GOLFnSUN
Enjoy the sun
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join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
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|  Back-up plans ?? - switch from Blackberry
RIM officials recommend all who depend on their BlackBerry as a major way of communication should make some back-up plans in case more problems occur Wednesday morning. And one of the back-up plans their users should consider is evaluating alternatives to RIM. There are plenty of competitors out there both in hardware and in networks and their users should maybe look elsewhere.
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dariena
join:2005-04-24
Germantown, MD | Unfortunately none of the competing products work quite as smoothly... |
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nokiatech
join:2000-10-18
Stuart, FL | My WM5 PDA phone synchs directly to exchange via Direct Push. How much smoother can you get? |
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jay608
Going Nucking Futs
join:2007-01-22
Chicago, IL | NS.. Nice that the owner can't get or send e-mails and then gets pissed when the IT dept says sorry can't help you. this is out of our hands. Do you want your Pocket PC back? |
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The Beer
I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
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join:2001-07-24
Omaha, NE
clubs:
 ·ViaTalk
2 edits | reply to nokiatech
One of my problems with my Q was it did not download entire messages, so I would have to click on "Download Entire Message" blackberry does that as you read.
I went back to Blackberry on Sunday.
Worth the extra $20 a month.
EDIT: BTW I was not down.
Mine did die.
And now it's working again |
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Darkflight
3G Stitch626
join:2001-03-03
Rowland Heights, CA
| Appears to be intermittent. From what I hear, either you have all your messages, or you have none of them... hopefully they can get their queue of fun cleared up asap.
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Darkflight- PCS Vision- Way of the future. STOP THE RIAA before they ruin another 12 year old's FUTURE!!! |
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Foxbat121
join:2001-04-25
Herndon, VA
| reply to jay608
Using WM5 Smartphone right now synced directly to company exchange server. However, not sure if it is coincidence or not, my company's OWA and apparently Mobile access went out 5PM yesterday as well until 2AM this morning. We support both WM5 and BB. Maybe the BB enterprise server running on the same server as OWA and mobile access server. |
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Foxbat121
join:2001-04-25
Herndon, VA
| reply to The Beer
said by The Beer  :One of my problems with my Q was it did not download entire messages, so I would have to click on "Download Entire Message" That's a simple setting in the email setup. You can chose head only, first 0.5k, 1K ... or download all. The default is first 0.5k IIRC.
WM6, IIRC, adds download while you read functionality. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | reply to nokiatech
When MS gives me the security capabilities that RIM's BES does, then I'll agree with your assessment. Until then, additional products are required in the mix to equate to RIM's service. |
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The Beer
I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
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join:2001-07-24
Omaha, NE
clubs: | MS does have a handheld wipe like Blackberry now. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
 ·AT&T Southeast
| It's a lot more than remote wipe. My research is a couple of months old and this is off of the top of my head, but:
- Password complexity and enforcement
- Security policy implementation/enforcement for devices
- Wiping the whole device (including SD storage)
I'm sure there are others, but I don't have access to my research results. |
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Foxbat121
join:2001-04-25
Herndon, VA
| Your first two concerns are already implemented in current push email and WM5 devices. That is you can, actually most deployment should always do so, push down a security policy in order to let the device to sync with server.
As for wipe out SD card, I think it is left out in WM5 and WM6.0 implements SD card encryption instead. |
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chanur
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join:2001-02-26
Colorado Springs, CO
| reply to Darkflight
said by Darkflight :Appears to be intermittent. From what I hear, either you have all your messages, or you have none of them... hopefully they can get their queue of fun cleared up asap. My personal experience says this is unfortunately not true. Additionally, I have gotten some duplicates as well, and others trickling in 8 - 12 hours later. The whole thing is messy. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
·AT&T Southeast
| reply to Foxbat121
Push email and and sync are there, but from what I recall, the security policy and enforcement to the level that I needed was not. Things might have changed in the last few months and maybe when WM6 rolls, even more will change, but when I looked, Exchange and WM5 didn't have what I needed and BlackBerry and BES did.
SD card encryption is a step in the right direction. This can currently be accomplished with 3rd party apps like Apriva and Trust Digital, but out of the box, Microsoft didn't provide a good solution. |
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