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Cingular announces the availability of the Microsoft Direct Push email service and new Direct Push rate plans for enterprise customers.
Direct Push Has Arrived!

Microsoft Direct Push from Cingular is a scalable and cost-effective wireless email solution that enables mobile professionals to easily stay connected to their Microsoft® Outlook® and Office® information while on the go. Cingular's Direct Push service is designed specifically for companies with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 interested in deploying wireless email on the Cingular Windows Mobile 5 portfolio.
Optimizing Productivity with Microsoft Outlook Mobile

Microsoft Direct Push sends email, calendar, contacts and tasks directly to a mobile professional's Pocket PC or SmartPhone as soon as items arrive/change on the server, ensuring users are always in the know. Mobile Professionals can respond to email and manage documents efficiently with the same familiarity as their desktop experience. Direct Push is available on the popular Cingular 8125 Pocket PC and the Cingular 2125 SmartPhone.
Innovative Direct Push Architecture

Direct Push is not just great for mobile professionals, it's great for IT. Direct Push operates without 3rd party middleware, client access licenses (CALs) or new device software. For companies already running Exchange Service 2003 Service Pack 2, the solution may required little or no changes to the IT infrastructure, resulting is simplified management, lower up front investment and the opportunity for a rapid return on investment. The service includes a number of security features including remote policy enforcement, remote device wipe and password enforcement to protect sensitive corporate data.
The Cingular Advantage

Cingular takes the complexity and risk out of deploying Direct Push by providing pre-purchase consultation, a portfolio of Direct Push enabled devices, service-specific rate plans and the specialized technical support business customers have come to expect from the market leader for corporate wireless email.
Cingular Provides a Fast, Extensive Network

With Direct Push and the Cingular ALLOVER™ network, employees can be connected and productive in more places with the largest digital voice and data network in America. They can travel internationally and still get their email with Cingular's data roaming agreements in more than 85 countries worldwide and voice roaming in more than 165 countries. The ALLOVER network is the largest digital voice and data network in America covering over 273 million people.
Are You Ready for Direct Push?

The Direct Push technology is incorporated into Service Pack 2 for Exchange Server 2003 and a firmware update to the Windows Mobile 5.0 devices called the Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP). With these updates in place, customers are ready to provision Windows Mobile 5.0 devices with Cingular's Direct Push rates plans and go.
Click here for link to update Cingular 2125
CAUTION: firmware updates will DELETE ALL applications, data and settings on the device. Back up all information of PC or storage card before installing firmware upgrade!!
Click here for link to update Cingular 8125
CAUTION: firmware updates will DELETE ALL applications, data and settings on the device. Back up all information of PC or storage card before installing firmware upgrade!!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Coverage not available in all areas. Additional restrictions apply. Offer subject to change. Contact Cingular for details.

[glehman85]

i wonder how it will stand next to BIS...hm

[cherrichiodo]

don't let my husband see this...he may go back to the brick 8125!

[sheldon]

It is only available for enterprise customers, you must have a microsoft exchange account, it doesnt push POP mail.

Originally Posted by glehman85

i wonder how it will stand next to BIS...hm

[nik0]

Originally Posted by cherrichiodo

don't let my husband see this...he may go back to the brick 8125!

Ick, yeah, a good friend of mine had an 8125. That thing is a monster, LOL.