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I use Mail2web for exchange and it is the worst experience, so I was thinking of paying the $100 and moving to mobileme from mac.
Does anyone have it working as a push service on the Diamond?
I think that it is very tricky to use it as your own domain for now, though some workarounds exists.
Conceptually, if it can run with outlook, it should run with PPC no??
IE activestink can do it?
FOr only mail, i would suggest hook up a gmail account to it ...
I use gmail for all my mails, even exchange forwards them there, and gmail takes the mail from my own server once in a few minutes.
I use Sherweb for hosted exchange. They also provide me with a free Sharepoint site, Outlook web access, access to the server via desktop outlook and a licence for outlook 2007 and entourage.
All for $8 a month - no contract. I can cancel any time.
Remember, Mobileme is an apple product - meaning limitations ahoy-hoy.
No synching of tasks I think..
Thats a bit weird, you have a Diamond, and you want to use the competitors email service that replicates what Exchange has been doing excellently for years. Sherweb is cheaper than MobileMe by a few quid a year, and will actually work with your phone, unlike MobileMe.
What are you nuts
ljames28 said:
Thats a bit weird, you have a Diamond, and you want to use the competitors email service that replicates what Exchange has been doing excellently for years. Sherweb is cheaper than MobileMe by a few quid a year, and will actually work with your phone, unlike MobileMe.
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What are you wearing Microsoft team colors???
I think mobile will offer 10x more than these crappy hosted exchanges we suffer with. Just want it to work first that's all.
MS Active Sync is the pinnacle of crap MS development.
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What are you wearing Microsoft team colors???
I think mobile will offer 10x more than these crappy hosted exchanges we suffer with. Just want it to work first that's all.
MS Active Sync is the pinnacle of crap MS development.
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Whats wrong with exchange though? Mail2web is free isn't it? Maybe thats why youve had a poor experience
I use SherWeb and i'm really enthusiastic about it because it works really well. For £50 a year I have tasks, mail, contacts and calendar pushed to my main computer, laptop and both phones. MobileMe will do that, but without the phones and without the tasks, so it seems odd you would want it.
mikeycollins13 said:
What are you wearing Microsoft team colors???
I think mobile will offer 10x more than these crappy hosted exchanges we suffer with. Just want it to work first that's all.
MS Active Sync is the pinnacle of crap MS development.
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You have to be kidding me!!!
Mobile Me is going to be restrictive and crap, as like all things Apple.
ActiveSync and Exchange work damn well.
That made me laugh too - If EAS is so crap, then why is one of the main features of the new Iphone 2.0 is that it fully supports EAS?
Makes me wonder why you got something like a diamond and didnt go the complete Apple route if its so wonderful
So you guys like active sync?
Active Sync??? is good? The P.O.S. software ever written! Nothing but bugs 5 years after release.
Do you any of you have a good active sync experiences??? (Exchange is fine, I agree)
Hint: Search the forums for problems activesync, across this entire site.
The main benefit on using an apple service like mobileme over your average hosted exchange, is the ease with which you can get back your details if you lose or forget them. So easy that in fact anyone can get their details. Or yours.
But if all you're doing is mail, yeah go with Googlemail.
mr_Ray said:
The main benefit on using an apple service like mobileme over your average hosted exchange, is the ease with which you can get back your details if you lose or forget them. So easy that in fact anyone can get their details. Or yours.
But if all you're doing is mail, yeah go with Googlemail.
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LOL
but on a serious note, exchange is pretty easy to retrieve lost data too. You can even remote wipe any devices that may have got stolen.
mikeycollins13 said:
Active Sync??? is good? The P.O.S. software ever written! Nothing but bugs 5 years after release.
Do you any of you have a good active sync experiences??? (Exchange is fine, I agree)
Hint: Search the forums for problems activesync, across this entire site.
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Er.. im talking about activesync for EXCHANGE.. not that USB based crap.
So in terms of over the air syncing.. Activesync > Mobileme
In light of recent events.. thread bumped for humour!
I saw this on the market, I hadn't seen it before so I don't know whether it is new or it has just been updated but there are no reviews of it and I can't read the website so I'm not sure what to think of this app really.
http://www.cyrket.com/package/oms.sns.facebook
I haven't purchased it so I don't know if it is any good. Have any of you guys seen this before?
Thanks,
Simon.
Yeah it is new as I just noticed it as well. Anyone wanna take the dive and purchase and post impressions?
hmm based on that one review doesn't seem good :/
probably just another mobile facebook wrapper.
I emailed the Dev, asked him if it's a native app using FB's APIs or a wrapper, and asked for screenshots.
We'll see what he says.
Got a reply:
From Email said:
Hi Jordan,
Mobile Facebook is a native application, not by Browser, which using Facebook APIs,
FBook is a Browser,
Our application is totle different from FBook, we can access Facebook very fast, and also enable user access wall message, phonebook, friends information,
Enable you upload photo, video to Facebook,
Show news feed,
We will find a website to show more information about Mobile Facebook.
