Synchronica, the mobile synchronisation and device management company, says that UK iPhone owners can turn their new handset into a business phone by adding a secure corporate email service free of charge, with just a few clicks.
Synchronica says it is the only vendor offering a live solution allowing iPhones owners to receive push email from Microsoft Exchange accounts, without requiring additional software to be installed on the iPhone, or behind the corporate firewall. Synchronica is offering a free 60-day trial if its Mobile Gateway solution for UK iPhone users, following a successful trial which has been running in the US since August. More than 10,000 US iPhone users have already signed up for the Mobile Gateway trial and, says Synchronica, have seamlessly incorporated their new handsets into their business life, using mobile email.
Synchronica says that Mobile Gateway, which provides a link between the iPhones built-in email client and Microsoft Exchange, is the perfect complement to iTunes for ensuring fast, secure synchronisation of all business data. While iTunes synchronises calendar and contacts with Microsoft Outlook, Mobile Gateway keeps iPhone connected to corporate email when the user has left the office. It provides tight integration between the iPhone and Microsoft Exchange, and automatically delivers emails to the built-in email client of the iPhone, including support for folders and attachments. Emails sent from the iPhone via Mobile Gateway automatically appear in the Sent Items folder of the users Exchange account as if they had been sent from the users PC.
To take up the trial, iPhone users need should head for the Synchronica website and register their iPhone with Synchronicas Mobile Gateway. At the end of the 60-day trial period, users will be migrated to a commercially-supported service.
I know that those who have finally got their hands on the iPhone in the UK are going to love their new handset just as much I love mine, says Synchronica CEO, Carsten Brinkschulte. The iPhone is an iconic device with an exceptional user experience, and probably the first to deliver the complete web experience on a mobile device. Mobile Gateway closes the main gap in its functionality by connecting the iPhone to corporate Exchange mailboxes. Another reason to leave that Blackberry in the drawer.