Apple working on improved Exchange support for iPhone
 By agent680

Apple Insider is reporting that Apple is working on improving the
iPhone's support of Microsoft's Exchange email platform, which could
finally deliver true syncing capabilities, a new company job posting
has revealed.
The undated listing seeks a "motivated, highly-technical Exchange test/
sync engineer with excellent problem solving and communication
skills."

"You will join a dynamic team responsible for qualifying the latest
iPhone products," the company wrote. "Your focus will be testing
Exchange and Outlook functionality with Apple's innovative new phone."
Thus far, the iPhone's official support of Exchange has been limited
to IMAP functionality under certain conditions. The lack of full
support for the Microsoft platform is commonly cited as one of the
primary barriers to adoption of the Apple handset by businesses, as
Exchange is widely deployed as the email solution of choice amongst
the corporate world.
Though speculative, Apple's reference to sync engineers may indicate
that work is being done to deliver support for ActiveSync, which would
allow the iPhone to synchronize email, calendar items and contacts
with Exchange servers. Potential iPhone buyers who rely on Exchange in
the workplace have have singled out the omission of ActiveSync support
as the limiting factor in their decision to hold off on purchasing the
Apple handset.

In a recent web poll, 98 percent of respondents said support for
ActiveSync or some other form of Exchange synchronization would
greatly influence their decision to eventually purchase an iPhone.

Via Apple Insider