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Apple is looking for an Exchange QA staffer for iPhone
Even if iPhones are further into the enterprise market than some might think (or desire), the lack of native non-IMAP support for Exchange accounts on the device has given some users and their IT departments pause. While there are some solid third-party options coming along (Visto and SyncML among others), only an Apple-blessed solution is going to satisfy in the end. Is there progress on the home front? Chadwick sent along a link via ModMyiPhone.com to an Apple job posting for a QA engineer:
The iPhone Quality team is looking for a motivated, highly-technical Exchange test/sync engineer with excellent problem solving and communication skills. You will join a dynamic team responsible for qualifying the latest iPhone products. Your focus will be testing Exchange and Outlook functionality with Apple's innovative new phone. The successful candidate will complete both documented and adhoc testing to ensure high quality releases.
Thanks, Chadwick.
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JMS said 12:40PM on 12-21-2007
So, this would mean seamless Exchange support, right? Just like I now have on my Windows Mobile phone...push email, transparent contact/calendar syncing, etc?
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itguy07 said 1:54PM on 12-21-2007
Who cares? Exchange is a POS application on all levels and, while it's used by a lot of companies (enterprise messaging is split almost evenly Exchange and Notes), it's an absolute horrible platform for stable, reliable, and scalable e-mail.
Apple would be better served by going the Blackberry route and designing connectors for all mail platforms like BES. They could tie it to OS X and release a version of the server side software + Xserve + OS X for clients. Then they could get traction into corporate accounts and slowly win them over.
Heck, they could even offer to help you Exchange into a REAL groupware platform!
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Chris said 1:39PM on 12-22-2007
Who cares?
Let's see, for starters everyone carrying around an iPhone because it's awesome and a Blackberry (depite their inherent crappiness) because that's all they can connect to the corporate email server. In many large companies IT will not allow IMAP even if it's over SSL.
Or the people that refuse to carry two devices but lust after the iPhone and are stuck with the aforementioned Blackberry or a shitty Windows Mobile phone.
Or people that have an iPhone and would use it to connect to their corporate email if it were possible, but instead live without.
Yeah, I can't imagine who would care about native Exchange sync.
ptackbar said 2:03PM on 12-21-2007
This is at least a week old:
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/12/14/apple-job-posting-hints-at-improved-iphone-exchange-support
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Jubei said 7:29PM on 12-21-2007
I find it amazing that email has become such a burden for companies that millions are spent just for email to be brought in house, secured and maintained. Save yourself the headaches and money and let the ISPs who offer Exchange Services run it for you.
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Roland de Lange said 9:22AM on 12-22-2007
What about support for Exchange in Mac OSX? Unfortunately Tiger hasn't brought that yet...
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Roland de Lange said 9:24AM on 12-22-2007
I meant Leopard: no support for Exchange.