A reader in line at an Apple store in Florida (not sure which one) IM’d me “they just told me that if you want Exchange activated on the new iPhone, you have to go to an AT&T store.”
Can anyone else confirm?
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AT&T is planning to charge "business users" a higher
monthly data fee. It hasn't been clear how they make this
distinction, but connecting to Exchange might be trigger.
monthly data fee. It hasn't been clear how they make this
distinction, but connecting to Exchange might be trigger.
The release was today, planning is over. What is your source for this information?
I had an iPhone for 2 weeks to see if I liked it. I didn't for various reasons but here is what I did.
My primary AT&T # had a data plan on it for my iPaq. When I got the iPhone I told them I did not want to add the Exchange service fee - just keep the required Internat plan.
Once I confirmed that I had Internet access, I simply went into the ActiveSync application and entered in my companies (HP) server data and within a few seconds the security policy was pushed down and I was able to function just like my iPaq did. All without paying ATT more money for services that are all handled over regular 3G Internet traffic.
Mitch
Messaging Engineer - HP
My primary AT&T # had a data plan on it for my iPaq. When I got the iPhone I told them I did not want to add the Exchange service fee - just keep the required Internat plan.
Once I confirmed that I had Internet access, I simply went into the ActiveSync application and entered in my companies (HP) server data and within a few seconds the security policy was pushed down and I was able to function just like my iPaq did. All without paying ATT more money for services that are all handled over regular 3G Internet traffic.
Mitch
Messaging Engineer - HP
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