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Originally Posted by gTen
There is always SyncML....personally I find it sad that people still use Exchange when there are a lot better and more scalable platforms >.>
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I haven't seen a platform that offers the features I get from Exchange and Windows Mobile combined at the price point we pay for Windows Mobile + Exchange. And I make the tech purchase decisions at my company...
If you have something you use that you feel meets your needs then share it.
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Originally Posted by p-slim
You are right but like I was saying they're going consumer based to make more $. You are not losing any business features in the least. There are no business phones about to be released from windows and if there are its pure speculation so I will not even get into that. Yes winmo 6 will still be supported but they Dont have many apps and I highly doubt that's going to change randomly. Wp7 will get all the new apps.
Also android supports calendar as well as contacts and email. Task and notes will be there soon.
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Oh I'm not arguing if MS will make more money or not. That isn't my job to figure out. But the reality is, as you agree, that they are jumping consumer. But even they know they have to keep something on the pipe for business.
Microsoft makes a lot of money on Windows Mobile device licenses and Exchange CALs based on Windows Mobile + Exchange ActiveSync. Loosing the business market isn't a realistic option for Microsoft. They need to chase both markets at the same time (like they do in Computers).
As a business I loose a lot of features (by the looks of it) with W7Ps. By having Facebook and Twitter cooked into the core of the OS that means I have less control over information leakage in my organization. It also increases the likelyhood that my employee will be loosing hours on the phone I paid for to post twitter updates... My existing business applications and tools will not work...
For a business it is no more exciting to me than letting the iPhone into my company.
For consumers it is probably a great device and we plan on targeting it as a development platform for sure.
You have to understand that the needs of a company and the needs of Facebook happy teens are far from the same. That's why consumers like you hate WinMo in its current state and business executives like me love it to death.