10-05-2004, 07:00 PM
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PalmOne Signs Deal With Microsoft To Use Exchange ActiveSync
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=581&e=1&u=/nm/20041005/tc_nm/tech_palmone_microsoft_dc
PalmOne has signed a deal with Microsoft that will allow PalmOne to put Exchange ActiveSync technology in their handheld devices, which will further bolster PalmOne's battle against RIM's Blackberry devices.
"PalmOne plans to use Microsoft's software in future versions of Treo phones that combine mobile phones and personal data organizing into one unit. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed. By combining Microsoft's Exchange Server ActiveSync software into its devices, palmOne can eliminate the need to install additional servers -- expensive powerful computers used to run many corporate functions -- to shuttle data between e-mail servers and the mobile device."
I do have to insert my "I told you so" thought. :wink: Two years ago, I posted on then Palm's Tungsten Mobile Information Management Server. While most documents and references to the Tungsten MIMS product have been removed, you can still read Palm's original press release. The Tungsten MIMS name doesn't even appear at the PalmSource web site, though they reference some unnamed established, flexible and open software "platform" (their quotes, not mine)
At that time I said Quote: Microsoft has a larger strategy in the mobile device space that goes beyond the PDA in your hand. Microsoft has a whole server infrastructure behind the Pocket PC accessible through Mobile Information Server, SQL Server and other server products, each carrying a hefty price themselves and additional client access licenses for each unit the enterprise connects to these servers, which in turn spurs sales of developer software, desktops, Office suites, etc. It is a vicious cycle that MS is enjoying all the way to the bank.
They continue to press forward with this strategy. While I never believed Palm would be even slightly successful with the Tungsten MIMS product, I never imagined they would essentially abandon it in favor of plugging directly into Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync product.
Update: Please note this is not about the desktop software ActiveSync. It is the Exchange 2003 server component.
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10-05-2004, 07:39 PM
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Does it mean all activesync problem will show up in treo 650?
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10-05-2004, 08:48 PM
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I gotta say, one of the *main* reasons it was so easy for me to switch from Palm (I was a dedicated user since the first Palm Pilot) to PPC was that because of ActiveSync and the interface with Outlook.
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10-05-2004, 08:53 PM
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Oh great, now Palms get to experience all the joys :roll: of ActiveSync. Any word on Apple reviving their Newton.
But maybe Microsoft made this deal to finally get the code for HotSync. That would be a good thing. :way to go:
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10-05-2004, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by jimski
Oh great, now Palms get to experience all the joys :roll: of ActiveSync. Any word on Apple reviving their Newton.
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See the "update" line on the original post. Thanks.
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10-05-2004, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
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Oh great, now Palms get to experience all the joys :roll: of ActiveSync. Any word on Apple reviving their Newton.
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Yea the current announcement is to allow Treos to do direct sync with Exchange servers, but wouldn't you expect that users of Exchange would be using Outlook on the desktop and therefore be confused by not having a native way to sync their PDAs with Outlook when they are not mobile?
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10-05-2004, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Shuushin
I gotta say, one of the *main* reasons it was so easy for me to switch from Palm (I was a dedicated user since the first Palm Pilot) to PPC was that because of ActiveSync and the interface with Outlook.
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You have GOT to be kidding me. Activesync...to pardon my french....SUCKS!
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10-05-2004, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by gorkon280
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Originally Posted by Shuushin
I gotta say, one of the *main* reasons it was so easy for me to switch from Palm (I was a dedicated user since the first Palm Pilot) to PPC was that because of ActiveSync and the interface with Outlook.
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You have GOT to be kidding me. Activesync...to pardon my french....SUCKS! |
Compared to piece of crap conduits and the hoops that have to be negotiated on Palm - not even a contest.
I've had many a problem with hotsync/etc. and never a problem with ActiveSync - maybe you are have the opposite experience; fine, I won't begrudge you your opinion.
And at any rate, the update makes the point pretty much moot.
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10-05-2004, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Sven
Yea the current announcement is to allow Treos to do direct sync with Exchange servers, but wouldn't you expect that users of Exchange would be using Outlook on the desktop and therefore be confused by not having a native way to sync their PDAs with Outlook when they are not mobile?
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Hotsync with Pocket Mirror on Palm CDs includes an Outlook conduit.
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10-05-2004, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
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Originally Posted by Sven
Yea the current announcement is to allow Treos to do direct sync with Exchange servers, but wouldn't you expect that users of Exchange would be using Outlook on the desktop and therefore be confused by not having a native way to sync their PDAs with Outlook when they are not mobile?
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Hotsync with Pocket Mirror on Palm CDs includes an Outlook conduit. |
That one definitly sucks in treo 900, although I don't know in other devices.
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