Thanks your mails
Regards
Huadong
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He sent me a ton of screenshots of the app in use. Screenshot attachments continue in the next post.
Continued screenshots.
Conclusion: The app doesn't look as pretty as Bloo does, but it looks far more powerful and integrated. I don't know if it's worth the $3.50, though.
I like Babbler myself. The first true native Facebook app.
Is it just me, or are those screenshots totally confusing? It's not the language barrier per-se, but I can't tell what any of those pages are supposed to be showing.
The thing that has me wondering though is, I thought there was no mail API - that's why Bloo and the others don't have mail yet.
Edit: Ok, I downloaded it and took some screenies of my own.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nolageek2/sets/72157621869871714/
My opinion - it does a LOT. But it's kinda fugly and not fun or intuitive to use. I couldn't figure out how to view people's photos or reply to their wall posts, but I only had it for about 10 minutes and decided that I didn't like it enough to keep playing with it.
You could reply to e-mail, that was kind of cool. You couldn't do it from the message-read page though, you had to long-press on the message title on the message-list screen.
Mail is the only thing I saw that this has that Bloo doesn't (I haven't used babble). And with blue it's a LOT easier to comment on walls, photos, etc...
As you can see though, from the screenshots, it's got a LOT of options, so maybe I missed something.
Thanks for the review, nolageek.
If the interface improves, I wouldn't mind trying it. It'd be nice as well if the author could share their hacks with the Bloo and Babbler devs. Unless he's just recoding the HTML from the m.facebook.com site.
i like bloo the best so far, but i'm going to reserve judgment until the official app comes out next week.
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Is it just me, or are those screenshots totally confusing? It's not the language barrier per-se, but I can't tell what any of those pages are supposed to be showing.
The thing that has me wondering though is, I thought there was no mail API - that's why Bloo and the others don't have mail yet.
Edit: Ok, I downloaded it and took some screenies of my own.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nolageek2/sets/72157621869871714/
My opinion - it does a LOT. But it's kinda fugly and not fun or intuitive to use. I couldn't figure out how to view people's photos or reply to their wall posts, but I only had it for about 10 minutes and decided that I didn't like it enough to keep playing with it.
You could reply to e-mail, that was kind of cool. You couldn't do it from the message-read page though, you had to long-press on the message title on the message-list screen.
Mail is the only thing I saw that this has that Bloo doesn't (I haven't used babble). And with blue it's a LOT easier to comment on walls, photos, etc...
As you can see though, from the screenshots, it's got a LOT of options, so maybe I missed something.
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Apps like Babbler and Bloo *could* do mail, but if they did they wouldn't be an officially approved Facebook app, since they wouldn't be following the guidelines of using strictly the API.
Neither of them are an officially approved Facebook app. There is no officially approved Facebook app, and no official Facebook app anyway.
And Babbler originally had mail, but it redirected users to the mobile site. Kind of a botched version. They've since dropped it in favor of pure API access.
kusotare said:
i like bloo the best so far, but i'm going to reserve judgment until the official app comes out next week.
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Whats this about an official app next week now?
I don't like any of the facebook apps, I use the facebook mobile site ESPECIALLY for android.
x.Facebook.com -----Thats the best so far...don't use m.facebook.com
You can do what ever you want there...
Ultimate Chin said:
Whats this about an official app next week now?
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there is rumored to be an official facebook app releasing with the launch of the MT3G, which happens next week. I see this as being strongly possible seeing as facebook, after years of TMO hating, just decided to open up mobile alerts for TMO customers.
It's not just T-Mobile they hate, it's Google as well.
jordanjay29 said:
it's not just t-mobile they hate, it's google as well.
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double hate!!
jordanjay29 said:
Neither of them are an officially approved Facebook app. There is no officially approved Facebook app, and no official Facebook app anyway.
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wrong. there is a difference between an "official" app and an "approved" app. facebook approves apps and puts them on the web site if they follow all of their guidelines for apps. since facebook has announced they are making their own OFFICIAL app, they aren't listing android mobile apps anymore.
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x.Facebook.com -----Thats the best so far...don't use m.facebook.com
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Not made for android. Made for all phones not iphone. But same page. Have you compared that feed to the real site? Its brutal. 1st few items are new, and then it just tosses a bunch of crap in from 24 hours ago or older. For anyone that uses facebook a few times a day, x.facebook is awful. Pretty tabs, but if feed is wrong, useless
The android community is a day or two from the release of the MyTouch3g.
Rumors Have spread that there will be a official release from FacebOok.
Who knows? We just have to wait a little more to timeout.
I came accross Blabber and fbchat which compared to the mobile web version and full web version, gives better function than the browser. Fbchat is great for instant chatting online.
