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You need to all the advantages that you can get when you’re looking into Hosted Sharepoint 3.0 for your business model. And when you’re looking for the right hosted exchange, remember that you need to look for the best company that you can find that will give you all that you need when you enter the arena of ecommerce.

There are certain factors that you’ll need to look for and some of them will include:

• Customer Service. No matter how well organized a company website can be, there will always be situations whereby you’ll need to talk with someone face to face. And that’s just what you get when you go with the best website like  exchangemymail.com. They’ve got the kind of serivce that you know will increase your value through sharepoint hosting and bring you company up to the level it deserves.
• Wireless Sync. The best of these places will be able to get all your wireless devices hooked up as well. That’s the way ecommerce works on the Internet. You need to be fast and have the best Hosted Sharepoint 3.0 available. 

According to several resources, AT&T has already started training their employees on the BlackBerry Bold.  RIM which is usually quite about new products before launch has offered much more insight this time.

With the BOLD prominently displayed on their website for a few weeks now, and the WES announcement, could this be a change in how RIM will launch new deivces in the future?

I am sure that I am not the only one waiting for this new device to hit the stores, so could it happen soon?

We have learned from the past that AT&T doesn’t start their training programs until a few weeks before launch. Seems the rumor is that the launch will be the last week of August or the first week of September.

My 8300 is shot, scratched lens, drool from my 10 month old son trying to eat it, numerous drops from waist high, and yet it still works perfectly. You really just can’t beat a BlackBerry when it comes to durability and the wireless synchronization it provides, especially when connected to our Hosted Microsoft Exchange and Hosted BlackBerry Enterprise Servers.

As you can see i’m super excited for this new device ( which I already have on order with RIM ).
SHIP IT ALREADY! :- )

This cool new app from posimotion.com uses the GPS feature built into the new   iPhone to help you find where you parked your car.

Easy to use, simply press the “Park me!” button. You can also add notes if you wish.

When it comes time to find where you parked, simply hit the “Where Did I Park button.  This brings up google maps, and creates a turn by turn set of directions that will lead you right back to your car.

This app will also work on the legacy iPhone as well as the iPod Touch.

As of this writing no word on cost.

One thing you’ll soon discover is that there’s no comfortable way to watch videos, as the iPhone doesn’t come with a stand. You’ll either have to hold it… or try to prop it up at a decent viewing angle.

OR - Fish a business card out of your wallet. Instructables shows you how to turn an ordinary business card into a damn good iPhone stand (it works quite nicely with the iPod touch, too).

Once you get the iPhone standing properly, make sure you checkout the new ActiveSync features, and wirelessly sync it with your Hosted Exchange 2007 Mailbox.

Albertson, NY, July 11,2008 -

Exchange My Mail just announced that they have tested the new firmware update 2.0 and have had great success in getting the iPhone to connect to their Hosted Exchange Servers.

With this update or the new 3G iPhone, users can now get wireless synchronization of email, contacts and calendar with their Exchange Outlook profile. This will work with Exchange 2003 and 2007 by simply following the basic ActiveSync instructions provided free with every mailbox. Additional features include Global Address List lookup and remote wipe capabilities.

ActiveSync has been widely used in recent years due to the popularity of Windows Mobile phones such as the Samsung Blackjack, Motorola Q, AT&T Tilt and Palm Treo phones to name a few. Users have found the convenience and functionality of the program to be invaluable. iPhone users are now able to join this esteemed group by either purchasing the new 3G iPhone or updating the firmware to 2.0 ( when publicly available ) and can take advantage of full wireless synchronization from their Exchange My Mail web based control panel.

T-Mobile USA Inc. will be the first carrier to build a Facebook application into the BlackBerries it sells, but BlackBerry users on any network will be able to download the application starting late Wednesday.

The tie-up brings together the highest profile social-networking player, with almost 50 million active users, and an enterprise mobile pioneer vying for market share against Microsoft Corp., Palm Inc., Symbian Ltd., Apple Inc. and other device and OS vendors.

Read the whole story here:

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.

Signup now to get your device connected to our secure, reliable service now.
Plans starting at just $9.99/mo
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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’.