Monday, February 4, 2013

Gmail ActiveSync gets 6 month reprieve for Windows Phone

<p>Microsoft announced Google will continue to provide Exchange ActiveSync (EAS) support to Windows Phone users for another six months.</p><p>Google announced in December it was turning off EAS on free Gmail accounts at the end of this month. Google wants to use a combination of IMAP, CardDAV, and CalDAV instead of EAS. After the cut-off, existing sync relationships would have continued to work, but any new phones (or reset old phones) would have to go without.</p><p>That caused a big problem for Windows Phone users, as Microsoft's smartphone platform depends on EAS for both push mail and syncing of calendars and contacts.</p><p>Today's announcement provides a two-pronged solution to this problem. First, Google is extending the EAS window for six months. Users will have until July 31 to establish new sync pairings on their Windows Phone devices. Second, Microsoft is adding CalDAV and CardDAV support to Windows Phone, and it will provide an update available before July 31 to turn this on.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/01/gmail-activesync-gets-6-month-reprieve-for-windows-phonebut-not-windows-8/">Keep reading...</a></p>

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