It’s probably just a matter of time before Apple gives the businesspeople what they want: a way to sync the iPhone with an Exchange server (making the former easier to justify as a business expense). In the meantime, Synchronica’s new Mobile Gateway 3.0 appears to get the job done quite nicely. Here’s the scoop straight from the developer:
Until now, owners of Apple’s ground-breaking smartphone have been largely locked out of corporate mail systems, because the built-in email client of the iPhone only supports Microsoft Exchange via direct IMAP/SMTP connections - a feature which is often blocked by corporate firewalls due to security concerns.
Synchronica now provides a secure gateway in the corporate environment using Microsoft’s Outlook Web Access (OWA) to retrieve email from the Exchange server, a service enabled by many enterprises to provide users with access to corporate email from home or while traveling.
Now for some good news/bad news. The good news is that there’s a free 60-day trial, so you can really put the product through its paces before plunking down your cash (the amount of which Synchronica has yet to specify). The bad news is that you’ll have to wait a bit: The company’s been so “overwhelmed” with demand, the trial is temporarily unavailable. But you can leave your e-mail address here to be notified when it’s ready. [via PC World]