Bloo is also another Facebook app, its functions seem to be limitied! If you haven't tried it take a look for more info about the app. One advantage bloo has is that it has a cleaner UI.
WHAT I'M IMPROVMENTS SHOULD BE MADE? each application should borrow a few tricks from each other to implement a more complete build.
Blabber combined with fbchat for start if its possible?
Maybe a joint project between them? Blooblabberchat lol that sounds great I know! I should copyright it.
Ok to end the creators are up for a big challenge when the official FaceBoOk for Android is released. So let's give them FEEDBaCK and ideas to continue their hard work?????????
Chat can't be in either babbler or bloo because the facebook api doesn't allow it. Here are a few threads talking about the different facebook apps and one of them talks about the chat functionality. Also about the official facebook app which if the rumors are true isn't that special.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=542118
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=533226
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=540738
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=526798
BSDADON said:
Chat can't be in either babbler or bloo because the facebook api doesn't allow it. Here are a few threads talking about the different facebook apps and one of them talks about the chat functionality. Also about the official facebook app which if the rumors are true isn't that special.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=542118
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=533226
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=540738
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=526798
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Same with inbox, in case anyone is wondering about that
k gotya i wasnt sure about all of that, i think it might just need to be cleaned up some.
lets just hope!!
Hey guys
Could anyone upload the iTunes remote app, as a .XPA-file?
This would def. be an awesome app, but can't get it where I live because of limitation to Marketplace :-(
KingPin_DK said:
Hey guys
Could anyone upload the iTunes remote app, as a .XPA-file?
This would def. be an awesome app, but can't get it where I live because of limitation to Marketplace :-(
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It is a paid app and cannot be posted here.
It seems Microsoft is going to start loosing customers really soon, if they dont open to new Markets. What's the point of selling phone if one cant install any app? Buying a smartphone only for sms, email and IE? Ridiculous.. as to say the least...
At least Android has the possibility of downloading free apps... on Markets that are not supported yet.
tfouto said:
It seems Microsoft is going to start loosing customers really soon, if they dont open to new Markets. What's the point of selling phone if one cant install any app? Buying a smartphone only for sms, email and IE? Ridiculous.. as to say the least...
At least Android has the possibility of downloading free apps... on Markets that are not supported yet.
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+1 Agree with you mate!
Hey everyone, I didn't know where to post this. Theres a no-iphone rule in the General section, so I thought this would be safe. I would normally ask iOS questions on an iOS Forum, but this is something that I'm only going to get dumb answers on an iOS forum.
We're wanting to buy my 10 year old daughter an iPod Touch for Christmas. She actually wants an HD video camera, but the iPod Touch serves that purpose, plus it would be cool to let her iMessage chat, and Face Time with all her cousins, grandparents, ect. Everyone in our family uses iOS devices, except me.
I detest iOS with a passion, but I'm not going to be as bull-headed as to buy her a Galaxy Player, and force all our relatives to sign up for Google Talk accounts just to chat with her. iOS just makes more sense.
Heres my question: I want to be able to chat with her from my Android devices. It would be a frosty day in hell I would let her get a Facebook account, so Google Talk is the obvious choice. Except that apparently there isn't a Google Talk app for iOS. It looks like Google merged it into their Google+ app. But I'm certainly not setting her up with a Google+ account.
I want to do both Video Chat, and IM. I'm considering maybe just setting her up with a Skype account, and relying on that for both IM and Video. Anyone have any other good solutions?
Thanks
Skype, or the trusty old AIM which looks a lot different now. lol
Skype. Most other cross platform apps have limitations or make you pay.
But if you set up her G+ account then set it up completely private.
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For video chatting I recommend Tango.
Works with iOS, Android, PC, Mac, and Windows Phone. I personally like it better than Skype.
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But if you set up her G+ account then set it up completely private.
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That was one of my thoughts. My biggest concern is that she could change her settings (unwittingly). But I suppose the App probably wouldn't let her do that.
Maybe if I set up the account, and didn't tell her the password?
veeman said:
For video chatting I recommend Tango.
Works with iOS, Android, PC, Mac, and Windows Phone. I personally like it better than Skype.
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Do they allow users to search for eachother? Or do you need to know somebody's details to add them? I'm mostly worried strangers adding her, and trying to video chat with her.
impreziv said:
That was one of my thoughts. My biggest concern is that she could change her settings (unwittingly). But I suppose the App probably wouldn't let her do that.
Maybe if I set up the account, and didn't tell her the password?
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Skype servers are iffy when sending messages while the person is offline. They might they might not get them. G+ always sends them.
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For IM only kik messenger is excellent and free
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impreziv said:
Do they allow users to search for eachother? Or do you need to know somebody's details to add them? I'm mostly worried strangers adding her, and trying to video chat with her.
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I'm not sure. But I haven't had any random strangers add me so it should be ok. Just monitor what she does frequently.
Gtalk seems to be best imo
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