Tom Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 http://www.1800pocke...1800PocketPC%29 Looks like the heat is being felt by the folks at google. Why else would they fire a direct salvo at Microsoft and declare war by announcing that they will stop Exchange ActiveSync Support (EAS) for non-business users? Since the introduction of EAS by Microsoft in 2002, EAS has been the defacto communication protocol to sync emails, calendar and contacts. Its is also the only way to have a decent gmail experience on Windows Phone 8 devices. Google actually referred to this move as ?Winter Cleaning? which can only be seen as a direct attack on Microsoft. Microsoft has responded to this decision claiming that they were ?very surprised? and that it was a ?degrade? for users. They also say that if users REALLY want to do some Winter Cleaning, they should immediately switch to Outlook.com. As of now, when google stops EAS support, WP8 users will have a tough time ? since the platform only supports POP. What a d*** move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassed Silver Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 You're pretty late to post this. And seeing how much they "clean out", I don't really think it's an attack at Microsoft. Glassed Silver:mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muhammad Farrukh Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Welcome to a week ago :p ahhell and psmoked 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LogicalApex MVC Posted December 20, 2012 MVC Share Posted December 20, 2012 Surely Windows Phone supports IMAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majortom1981 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Windows phone 8 does support imap. I have my email on my Lumia 920 using it right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsupersonic Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Well, I'd hope the majority of WP users have an outlook.com account (in addition to a Gmail account). You could setup mail forward to your outlook.com email, and view emails that way, and such (although not ideal at all). It seems Google wants nothing to do with WP... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Method Man Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Any other Front Page News from last week that you'd like to share with us? psmoked 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDboyz Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 You miss another news that google has changed youtube backend to break all third party WP7/8 youtube apps. Google feels more threaten from WP8 than iPhone, because it is likely that android users will move to WP8 than iPhone users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LogicalApex MVC Posted December 20, 2012 MVC Share Posted December 20, 2012 Well, I'd hope the majority of WP users have an outlook.com account (in addition to a Gmail account). You could setup mail forward to your outlook.com email, and view emails that way, and such (although not ideal at all). It seems Google wants nothing to do with WP... Why would a Windows Phone user need an Outlook.com account? I never had one when I used my Windows Phone device and I don't have a GMail either for when I'm using my SIII. This isn't the 90s where everyone ran around using their ISP supplied email address. I don't see the need to tie my email to the company I'm picking for my phone OS... Glassed Silver 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted December 20, 2012 MVC Share Posted December 20, 2012 Any other Front Page News from last week that you'd like to share with us? Haters gonna hate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BajiRav Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Why would a Windows Phone user need an Outlook.com account? I never had one when I used my Windows Phone device and I don't have a GMail either for when I'm using my SIII. This isn't the 90s where everyone ran around using their ISP supplied email address. I don't see the need to tie my email to the company I'm picking for my phone OS... Uh...he said he hoped and is kind of right because WP is pretty much useless without a Microsoft account. I can't think of any valid reason why would someone not have one if they get a WP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LogicalApex MVC Posted December 20, 2012 MVC Share Posted December 20, 2012 Uh...he said he hoped and is kind of right because WP is pretty much useless without a Microsoft account. I can't think of any valid reason why would someone not have one if they get a WP. MS Account != Outlook.com email account I have a MS account, but I don't have an Outlook.com account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BajiRav Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 MS Account != Outlook.com email account I have a MS account, but I don't have an Outlook.com account. I kind of knew you would say this but I think OP's intention was pretty clear. If you open a new MS account it is more than likely that you will end up with hotmail/outlook account. To raise the ever so popular "normal people" argument - "normal people" will have it and may be tiny % of hyper-power-users :p like you won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaP Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 since the platform only supports POP WP doesn't support imap ? :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Old news. And MS declared war, not Google. Google is/will/maybe will defend itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted December 21, 2012 Member Share Posted December 21, 2012 I don't see it as an attack at all. I think Google evaluated the service and noticed not many non-paying customers use it, so they dropped it for free users. You can still get it if you pay. Glassed Silver 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassed Silver Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I don't see it as an attack at all. I think Google evaluated the service and noticed not many non-paying customers use it, so they dropped it for free users. You can still get it if you pay. This, but hey, wars, slams and all that get more clicks, so that's what the news spin it as. Also being anti-Google is kind of hip now... Guess the Apple-hate is being split up and shared amongst Apple and Google now. :D I wonder who's next to join the club of the hated giants? Glassed Silver:mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capr Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 stop fussing. google just wants people to use their new services. next year this time they will give up on it like every other product and we can all go back to exchange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Spork) Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 <looks at calender> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshie Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 WP doesn't support imap ? :s In all fairness, Gmail's 'IMAP' is barely even IMAP. The best IMAP client in the world couldn't save that turd of an experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArialBlue Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 (edited) G-mail is becoming the old Hotmail Proud Outlook.com user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerowen Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I don't see the problem, Gmail supports POP and IMAP. If you're using an e-mail client that doesn't support these basic and common protocols, you need to use a different e-mail client. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead.cell Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 G-mail is becoming the old Hotmail Proud Outlook.com user I actually like Outlook.com but... this made me cringe so hard. :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Observer Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 POINTLESS POST: In New Zealand, we have a channel that shows everything one hour ago from its parent channel, so say the news is on at 6pm, well this channel will show the same news boardcast at 7pm. OP makes me feel im watching this channel. Glassed Silver 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakem1 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I don't see the problem, Gmail supports POP and IMAP. If you're using an e-mail client that doesn't support these basic and common protocols, you need to use a different e-mail client. This is about syncing calendar & contacts, not email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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