iPhone 3.0 contains two new Microsoft Exchange features that Apple doesn’t talk about

by Scott Spiro on July 8, 2009

In this video, I describe two brand spanking new features in iPhone 3.0. These are Microsoft Exchange features that Apple is not putting on their front page or really talking about at all. And yes, I do recognize that for many people MS Exchange integration with their iphone is probably not that big of a deal.

For many companies however, (including CSG) Microsoft Exchange is the central hub of their unified messaging system. It has always been agreed that if Apple is to move into the corporate space, Exchange would need to be fully supported. More and more of our customers have moved to iPhones to connect to our Harmony hosted Exchange Service, which provides unlimited data storage on an Exchange 2007 platform without the necessity to spend thousands on an in-house system.

The features I speak of on this video mean a lot to me because I didn’t even expect to be in OS 3.0, and they make my life measurably easier! There are a couple of honorable mentions however; like the ability to finally search e-mail messages by subject, from, or all. You can even search the server if you can’t find what you are looking for on your device. You can also utilize contact cards that are sent to you by others (adding them instantly to your contacts) and you can “share” contacts directly from the contact view.

Enjoy the video! Let me know what your thoughts are on these new iphone 3.0 features.

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2 Comments to “iPhone 3.0 contains two new Microsoft Exchange features that Apple doesn’t talk about”

  • Thanks for the video. I too was very impressed with the MS Exchange integration. But one thing I miss (previously used Windows Mobile) is synching MS Outlook tasks.

    Do you use an app that can do that?

    Mahdi - Jul 12, 2009 @ 12:24 AM

  • Unfortunately, no iphone 3.0 will not sync Outlook tasks. This does not seem to be an Activesync issue, but rather an Apple issue. There are some 3rd party apps that claim to do this but it would be great if the OS would handle this internally. I have some blog posts coming out soon that will list some great task software, and perhaps one of these would serve as a replacement task manager for you over Outlook?

    -Scott

    Scott Spiro - Jul 13, 2009 @ 2:57 AM

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