Mobiles reviews - email

Sprint taking @sprintpcs.com email offline

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:52:03 +0000

There are any number of things that a struggling wireless carrier can do to help cut costs, and shutting down oft-overlooked services is definitely one of the better moves. In that vein, Sprint will be shutting down its @sprintpcs.com email service on December 31. So, as of the last day of this year, Sprint will [...]

Apple announces MobileMe Mail fixed, lost emails restored

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:29:19 +0000

Apple has announced, through its dedicated MobileMe Status blog, that they’ve completed restoring MobileMe Mail service and that they’ve managed to recover lost emails from the 1% of unlucky MobileMe Mail user accounts that have been out of commission since the service’s launch a few weeks ago. MobileMe users still experiencing problems are encourage to make [...]

Another RIM BlackBerry BIS system blackout?

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:21:26 +0000

Boy Genius Reports has been hearing that BlackBerry users are again left in the dark due to a presumed BlackBerry BIS outage. Apparenty, CrackBerry addicts on Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile are experiencing problems with their email. If you've been having any BlackBerry outage problems, please leave a comment and let us know just how big [...]

Qantas in-flight email and SMS text messaging set to take off on domestic Australian flights

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:20:58 +0000

We've been following Qantas' in-flight email and SMS text messaging trial for some time now. And, after successful testing during the extended trial period, Qantas has announced that the airline will be rolling out the in-flight messaging service to its fleet of domestic Boeing 767 and Airbus A330 flights. Starting next year, when you're traveling down-unda, [...]

India and RIM come to terms on BlackBerry encryption

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:10:08 +0000

So it looks like RIM's encrypted BlackBerry network will keep on keeping on in India. Following a meeting between Indian government officials and representatives from the wireless industry, India has decided to let the encrypted BlackBerry system continue operating. "We will discuss the issue with the Telecom Commission… the country's security is of paramount importance," said [...]

India threatening to shutdown RIM's BlackBerry service

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:16:46 +0000

Research In Motion's popular BlackBerry handsets and push email service is now a worldwide phenomenon. China just recently allowed the BlackBerry through its borders, and even India has some 400,000 active BlackBerry users. But, there's a problem with the push email system used by BlackBerry handsets. They encrypt the email data. It might seem like more [...]

Apple looking to bring full Microsoft Exchange support to the iPhone

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:51:13 +0000

If Apple’s newest job listing is any indicator, the techies at Cupertino are looking to bring on a new employee to finally bring Microsoft Exchange functionality to the iPhone. Apple is apparently looking for a “motivated, highly-technical Exchange test/sync engineer with excellent problem solving and communication skills,” who will be joining “a dynamic team responsible for qualifying the latest iPhone products…Your focus will be testing Exchange and Outlook functionality with Apple’s innovative new phone.” Apple has been pushing to break into the enterprise environment with the iPhone, but the lack of support for the Microsoft Exchange email system that hive-minded corporations love so much has kept the iPhone largely a favorite of the consumer crowd. With support for the email syncing capabilities of MS Exchange, however, Apple could successfully make the iPhone a business contender that may give the BlackBerry a serious run for its money. As it stands today, the iPhone is only capable of limited MS Exchange support through third-party offerings and supports IMAP email synchronization in certain situations. A recent survey found that 98% of respondents would be much more likely to pick up an iPhone if it had support for Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft ActiveSync. While ActiveSync is pretty much the arch-rival of Apple’s iTunes-based sync strategy, it might make prudent business sense for Apple to give in and finally support it. After all, Apple’s support for MS software applications like the MS Office suite and even virtualization of Windows has brought Apple to the competitive foreground in recent years. If Apple does rollout support for Microsoft Exchange email synchronization, you can bet that we’ll be setting up our own MS Exchange servers. [Via: Apple Insider ] ---Related Articles at IntoMobile:Apple may be licensing Microsoft Exchange Active Sync for Direct Push email on iPhone!Microsoft Exchange email on your Apple iPhone with IceWEB's IceMAILiPhone syncs with Microsoft Exchange via Synchronica's Mobile Gateway 3.0Apple iPhone does Enterprise - will have standard OSX VPN-client and Quick Look for Word and Excel FilesSynchronica Mobile Gateway 3.0 [...]