In the "ok, ok, we admit we should have done this last year" department, Apple announced that not only will they release the SDK, but that they've licensed Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync for iPhone. Interestingly enough, Steve, who just over a year ago announced that there would be no SDK and that the only push option for iPhone would be Yahoo!, passed the buck to Phil Schiller to make this announcement.
Feeling a bit embarrassed about that one, Steve?
I'm intrigued. While I am definitely a fan of the BlackBerry in so many ways, ActiveSync is a very, very cool technology which takes the middleman (the BES) out of pushing email. Microsoft does do some things very well.
We very well may see a side-by-side comparison. Two Smartphones, battling for the heart of one man. With an actor's strike looming, can I get my own reality show?
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