Continuing the Mac theme

Posted on June 10, 2008 at 10:41 pm by jasonlee

 So today the launch date of July 11th was announced for the iPhone 2.0… And everything I have been hearing is it is fully compatible with Exchange 2003 and Exchange 2007…. Sooooo, I am posting here what we communicated to all our users to make sure there is no confusion… :) the following was communicated to our users today:

Last fall we communicated what mobile devices would work in combination with our network to synchronize your calendar and email over the air.  A new device will soon be added to that list, the Apple iPhone 3G is being released on July 11th.  The new version of the iPhone includes the ability to use Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®, and is compatible with our servers. 
As before this requires your cellular phone account to include data services and our support of mobile devices only extends to the configuration of your device connecting to our servers.  All other data issues must be resolved by you and your carrier. 
Since none of us in the Information Technology Office have an iPhone we will not be able to pre-test and configure this new device.  This means there may be some issues that we cannot be aware of and resolve prior to helping you configure an iPhone 3G to connect to our network. If you plan to purchase an iPhone 3G, I strongly encourage you to check with your reseller to confirm the return policy is at least 15-30 days to allow enough time for us to get the device configured and still  allow you to have enough time to try out the device and decide if it performs as you expect it would.

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  1. Justin Moore

    06.11.2008 6:32 am

    Just to make sure you’re aware (before your users come around asking), all first-generation iPhone’s will be getting the “iPhone 2.0″ software upgrade for free once it’s released, so they will also be able to do ActiveSync. It will basically turn all first-gen iPhone’s into the newer ones, minus the 3G network connection. You can read more about it at http://www.apple.com/iphone/softwareupdate/ if you so desire.

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