

The iPhone can connect to the popular Microsoft Exchange e-mail server software, but only through the IMAP protocol using SSL (secure sockets layer) encryption, an Apple representative confirmed.

This isn’t the same as if Apple had licensed the Microsoft ActiveSync protocol for Exchange, as has been rumored. The iPhone does not support the BlackBerry or Good Mobile Messaging software right now.

So… If you have an iPhone, All Exchange My Mail customers can send and receive email from their iPhone using the IMAP protocol that is already included in every plan.

Exchange My Mail offers ActiveSync FREE

If you own a windows mobile phone or any type of “smartphone” you can get full wireless synchronization with your email, contacts and calendar.

There are 2 ways to accomplish this task:
1 - Use ActiveSync
2 - Use the Good Mobile Messaging service

Both of there services are offered by Exchange My Mail

ActiveSync is a software application designed by Microsoft that allows you to transmit and synchronize information between your local Outlook client and your mobile device.
As long as you have internet access on your handheld, the device can connect to our Exchange Server and sync all information in your Outlook profile including email, contacts and calendar appointments. You can even add or change a contact or calendar entry and it will wirelessly sync back to your Outlook profile.
This feature is now included FREE with your service to Exchange My Mail

Good Mobile Messaging uses an intermediary server that transmits the data from your handheld device to your desktop. The advantage of this would be best described in the following scenario;
If you transmit 3 pages of data from your handheld to an email address and you lose data coverage after only one page has transmitted, the Good Mobile server knows there should be 3 pages sent and will continue to ask the handheld for all of the data. Without this service only the partial data that was transmitted before the loss of coverage would be delivered.
This is best used for any mission critical email.

Exchange My Mail offers both of these services to all users. ActiveSync is included FREE with all services and Good Mobile Messaging is $19.99 per month with a one time set up fee of $34.99. For more information on all the services Exchange My Mail offers, you can click here

Jim Lassus -

We receive questions all the time about our Blackberry service. The most common one we see is usually phrased like this:

“Why do I need your Blackberry service? I already have one from my provider.. - I even have an email address that works on my Blackberry”

When you purchase a blackberry from a wireless provider what you get is this.
1 - The actual Blackberry device
2 - A data plan so you can surf the web, send and receive emails, and an email address under the providers domain name.

This is the ‘BIS’ or Blackberry Internet Service. A keen user will even discover that they can also redirect an existing email account to their Blackberry and use that as their ‘from’ address.

Using the device in this “BIS” manner, is only using a small fraction of the Blackberry’s full potential. For instance, should you send an email from your handheld, that email will not be in your sent items folder when you get back to your computer. If you delete a messages while on the road using your Blackberry, those again will not be deleted from your desktop Outlook.

What you will get when you get back to your desktop computer is a flood of emails that you either already replied to, deleted or filed.. You will have to manually go through each message and remember what you did with each. There is no synchronization between the two.

The BES or Blackberry Enterprise Server when used through a Hosted Exchange provider such as www.exchangemymail.com however does much more.

For example, if you add a contact into either Outlook, or your Blackberry it will wirelessly sync with each, so when you get back to your Outlook desktop that contact is already in your contacts. Same for deleted mail, and sent or filed messages. These will all be wirelessly reconcilled. This enables you to use the Blackberry to it’s full potential.

This service is always bundled with an Enterprise messaging solution like Lotus Notes or Hosted Exchange - solutions that go way beyond email and provide more workflow and time management functionality to your desktop. Unlike BIS, BES allows you to syncronize all those additional features to your Blackberry.

With the combination of Hosted Exchange and the BES service, you can synchronize your entire desktop including your calendar, contacts, tasks, journal, notes and much more, with your Blackberry.

Add another user to your domain and you can share all this data, view each other’s calendars (or keep it private), accept meeting requests and basically do everything you would do when working with Outlook at your desktop.

