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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
This is the first time I heard about this.  Which technology did Apple buy from Microsoft? (Unless you're referring to Exchange ActiveSync support, which is only one way to sync contacts/calendar from Apple products?)
And, can someone at Microsoft tell them to take either the Zune's sync or the aforementioned technology that they sold to Apple and hand it to the WM team? Please?
--janak |
Yes, it was the Exchange ActiveSync support. But, this short statement doesn't cover the whole picture. I've been using a PocketPC/Windows Mobile device for many years (since version 2.11). ActiveSync has the capability of syncing files as well as contacts/appointments. It does it very well and has never failed me. Look, also, at Microsoft's SyncToy. It does a remarkable job of quickly scanning files and making appropriate transfers in both directions if desired. Zune, ActiveSync, and SyncToy also work from a list of working folders and leaves the rest of the world alone. iTunes on the other hand wanted to "sync" everything, would frequently miss new files (not always), deleted files off the iPod when it got confused and was only one direction - to the iPod.
Apple clearly couldn't get it right on their own. I understand things have mysteriously gotten better since they started using ActiveSync.