iPhone vs Android for PC user

[Marc]

What do you base your statement on? All I have heard of is rumors so far, but I haven't heard of any rumors saying it wont ever happen. About WinMo 7, are you saying that M$ is gonna kick its users in the nuts and force them onto the cloud? If you have an inside track, please share it.

It's common knowledge, Paul Thurrott discusses it here:

Windows Phone will only sync with cloud-based data sources like Exchange, Windows Live, and Google/Gmail, so those who are still using Outlook as a hub for their personal information are going to have to move their data to the cloud. This isn't a bad thing. In fact, it's an opportunity to jump into the 21st century and make your data more resilient and accessible.

http://www.winsupersite.com/mobile/wp_cloud.asp

It's also mentioned here a month or so earlier:

Speaking of contacts, the OS supports multiple Exchange servers allowing you to have multiple email, contact and calendar sources. This is good news for users with corporate Exchange servers and a desire to sync Google or Hotmail info. Windows Mobile Device Center and ActiveSync are a thing of the past. There will be no more syncing with Outlook on your desktop. It will have to go through an Exchange server for contacts and appointments. Email will be synchronized through Exchange, IMAP4 or POP3 servers.

http://www.informationweek.com/blog...l;jsessionid=IJJYCG4R0IH2VQE1GHOSKHWATMY32JVN

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Yes Microsoft is starting to push in the cloud with Exchange Server. The next version of Small Business Service is going to have the option for hosted Exchange.

It would be interesting to see just how many people use Outlook for their mail etc when they aren't tied to Exchange Server? As people upgrade their version of Office, they move away from Outlook. Outlook used to be a core component of the Office Suite but now if you buy office home & student it's no longer included.

 

[FrontLine]

Dear Paul Thurrott,
DIAF asshole
Love
Frontline

Sorry but I do not want all of my contacts and calendar entries out there in the cloud for a company to mine, and you know they will.

 

[JoeZhang]

And tied to this - Hotmail is getting exchange active sync in the next couple of days:

Hotmail will be switching on Exchange Active Sync connections for mobile phones on Monday 30 August. (The feature has been in development for some time and a number of users who figured out the server name have had intermittent unofficial access during tests, but this will be the official launch.)

EAS has several advantages over a POP or IMAP connection; push email from multiple folders arrives on the phone when it arrives at your Hotmail account and email that you read on your phone will be marked at read on Hotmail (and vice versa).

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/zdnet-uk-first-take-10013312/hotmail-exchange-activesync-10018413/