This is going to sound terrible, but I really cannot wait until these "Free"
fraud. The mass amount of data and personal information these sites are
collecting (and Yes, they are sharing the information) is getting obscense.
purchase a bunch of products and services. They are clearly close enough to
know that someone is tracking searches and purchases. If people like us
computer have.
Back to the OP point about charging.... Eventuanlly they are all going to
fewer sites. The shake out will force most of the revenue to biggies like
charging soon enough.
Post by Todd AllcockPost by Nomen NescioPost by Todd AllcockPost by Nomen NescioApparently mail2web.com is moving to MS Exchange 2007, and now want
$4.95 per month for ActiveSync or Mobile Access.
Is there any other free MS Exchange server that I can use my
Windows
Post by Todd AllcockPost by Nomen NescioMobile 6 Smartphone to pick up Outlook e-mail from?
Or do I have to switch to Google Sync?
http://www.google.com/mobile/winmo/sync.html
I'm not aware of any other free Hosted Exchange accounts.
Unfortunately, AFAIK, Google can't help you- it syncs Gmail Contacts
and Google Calendar over Activesync, but doesn't actually sync your
GMail via Activesync.
I get the impression that the new Exchange 2007 licensing required
mail2web.com to start charging for ActiveSync/Mobile access.
Well, that's the impression mail2web gave US! AFAIK, all Exchange hosting
is licensed, so they were paying something for those free Exchange 2003
accounts and hoping to fund it with the ad banners they plastered over
OWA. I suspect the ad-supported model wasn't paying the bills, so they
used the upgrade (and perhaps a higher license fee for 2007) to announce
that they "couldn't" offer free accounts. I suspect they certainly didn't
want to continue losing money on us freeloaders. I used them soley for
free push email, so I rarely ever saw the OWA ads, because I hardly used
the OWA portal.
On the bright side, the new pricing is actually reasonable- the "full
monty"- hosted Exchange with Activesync support and a copy of Outlook 2007
and desktop MAPI access is only $10/month- they were charging $15 for that
before, IIRC.
Post by Nomen NescioOK, so I will also need Google's
http://www.google.com/mobile/winmo/mail.html now.
Yep, which doesn't offer push, unfortunately.
Post by Nomen NescioGoogle is an extremely innovative company, using the Microsoft
ActiveSync protocol to offer a solution to Microsoft Windows Mobile
users, drawing away some users from Microsoft's Outlook and/or
Exchange solutions.
Um, "licensing" MS' Activesync protocol, not just "using" it.
Post by Nomen NescioIf G and M went into battle, G will take M's weapon (ActiveSync) and
use it against M in an exemplary manner :)
Perhaps, but Microsoft strikes me as a company happy to let you beat them
over the head with a baseball bat, as long as you buy the bat from them!
Post by Nomen NescioWill M (or someone else) offer free Exchange 2007 Server access to the
masses yearning to remain free who don't want to install more apps on
their phones, before an exodus occurs?
I've wondered, but I expect they'll continue adding features to Hotmail to
make it an "Exchange Lite"- The Windows Live (Hotmail) app
(wl.windowsmobile.com) gives push email and contacts sync- if they add
calendar sync down the road as well, it will be a fairly complete free
sync solution, but awkward and limited enough that it won'tt cannabalize
sales of hosted Exchange.
I use Funambol.com's Funambol software with the ScheduleWorld server for
free OTA PIM sync between my WinMo phones and several PCs running Outlook.
For me, mail2web was only for push email, which I'm now transitioning to
my rarely used Hotmail account with the Windows Live mobile app. Hotmail
push is a little laggy- it often takes up to 5 minutes to receive an email
,where mail2web was generally within a minute or two, but it's hard to
complain considering what I'm paying for it! ;-)