<p>Microsoft has added another piece to its "free" Office package for iPhone usersfree as in "free with an Office 365 account," that is. This time, Microsoft included an Outlook mail client and calendarsort of. Called OWA (as in Outlook Web App) for iPhone, this app takes the behaviors and interface of the Outlook client on Windows Phone 8 and embeds them in an iOS application formatted for the iPhone. It's similar to what Microsoft did with the Office app released last month.</p><p>As its name suggests, OWA for iPhone is not a full-fledged Outlook client in that it's limited to the single e-mail account associated with an Office 365 account. It does, however, have most of the functionality you'd expect from a phone mail client. It syncs contacts with the iPhone address book, pushes notifications for appointments and new mail, and generally does everything else that the Windows Phone 8 Outlook and Calendar apps do with a somewhat similar interface.</p><p>Microsoft has thrown in a few things to subvert the Apple ecosystem besides building the application in an HTML5 clone of its "Metro" interface. For example, when you set the location for a meeting in OWA's calendar, you can search for the location with Bing Maps and attach the address and map information to the appointment. Other features of the Outlook and full Outlook Web clients, such as automatic creation of appointments based on the contents of e-mails and access to LinkedIn data on the sender of an e-mail, are also part of the OWA for iPhone client.</p><p>The OWA client adds an additional layer of security for people who put the app on their personal phonea mobile PIN. You can add a four-digit PIN code to the app to protect access to your e-mail, allowing you to pass your phone to your bored child or spouse to play Plants vs. Zombies without worrying about exposing them to the horrors of your work life.</p><p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/07/outlook-for-ios-sort-of-the-next-step-in-microsofts-apps-for-iphone/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/17/microsoft-outlook-app-hits-ios/">Microsoft Outlook app hits iOS</a> (tuaw.com)</p><p><a href="http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/317941/scitech/technology/microsoft-outlook-web-app-coming-to-iphone-ipad">Microsoft Outlook web app coming to iPhone, iPad</a> (GMA News)</p><p><a href="http://www.themobileindian.com/news/13171_Microsoft-Outlook-web-apps-for-iOS">Microsoft Outlook web apps for iOS</a> (The Mobile Indian)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dh5YKzvRgvgbHvMjTE9O1UC0-w2ZM&ned=us">137 additional articles.</a></p>