Synchronising Outlook Exchange iPhone Tasks via BlackBerry

Posted on 09 Jun 2009 in Internet

A well known annoyance on the iPhone is the lack of Outlook Exchange Task synchronisation. A few iPhone apps and services have popped up offering server side Task synchronisation with your Exchange mailbox, however they require you to share your Outlook Web Access password with a third-party and/or run a desktop synchronisation application.

I’ve figured out a good work around. As my tasks already synchronise with Exchange over-the-air to the BlackBerry, I use the MilkSync application on the BlackBerry from Remember The Milk to synchronise Tasks between the BlackBerry and a Remember The Milk pro account. I then run the excellent Remember the Milk – iPhone application to access Tasks on the iPhone.

It takes as little as 5 minutes for Tasks to synchronise across all devices and servers, depending on the automated schedule set in the MilkSync application. And it works in any direction. Love that my BlackBerry is a wireless conduit to update my iPhone.

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