Two things that drove me nuts while testing the iPhone that as a BB user or a WinMO user you get...
1) Calendaring - Invitee availability look up - not there on the iPhone. Spray and pray like an online fps. 2) Reply/forward action change sync to the mailbox. So if I reply to a message, that action - i.e. icon change and notation when opening the message that says "You replied to this message....click here to find related..." isn't there. Thanks, JB From: Joe Pochedley [mailto:joe.poched...@fivesgroup.com] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 7:13 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: iPhone experience Stefan, As Richard said, the iPhone is not as feature complete or company friendly as RIM devices... Some of this is due to the limitations of Activesync, and some of it due to Apple's implementation... If you've been on this list for more than a week (or just go look at the web archives)... Take a look at the thread "uuh... iPhone + EAS + wipe + remove partnership = ?" which goes through a lot of stuff about the iPhone... (The discussion's been going all week... Read the whole thing, it's worthwhile...) There's plenty of other iPhone threads too, so you may want to go back even further... Personally, I've been using a iPhone 3GS for the past three weeks... I switched from a Windows Mobile 6.1 device... (Haven't touched a RIM devices in a few years now....) As far as email / EAS goes, I'm pretty 'meh' on the device... It works fine for my needs though... (I'm happier with the device from other aspects though... Maybe WinMo 6.5 will help MSFT) As far as the typing goes, I've learned that I can mostly 'trust' the auto-correct / suggestion feature which has sped up my typing considerably... :) Joe P From: Sobey, Richard A [mailto:r.so...@imperial.ac.uk] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:50 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: iPhone experience For all its good points, the iPhone as an email tool when it integrates with EAS is lacking. The last time I tried deleting something on the tube I wasn't allowed because I had no network coverage, and you can't specify which folders to sync automatically. To be honest, the latter was the killer for me, and I stuck the phone back in the box and didn't touch it again. Richard From: bounce-8673484-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-8673484-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Stefan Jafs Sent: 01 October 2009 14:43 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: iPhone experience Ok, I'm a diehard BlackBerry fan, we have about 50 BB's here. But after the latest collapse of the RIM stock the president wanted me to evaluate the Iphone 3Gs. I have to say I'm impressed, so much easier to read messages with attachments and not have to zoom scroll ...... and certainly browsing is much more fun. Typing is definitely more cumbersome than my BB Bold however it's improving with use. Yesterday I did a remote test wipe right from my E2K7 server, very easy, however I could not get the phone back, took a few tries and then I realized that I had to remove the phone from my Exchange profile. I do miss the BB messenger and not to impressed with the battery life. All in all a pleasant experience I have always said I would never switch but now I'm on the fence. I think the president will purchase Apple shares and dump RIM! ___________________________________ Stefan Jafs
