Windows Live Services Coming to Blackberry

"Strange - I have been able to do with with WiMo for years..."

ya, me too!

ok so they've added support for WL services for their consumer market, so how about adding Exchange ActiveSync?! you know, for their primary market: BUSINESS CUSTOMERS!!

i really hate seeing the wasted money that companies put into the platform because they also have to pay for BlackBerry Enterprise Server ON TOP OF their purchase of Exchange, AND the devices are more expensive than better-equipped Windows Mobile smartphones, AND deployment is a pain-in-the-a$$, AND the system is still routed through a central NOC for no apparent reason whatsoever....

Windows Mobile phones just work. a corporate IT department only needs to have a proper AD setup with Exchange, and then just buy devices for the users from their carrier and there is no real initial deployment setup for the devices - the users just plug them into their desktops for a one-time initial wired sync, and then everything is set up automatically. further management can be done "manually" through AD GPO's, or automated by Exchange ActiveSync Mobile Administration Web Tool (ya, that's a mouthful), or the superior System Center Mobile Device Manager. Exchange has Windows Mobile support built-in so no extra software is required. the hardest part of it all is choosing a phone, since there are many choices of form factors and feature-sets available. i've personally deployed Windows Mobile devices to a few local small businesses that need portable data availability (such as email and Office document support) where a laptop is just not feasible, and they find working with them a joy....well, that's a bit of hyperbole - it is *work* after all - but they do find them very handy, and much easier to stick in their pocket or on their belt than a laptop. ;)

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Strange - I have been able to do with with WiMo for years...