And whatever you do on your Blackberry will be in sync with your desktop and vice-versa wirelessly, and in real time.

With some patience your thumbs get pretty nimble and pretty soon your favorite PC becomes a permanent fixture on your hip.

So while the BIS service is perfectly adequate for many individual users, the BES service used in combination with Hosted Exchange is a must for the power user or the business user. Once you actually experience the difference you’ll understand the true meaning of the term ‘Crackberry’.

Advanced wireless services are not just for the youth market, according to a LetsTalk survey that found advanced functionality is on the radar screens of a cross-section of wireless users.

E-mail topped the list of most desired advanced applications to have on a wireless device, with 66 percent of respondents saying they were interested in having the feature. A digital camera came in second with 63 percent wanting the feature. Forty-seven percent of respondents had a desire to have Web surfing capabilities, while the same number also were attracted to music players.

Across all respondents, women seemed to be the most eager for new functionality on their handsets, with 83 percent showing an interest in e-mail, 81 percent in a digital camera and 76 percent in a music player.

As a group, Baby Boomers (age 45-54) weighted digital camera and e-mail functionality equally, with 53 percent of respondents interested in these features.

“Consumers want to use their phones to be more productive and to be more entertained,” says LetsTalk CEO Delly Tamer.

The study, conducted by Harris Interactive for LetsTalk, surveyed more than 2,000 Americans aged 18 or older. Responses were based on cost not being a factor to adoption.

Blog By Exchange My Mail, Inc
http://www.exchangemymail.com

Goodlink Hosting

Treo 600 and 650 Smartphone with GoodLink for Exchange
GoodLink with the new Treo 600/650 gives mobile employees a single wireless device for email, corporate data access, voice and web browsing. All of the GoodLink features and functionality are available on the Treo 600/650 smartphone, and are integrated with the phone, Web browser, color screen, and 5-way navigation button. GoodLink on the Treo 600/650 dramatically improves productivity by allowing the mobile employee do the work they need to do faster, easier - anywhere.

All of the GoodLink features and functionality are available on the Treo 650 smartphone, which features a phone, Web browser, color screen, and 5-way navigation button. The rich data viewing experience and enhanced feature set dramatically improves end-user productivity.
Familiar laptop like visual experience.

GoodLink was designed to be easy to use for anyone familiar with Microsoft Outlook

• - Full Microsoft Outlook features and functions
• - Email, rich attachments, folders, contacts, calendar, notes and tasks
• - Cradle-free, real-time, wireless synchronization
• - TheTreo 650 smartphone with GoodLink does not require a cradle for synchronization
• - Outlook information is updated between the handheld and the Exchange Server continuously and wirelessly
• - Wireless corporate data access to CRM, ERP, SCM, and corporate intranet access through GoodLink Forms
• - Integration with Treo 650 and standard applications extends the power of a laptop to a smartphone
• - GoodLink includes integrated attachment viewing, so users can view the content of email attachments in either plain text or a rich format
• - View popular attachments such as PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel in text only format for fast viewing.
• - View JPEG and GIF files and view and edit Word and Excel attachments with the Documents2GO software
• - Support for the industry standard Treo 600 / 650 enables users to access thousands of third party Palm OS applications. See the Good Partner Portal
• - Integrated wireless web browser

The Contacts and E-mail applications display all phone numbers and URLs as hyperlinks, so users can simply tap on a phone number to make a call. The Caller ID and Speed Dial features link to Contacts for easy navigation.

Full multitasking capabilities:
GoodLink allows users to toggle between multiple Outlook applications simultaneously, just as you do with your laptop. Mobile workers can dial directly from their contacts, browse the web from an email containing a link, switch between Outlook applications, voice and web browser. Flexibility.

GoodLink on the Treo 600/650 supports multiple networks and carriers in the US and International markets

• CDMA: Sprint PCS, Cingular Wireless
• GSM/GPRS: AT&T, T-Mobile, Orange

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