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Wednesday, 28 September 2011 14:32 |
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Microsoft just rolled out Windows Phone 7.5, also nicknamed "Mango" (my favorite fruit incidentally). It brings lots of cool features like social networking and local search, but has certain features that businesses will find very useful. These are as follows: 1) MS Office Integration. The Mango update goes beyond allowing creation and editing of MS Office files by offering full integration with cloud based documents through Office 365. Users can sync their documents between their phone, online and desktop using Office 365 as an intermediate. I suspect users can also use third party mobile collaboration suites like HyperOffice to do this. 2) Enhanced Outlook/Exchange Support. The Mango update has Outlook pre-installed and has enhanced support for Exchange server sync. Users can now sync task lists and to-dos on their mobile. It also supports stronger passwords, including alpha numeric passwords. 3) Lync Mobile. Later this year Windows Phone Mango will add Lync, which will allow users to access SharePoint features right on their mobile, including VOIP capabilities. This seems like this will go a long way to add mobility capabilities to SharePoint, as well as bolster Microsoft's enterprise mobile offerings.  So is Microsoft finally going to breathe down the neck of iPhone? No way.Â
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