Google is dropping Exchange ActiveSync support for Gmail

Watcher

2012-12-16 20:35

You can read more about this and how it will affect Apple and Android products from here: Google vs Microsoft – fight! http://tbreak.com/tech/2012/12/google-vs-microsoft-fight/

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sykozis

2012-12-16 21:14

Glad I don't use gmail.... I'll stick with my Hotmail and Verizon e-mail accounts.

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nick0323

2012-12-16 21:28

So basically my contacts which are all in my Gmail account as I originally started with Android will no longer sync to my Windows Phone 7.5?

#4480639

sykozis

2012-12-16 21:36

So basically my contacts which are all in my Gmail account as I originally started with Android will no longer sync to my Windows Phone 7.5?

Exactly....

#4480651

airbud7

2012-12-16 22:11

Glad I don't use gmail.... I'll stick with my Hotmail and Verizon e-mail accounts.

This...Hotmail just works(2003...only account I ever had)

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Neo Cyrus

2012-12-17 01:32

So this will in no way affect gmail syncing on Android, right?

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PhazeDelta1

2012-12-17 03:39

So this will in no way affect gmail syncing on Android, right?

Nope

#4480851

sykozis

2012-12-17 03:50

This...Hotmail just works(2003...only account I ever had)

I've used Hotmail since 1998 and haven't had an issue with it. Don't see a reason to jump on the gmail bandwagon now...

#4480853

EspHack

2012-12-17 04:02

gmail... oh really... im using hotmail(outlook) since i got a dial up connection more than 10 years ago oh and there is a guy on the verge saying windows phone is doomed because google doesnt want to "support" it haha i got something for google [SPOILER]go fuçk yourself[/SPOILER]

#4480861

sykozis

2012-12-17 04:31

Google not supporting Windows Phone won't doom it. If anything, it'll be the way Microsoft is treating it. They need to set a minimum hardware requirement and let the phone makers have some room to build better phones. They also need to actually support their user base....

#4480901

(.)(.)

2012-12-17 07:01

who use's Gmail anyway.

#4480929

PhazeDelta1

2012-12-17 07:46

who use's Gmail anyway.

Last time I looked, Gmail has about 450 million active users.

#4481001

nick0323

2012-12-17 10:09

Exactly....

Well damnit and also a small wake up call from a security POV. Now that I have an Outlook account I should really transfer my contacts over from Gmail to Outlook as I don't want my contacts on my tablet.

Last time I looked, Gmail has about 450 million active users.

Is that because when you create a YouTube account it now forces you to have a Gmail account and a Google + account? I wonder how many people were forced to do that for a simple want of a YouTube account? Coolhead.

#4481004

(.)(.)

2012-12-17 10:15

Last time I looked, Gmail has about 450 million active users.

Hmm, point sir, good point.

#4481319

sykozis

2012-12-17 18:31

Last time I looked, Gmail has about 450 million active users.

Are we sure they have 450 million "active" users and not just 450 million accounts? Or is it a case where Google sells the e-mail address so it can receive spam, thus allowing them to consider it active?

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PhazeDelta1

2012-12-17 18:47

Are we sure they have 450 million "active" users and not just 450 million accounts? Or is it a case where Google sells the e-mail address so it can receive spam, thus allowing them to consider it active?

I believe the article said it was active users. Meaning users who are using the google play store and downloading/buying stuff from their andriod device. Which requires you to have an active google/gmail account. I can't seem to find the article I was reading that mentioned it. Funny how that seems to happen. 🤓

#4481399

Fender178

2012-12-17 20:05

I use gmail primarily but I have a hotmail account for school and Windows live messenger.

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sykozis

2012-12-17 23:51

I believe the article said it was active users. Meaning users who are using the google play store and downloading/buying stuff from their andriod device. Which requires you to have an active google/gmail account. I can't seem to find the article I was reading that mentioned it. Funny how that seems to happen. 🤓

So, they even count people that have never actually logged into a gmail account as being "active" just because they use other services offered by google. Yep, always amazes me how fast articles can disappear. I think they get sucked into the void so we can't use them for reference later.

#4481566

lucidus

2012-12-18 00:19

Meh, I'm content with outlook.com. I've been using it for over a decade. I opened my gmail account as a junk email id and to avoid the age confirmation page on youtube (ISP blocking).

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PhazeDelta1

2012-12-18 00:20

So, they even count people that have never actually logged into a gmail account as being "active" just because they use other services offered by google. Yep, always amazes me how fast articles can disappear. I think they get sucked into the void so we can't use them for reference later.

You have to have a Gmail account to even download/purchase anything from the google play store. So even if they only registered with GMail for that particular reason, it's still a lot of people with Andriod devices.