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[Jeremy Portzer <jeremyp AT pobox.com>]

Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 12:27 AM, Jeremy Portzer <jeremyp AT pobox.com> wrote:
> >  As for applications, I'd like to see a more native application that
> >  interfaces with my company email, similar to the way my Blackberry does,
> >  or the Windows Mobile devices can do.  (Company uses MS Exchange.)  Yes,
> >  you can check Outlook Web Access through the browser, but it's a bit
> >  clunky, and from what I've seen, the IMAP access is slow especially
> >  without HSDPA.  But I don't have a lot of experience using one.
>
> Isn't that exactly what they announced last week?  Apple has licensed
> ActiveSync from MS and the native calendar/e-mail/contacts programs
> in the iPhone will work directly with the Exchange server (when iPhone
> 2.0 comes out in June).

Sorry, I had missed that announcement.  That sounds handy for those of 
us stuck in Windows shops.  (Note:  I work on Linux servers all day, I 
haven't sold out, just the corporate IT department uses Windows.  One 
step at a time.  *grin*)

Regarding WiFi, that is almost useless in Australia, there is no such 
thing as a free public WiFi connection*.  Sorry, I forgot how ubiquitous 
that's becoming in the States.

--Jeremy

* all ISPs have bandwidth metering - download limits which are 
relatively low - e.g. 2 to 4 GB for low-end consumer plans, maybe 30-40 
GB for premium plans costing $100/month.  The biggest suckiness of 
Australia is expensive Internet.  Bulk bandwidth that ISPs buy is 70 
(yes *seventy*) times more expensive than in the US.  This means that no 
cafes or gas stations or whatever would dream of setting up a public 
connection.