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Nokia has just released an update for their ActiveSync Exchange synchronization, with quite the updated feature list.
• Access Point Groups/Destinations – Mail for Exchange can now actively switch between WiFi and GPRS connections automatically if your phone supports Destinations. This feature is only available on S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 and S60 5th Edition phones. To identify your device, visit this site: (See your phone User Guide for details about Destinations.)
• Calendar, Contacts, Tasks, are disabled by default on new installs. This is to prevent users from inadvertently losing Calendar, Contacts and Task data.
• When editing your Out of Office (OoO) message on the the device, Mail for Exchange retrieves the current OoO message from the server when the setting/tab is accessed and OoO is set to “Yes”, instead of periodically as in previous versions. This may cause a short delay and requires connectivity with the server.
• Much better battery life in adverse network conditions. If the Mail for Exchange client can’t maintain a connection to the Exchange Server, it automatically switches to polling every 15 minutes. The client will switch back to Always on at the next scheduled period.
• Mail for Exchange setting tabs are no longer dynamically displayed, instead all tabs are always displayed.
• Manage your device by name instead of IMEI via Outlook Web Access (OWA) email client (if account allows). Users of OWA can perform device management features on their phone clients such as wiping the device. The phone model name is now visible in the status field. This is helpful for users who are synchronizing several phones.
• Pictures in contacts are now synchronized.
Enterprise push e-mail on something other than a BlackBerry? Yeah, waddayaknow, it happens – in fact, the E71 is extremely popular, and these are decent additions for those who depend on them for business. Hit up Nokia’s E-mail for Enterprise download site to get everything up-to-date.
[via ESeries]
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