Comments on: Microsoft Exchange support shown on HTC Magic

CNET Asia's hands-on report of the HTC Magic shows off native Microsoft Exchange support.

[UCVirus]

OMG I'm in heaving. TMo contract expires in July, so I'm trying to decide between the 8900 and the Magic (released this summer sometime?), if the Magic supports exchange, no question I will have it in a month or two!!!

[wikimon]

i think i'm going to grab up the i7500.

headphone jack? yes please
AMOLED? sweetness
8gb internal storage? G1 has like 27 megs lol
does not look like a sea-going vessel

yea something like that

[wikimon]

i've waited oh so long for this

i really don't understand why google neglected such a vital part of enterprise support when they created their platform.

[forever4now]

Android is an open platform for smartphones, photo frames, car computers, set-top boxes, appliances, etc.. Does built-in Exchange support make sense, for all of these applications?

Also, I suspect there is a licensing fee than needs to be paid. Does it make sense for Google/OHA to pay a fee for every copy of Android, when it is ultimately given away for free? These fees are best paid for by device manufacturers, who can include the cost in the price of the final product.

[Remo_Williams]

wait... ActiveSync Exchange support, as in USB cable to PC? That would be... PERFECT.

[maxthepenguin]

You can do ActiveSync "Over The Air" right now with TouchDown by NitroDesk. Its $20 well spent, the calendar works great, I can search the GAL, all my email is auto-pushed from the Exchange server to my phone. I bought it a few months ago and now have no reason to ever need a different mobile device. Everyone with a G1 or thinking of a G1 but needs Exchange support should definitely check out TouchDown.

-Adam

[wikimon]

looks like android dev groups has some heavy handed moderation and i couldn't get this posted there.

"you don't understand, no one corporate is going to search your
arguably horrific app market to find a 3rd party knockoff brand
application to install on all their corporate phones to get exchange
to run.

when companies go to shop for phones they're going to look at OFFICIAL
support and see "hey this one doesn't have native exchange support,
sorry lads back to your blackberries"

you will NEVER gain a foothold in the very large and lucrative
enterprise market if you don't support commonly accepted enterprise
applications "out of the box". and to be honest you do your loyal
developer base a huge disservice by denying them traction in this
market.

android deserves it"

[gsukumarcnet]

Not sure what makes a product "official" and another one, a knock off brand.
What makes something from Google "official" and a tool from a 3rd party vendor who licenses ACtivesync technology from Microsoft "unofficial" ?
I guess enterprises dont need any more choices other than Google and Microsoft ?

[rshah29]

What about people using standalone Outlook (without an Exchange server)? How can we sync our Outlook contacts and calendar to the HTC Magic?

[gsukumarcnet]

try companionlink.com