06-14-2006, 02:15 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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MSFP for the Cingular 8100 Series - Coming June 19
"Cingular Wireless will offer its business customers access to corporate e-mail via Direct Push Technology, a feature of Microsoft� Windows Mobile� 5.0 with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP) upgrade, beginning on June 19, 2006. The solution initially will be available on two of the hottest wireless devices in the market today: the Cingular 8100 series Pocket PC and Cingular 2125 Smartphone. Direct Push Technology delivers an enhanced mobile experience to organizations that use Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 by pushing updates to e-mail, calendar items, contacts and tasks as they arrive directly from the Exchange Server to the devices. MSFP additionally enhances these Windows Mobile-powered Cingular Wireless devices by delivering improved device management and added security features for IT administrators, like over-the-air device password policy enforcement and remote wipe of the device in case of loss or theft."
It's here - well, almost. Those of you with either the Cingular 8100 series Pocket PC Phone Edition or the Cingular 2125 Smartphone can look forward to the delivery of the MSFP update that enables Microsoft's direct push e-mail solution. On June 19, you'll be able to download the free update from this link (which at the moment, points to nothing).
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06-14-2006, 04:47 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 533
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FINALLY!! Made my day.....thanks!
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06-14-2006, 06:48 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,768
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AKU2.x has been used by cingular users for a long time already... along with other wizard owners through enterprising users posting generic updates to the internet. I am surprised that there aren't more people doing the same before now.
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06-15-2006, 04:41 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 16
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YES!!! Can't wait until next monday...
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06-16-2006, 05:49 AM
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Magi
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 2,386
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I've been testing out the Cingular 8125 with the MSFP myself (our company has been talking to Cingular about a possible business deal)... very nice!
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06-16-2006, 01:47 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 372
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i dont think the OP should have skipped over the part where Suckular is going to try and rip people off for another $5 ON TOP OF the already ridiculous $40 PDA connect plan. This is the epitomy of greed. That $5 gets you absolutely nothing as it has already been proven by numerous people that you do not need any extra forms of service to make DirectPush work. It is very dirty and underhanded for them to ask for more money.
I would encourage anyone who is asked to sign up for this even more expensive plan to just walk out the door and get the ROM from xda-developers. Customers should NOT be charged for something that their phone is already quite capable of doing for free.
Don't EVEN say anything about increased data usage...that is a farce on so many fronts.
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06-16-2006, 06:41 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 16
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^^^^ wait, wait, wait.......
I'm confused... :?
You mean. that I will have to pay $$ to download the upgrade? or pay a monthly fee just for direct push? :?
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06-16-2006, 07:48 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by inteller
i dont think the OP should have skipped over the part where Suckular is going to try and rip people off for another $5 ON TOP OF the already ridiculous $40 PDA connect plan.
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You can attribute that to the fact that I don't live in the US and know nothing about what is deemed to be ridiculous pricing over there. 
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Originally Posted by inteller
This is the epitomy of greed. That $5 gets you absolutely nothing as it has already been proven by numerous people that you do not need any extra forms of service to make DirectPush work. It is very dirty and underhanded for them to ask for more money.
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Lucky you don't live in some other parts of the world. In such cases, I'd say Cingular's data costs are bliss.
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06-16-2006, 07:51 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 12,959
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Originally Posted by ZiL
You mean. that I will have to pay $$ to download the upgrade? or pay a monthly fee just for direct push? :?
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The upgrade is free.
I think what inteller is referring to is a price hike on new 2125/8125 devices sold.
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06-16-2006, 09:46 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 372
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you dont live here and you are reporting on American carriers why?
anyways, the way Suckular is going to shaft you is they are going to hold out on the updates so you have to come to them, and at the time of your upgrade they are going to ask you to bend over and stick it to you with another $5 per month to use functionality that is built into the phone and has been proven can work for free without ANY intervention from the carrier. In short, they are punishing you for wanting to make your device more secure.
Hopefully an enterprising individual will sneak this update out of Cingular and get it on XDA developers so we can all do our own upgrades and not be faced with this billing foisting from hell.
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