Not sure how I found this, but have a read. It is not a very good comparison, as it shuold be Exchange 2007 vs Gmail or actually Windows Live vs Gmail
http://lifehacker.com/398778/outlook-vs-gmail++the-definitive-comparision
Month: July 2008
AstraSync – Activesync for Blackberry
I saw this on Jason’s Blog .. AstraSync is scheduled to be released in July 2008 at $49 for a one mailbox 12 month subscription. You can register your interest by filling in the form below. Once you have submitted your details our sales team will contact you to provide further information on the product and release date.
Could be an interesting “cure” to all the users having OoO issues with BES & Exchange 2007 .. as long as the price is right! Would be good to see it in action
Source: http://www.astrasync.com/
AstraSync™ is a new software plug-in for BlackBerry® Smartphones that performs two-way over-the-air synchronization of email, calendar and contact data with a Microsoft Exchange 2007 or MailSite Fusion server.
AstraSync does this by implementing the Exchange ActiveSync and DirectPush protocols.
AstraSync can be downloaded over-the-air and runs silently in the background on the BlackBerry® Smartphone.
Users can configure the name of the ActiveSync server, their username and password and can select which data they wish to synchronize.
Features
- Synchronizes email, calendar and contacts over-the-air
- Supports Exchange ActiveSync
- Supports Exchange DirectPush
- Supports secure https connection
- Works with Microsoft Exchange 2007
- Works with MailSite Fusion
- Over-the-air download
- Requires a simple one-time configuration
System Center Operations Manager 2007 Training Videos
Been having a dig around for some SCOM stuff and came across these:
HP OCS Sizing tool
Just in case you missed this, Brett posted yesterday.
So for the Microsoft Unified Communications (UC) on HP Active Answers go here:
http://h71019.www7.hp.com/ActiveAnswers/cache/561453-0-0-0-121.html
Found the Exchange link too ;-)
The Microsoft Exchange Server link on HP Active Answers is here:
http://h71019.www7.hp.com/ActiveAnswers/cache/70593-0-0-0-121.html
Exchange 2003 Whitepapers: http://h71019.www7.hp.com/activeanswers/Secure/70568-0-0-0-121.html
Google Maps
So in the UK press there has a been a few column inches over people not wanting Google to take pictures of streets so they can provide a kind of fly by to map.
Well out and about over the weekend, look what I found parked up by the side of the road
Interesting !!
The Samsung Omnia i900
Ohh, could THIS be my new mobile? I found a mini review in stuff magazine last night
Check out Samsung’s site here: http://omnia.samsungmobile.com/
So iPhone 2.0 or the Omnia .. a lot of reviews around comparing the two, and putting the users in two camp … either with Apple/Jobs or Microsoft/Gates. The thing that puts me off an iPhone is that I dont want to join O2 I want to stay with T-Mobile, so that puts the iPhone on the back burner unless I can get a dodgy one from the states. But the Omnia looks niiiiiiiiice
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Height (mm) |
115.5 |
113 |
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Width (mm) |
62.1 |
56 |
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Depth (mm) |
12.3 |
12.5 |
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Weight (g) |
113 |
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Display |
3.5 Inch 480×320 |
3.5 Inch WQVGA (400×240) |
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Storage |
8gb or 16gb |
8gb or 16gb + microSDHC |
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Connectivity |
UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz) |
HSDPA 7.2 mbps |
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GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) |
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 (Quad-Band) WCDMA: 900/2100 (Dual-Band) |
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Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) |
Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11g) |
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Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR |
Bluetooth (2.2) |
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GPS |
Assisted GPS |
Embedded GPS |
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Camera |
2.0 megapixels |
5 mega-pixels (auto-focus) |
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Music |
AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 1, 2, and 3), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV |
MP3, AAC, eACC+, WMA, OGG, AMR |
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Video |
M4V, MP4, MOV, H.264 |
Divx, Xvid, MP4, WMV,H.263, H.264 |
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More on Taylor Woodrow
They seem to have been in the press a lot this week. Well I say a lot, I have seen 3 seperate articles, Computing, Computerweekly and this. They seem to be “bleeding” edge by moving email and application sharing out to the “Cloud”
I wonder what the users think of it?
Source: http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39257523,00.htm?r=7
Taylor Woodrow has moved its 1,800 staff onto Google Apps for email and other services, estimating it will save £1m per year in the process.
The construction division of Taylor Wimpey has embraced software as a service by adopting Google Apps Premier Edition to improve mobility and flexibility for its workers.
Staff are now using Google Mail along with the Docs, Calendar and Sites services, all of which is hosted by Google, removing the need to install or maintain the technology on site.
The company predicts it could save around £1m in terms of up front costs with each of the 1,800 licences costing just £25 per year for 25GB of storage. These costs are also predictable due to Google not charging extra as new features are added.
Previously, the company was using HP’s Open Mail which offered little flexibility especially for clients and contractors who often use other people’s machines.
TechNet Webcast: High Availability in Exchange Server 2007 SP1 (Part 2 of 2): Disaster Recovery and SCR Deep Dive (Level 300)
FYI
Event Name: TechNet Webcast: High Availability in Exchange Server 2007 SP1 (Part 2 of 2): Disaster Recovery and SCR Deep Dive (Level 300)
Event ID: 1032381322
We have rescheduled this event for the following date:
Date: 08/15/2008
Start Time: 09:30 AM Pacific
Originally scheduled for 31st July 2008
iPhone 3g
So Ari isn’t too bitter that o2 messed things up big style and he wont get his until next week, but the news on the web is quite amusing.
This is funny (in a strange kinda way) iPhone 3G: UK gets long wait as O2 systems fail
Check this guy our: One-man queue for iPhone 3G in the UK love the sleeping bag But was it worth it, “Sadly, Sunil doesn’t even intend to buy an iPhone 3G. Instead, he is hoping to sell his first-place spot in the queue via eBay.” and he did for £41 and 10% will go to Oxfam, so he only got £36.90! I wonder if he works for the sleeping bag company :-o
Top Ten 3G iPhone beaters
So the iPhone 3g is out today, but if you can’t get one Reg Hardware have an alternative list of phone for you ;-)
Source: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/07/11/round_up_iphone_rivals/print.html
10: Motorola Z10
9: Palm Treo 500v
8: Samsung SGH-F700
7: Motorola Moto Q 9h
6: HTC Touch Diamond
5: Nokia N78
4: HTC Touch Dual
3: Nokia N81 8GB
2: O2 XDA Orbit 2
1: Check the website out ;-)
flaphead.com 