In what has to be one of mobile tech’s more extreme ironies, users of Microsoft’s Hotmail email service have been suffering without proper Exchange support on most mobile devices for some time while Google has been offering ActiveSync for months now. Hotmail users haven’t even able to use proper IMAP for syncing folders and read status.

That indignity will soon end, CNET reports, as Exchange ActiveSync will finally be available next week for Hotmail users.

What does this mean for you? Well – mainly it means that if you’re a Hotmail user you will be able to re-set-up your email account as an Exchange account and get the benefits that brings: push email, sync’d read / unread / deleted statuses, folders, and the like.

Source: CNET; Thanks to Brett for the tip!

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Palm is running a new ad, first spotted in CIO Magazine, which demonstrates how readily and efficiently webOS phones (both the Pre and Pixi) can be integrated into a business environment.

Palm Simplicity. It’s good business.

Mobile doesn’t have to mean complicated. Palm webOS phones integrate seamlessly with Microsoft Exchange, so here’s no need for additional servers or middleware." [...] Learn more about how Palm can simplify your infrastructure at palm.com/simplify

which redirects to a page on business use on Palm’s site.

We at PreCentral have been making this business case for months, and are not sure why it has seemingly taken Palm this long to start doing so as well, but we’re pleased to see it. We’re certain that, with the HP acquisition reportedly closing (finally!) this week, and with HP’s longstanding focus on business (and its ongoing mentions of webOS’ place in that strategy), this message will be more frequently seen and heard in the near future.

Source: Smartphone Fanatics Thanks to @Kitayo for the tip!

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