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Back in February Google announced support for ActiveSync.  Basically if you want to have Calendar and Contact pushed to the iPhone (or any device that supports ActiveSync) when you make a change online or if you are on your iPhone and make a change, this is done by ActiveSync.  Now that ActiveSync is working how do you set up your iPhone to take advantage of this?  This is for iPhone 3.0 and up.

1. Make sure your device has version 3.0 firmware or above. You can check your current version by going to Settings > General > About > Version. To upgrade, follow the instructions at http://www.apple.com/iphone/softwareupdate/.

2. Perform a sync with iTunes to ensure that Contacts and Calendars from your iPhone are backed up to your computer.

Note: Mail sync is not yet supported. You may receive error messages if you attempt to turn on Sync for Mail.

Getting Started

1. Open the Settings application on your device’s home screen.

2. Open Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

3. Tap Add Account….

4. Select Microsoft Exchange.

Enter Account Info

5. In the Email field, enter your full Google Account email address. If you use an @googlemail.com address, you may see an “Unable to verify certificate” warning when you proceed to the next step.

6. Leave the Domain field blank.

7. Enter your full Google Account email address as the Username.

8. Enter your Google Account password as the Password.

9. Tap Next at the top of your screen.

9a. Choose Accept if the Unable to Verfiy Certificate dialog appears.

10. A new Server field will appear. Enter m.google.com.

11. Press Next at the top of your screen again.

12. Select the Google services you want to sync. Currently only Contacts and Calendar are supported.

13. Unless you want to delete all the existing Contacts and Calendars on your phone, select the Keep on my iPhone option when prompted. This will also allow you to keep syncing with your computer via iTunes.

You’ve set up Google Sync for your iPhone. Synchronization will begin automatically if you have Push enabled on your phone. You can also open the Calendar or Contacts app and wait a few seconds to start a sync.

Calendar & Contacts Sync: Choose Which Calendars to Sync

Google Sync allows you to choose up to 25 Calendars (iPhone OS 3.0) or up to 5 Calendars (iPhone OS 2.2.x) with the Calendar app on your iPhone.

To select which calendars to sync to your iPhone, follow the steps below:

1. Open the Safari browser on your phone and go to http://m.google.com/sync.

2. Sign in with your account and select your phone from the list of devices you’ve set up for Google Sync.

3. Bookmark this page so you can return to it easily.

Google Apps alternate instructions:

1. Open the Safari browser on your phone and go to http://m.google.com
2. Click on Google Apps user? at the bottom of the screen.
3. Enter your domain name (e.g., YourDomain.com).
4. Click the Sync icon in your domain area (this section has a green background).
5. Sign in if required.
6. Select your device to configure Calendars.

**If you have a Windows Mobile Phone you can also setup ActiveSync, Link is here

written by AppleMacGenius \\ tags: Active Sync, gmail, Google, iPhone, iPhone 3.0

So you want an iPhone?  You go down to your local Apple Store and purchase one.  Then the Apple employee runs you through a step-by-step activation process.  Sounds harmless, but when you get to the question, “Will you be using your phone to access Corporate eMail?” what do you say?  If your answer is YES then your bill will be $45.00 a month.  But what does that get you?

I asked Apple, and their answer is “Well it’s so you can access your Exchange Server.”  AT&T says the same thing.  But here is the thing, I have an iPhone 3G[S], before I had a iPhone 3G and before that I had the original iPhone with 2.x on it and I have never been on the $45.00 Enterprise Data Plan.  I also connect to my Corporate Exchange.  So I ask AT&T and Apple, Are you scamming people out of their money?!?! Do you really need to say you are connecting to a Corporate Exchange server when you can answer with a simple “no” to that question and then still select in the “Mail.app” on the iPhone to connect to a Microsoft Exchange Server.

Just because I could I had a 25 min discussion with a AT&T representative over the phone and I asked him, What am I getting if I go with the Enterprise plan for $45.00?  His answer was, “You get the ability to connect to your Corporate Exchange account…“, then I said, well I already can do that and I have the Regular Data Plan for iPhone.  He said “…oh, well you get other tools on your phone.” so I asked what tools do I get?  He said “…well you get Exchange on your iPhone.” of course I challenged his answer again, I already can get my Exchange email on my iPhone, and I am on the regular iPhone Data Plan for $30.00.  He basically said he really didn’t know and I would have to switch if I kept doing that.  Of course I have been doing this for the last two and a half years.

written by AppleMacGenius \\ tags: AT&T, Enterprise Data Plans, iPhone, iPhone 3.0, iPhone 3GS

With iPhone 1.x and 2.x, you could hold down the Home button to “force quit” an application (kill the process) and return to the Home Screen. With iPhone 3.0, however, holding down the Home button now activates Voice Control on the iPhone 3G S.

So, how do you Force Quit under iPhone 3.0?

To force quit an application in 3.0, press and hold the sleep/wake button until the slide to power off screen appears, then press and hold the home button until the application quits (about 6 sec).

written by AppleMacGenius \\ tags: Apple, Force Quit, iPhone 3.0, iPhone 3GS, ipod touch