Well, here is a quick way to set which one you want to use.

1. Go to settings
2. Click on Mail, Contacts, and Calendars.
3. Scroll down past the accounts section to the Mail Section.  The last thing you see is Default Account setting.  Select the Default Account you want to use for email.
4. Press the Mail button at the top to return to the previous screen.
5. Next scroll to the Contacts section.
6. Choose the Default Account here as well.  You will notice that this has a new option that email did not have, On My iPhone.  I would never choose this option.
7. Press the Mail button at the top to return to the previous screen.
8. Next scroll to the Calendars section.
9. Choose the Default Account here as well.
10. Press the Mail button at the top to return to the previous screen.
11. Next scroll to the Reminders section.  This is new to iOS 5.  Gmail does not have this feature, but Hotmail does.
12. Choose the Default Account here as well.
13. Press the Mail button at the top to return to the previous screen.

You are done.

Now, why would I never want to make my phone as the default for contacts.  It is best if I tell a story:

I am washing my elephant one warm sunny day.  I am up on the ladder when my iPhone falls to the bucket below containing the soapy water I am using to wash the elephant.  If that is not enough, the elephant steps on the bucket of soapy water, oh and my iPhone, crushing everything.

Now all I have is a wet pieces of an iPhone and a clean elephant.  What am I to do?

I ride my elephant to the local store that sells iPhones. I hand over my pieces of iPhone as a trade in on a new one (it would be cool if you could do that). The people selling me the phone as if I want them to transfer my contacts to the new phone for a price.  I chuckle as I climb on my elephant and say “No thanks.”.

While riding my elephant home, I follow the steps above.  Two minutes later, all my contacts, calendar items, reminders and emails are back.

Now I have to wash my elephant again, because he got dirty in the traffic.  I hate traffic.

Storing your data in a seperate account means that your iPhone is a client.  It is just getting the data from somewhere else.  Kind of like the guide on your cable box.

l8r

It is very simple to setup.

1. Go to Settings – Mail, Contact, Calendars
2. Click on Add Account…
3. Choose Microsoft Exchange
4. Fill in the fields shown (Leave domain blank and your login should be your email address)
5. Click next and it will ask for server. Use m.hotmail.com
6. Choose if you want your email, contacts or calendar synced.

Update for Android users:

1. Open the Mail app.
2. Hit the menu button > Add account
3. Enter your hotmail e-mail address and password.
4. Press Manual setup (don’t press Next!)
5. For account, select Exchange.
6. On the Server settings page, clear out the Domain\Username field and enter your hotmail address.
7. Change the Server to m.hotmail.com (without the quotes).
8. Keep the checkboxes the way they are (Use secure connection enabled, but don’t accept all SSL certificates)
9. Press Next.
10. Once the server settings are confirmed, you’ll be asked for how far back you’d like to sync your e-mail, contacts and calendars.

Cisco is also designing this product to use all of their cloud applications so nothing really has to be installed on the tablet.  All you need is a network connection be it hard-line, wifi, 3G/4G or Bluetooth. 

Cisco will have an easier job of getting into the enterprise because they are already there.  I see Cisco having more market share than Apple with their iPad, even though the iPad is a better machine.  The question I have is ‘Where is Microsoft?’.

Here are some of the specs:

Applications Capabilities:

• 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, 3G/4G data and Bluetooth 3.0 help employees stay connected on and off-campus
• HD video (720p) with Cisco TelePresence solution interoperability for lifelike video communication with the simplicity of a phone call
• Virtual desktop client enables highly secure access to cloud-based business applications
• Android operating system, with access Android marketplace applications
• Collaboration applications including Cisco Quad, Cisco Show and Share, WebEx, Presence, and IM

Tablet Highlights:

• 7” diagonal, high-resolution color screen with contact-based touch targets delivers an elegant, intuitive experience
• HD Soundstation supports Bluetooth and USB peripherals, 10/100/1000 wired connectivity and a handset option
• Detachable and serviceable 8-hour battery for a full day of work
• Highly secure remote connections with Cisco AnyConnect Security VPN Client
• HD audio with wideband support (tablet, HD Soundstation)

Check out Cisco’s video of the Cius.

Tuesday, while listing to Microsoft Technical Evangelist John Westin, I learned that  Natal for the Xbox will cost under $100.  This is a great price point in my opinion for the experience a person will have.

Microsoft is not just letting the Natal interface stop with the Xbox.  They are taking it and and the Windows 7 multi-touch to all devices.  There is a video at OfficeLabs that shows what Microsoft thinks will be the future in the next 10 years.  Everything in the video is a working prototype with the exception of the leg room on the Boeing 787 mockup.  My favorite product from the video has to be the newspaper.

Sir Slur

I have several different silos that I use.  LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, etc all have their own contact list.  I do not have a place that consolidates it all, but I want it.  I do have some requirements though.

I know that Outlook is incorporating it in 2010 and Mozilla is working on Raindrop, but so far they do not meet my wants.

I want a service that can provide access to all of these contacts from a local client on my computer, my phone and via web site.  I want is so that when I make a change on one of the clients it shows up on all locations. 

The companies that should be looking at doing this should be Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Oracle.  That’s right, I put Oracle in that group.  Many people look at this from the personal or social aspect.  Try looking at it from a business or CRM perspective.  I would love to be able to see everything that my customer or potential customer thinks about me.  This is not a new concept.  Some are calling it Social CRM.  I would call it smart business, having your thumb on the market pulse. 

Now most people will say that these companies already do this.  Well, that is probably right, but how many offer software that can do it for their customers?

How could this help your company? 

Do you know what people are saying to the masses about you or your company?

I don’t think everyone has to be posting on the social sites, but everyone should be monitoring what is being said about them.

Well, there is some good news.  Microsoft is testing IE9 and it shows some tremendous speed improvements over IE8.  Check out this link to see how fast MS CRM load times could be.

The future is coming.

sirslur

Ok.  What does Raindrop do?  Raindrop will take your email, twitter messages, rss feeds and other social networking conversations into one place.

The project is still very young, but I am very interested in following its progress.

l8r

I have an account with Microsoft’s Hohm.  My energy provider is not setup with them, so I would have to enter all the information in myself.  The interface is simple and clean.  I like it.  They also give you several recommendations on how to reduce your energy usage, like cleaning your air ducts.  The nice things about the recommendations is that they provide an estimated cost, annual savings, and annual CO2 benefit.  Microsoft also has a community section for Hohm, but it is more informative than connecting with other users.

Google powermeter, I do not have an account.  To use this service you have to install a Google powermeter device and install it in your home.  My energy provider, TXU, has offered it to me, but I declined.  I already have a programmable thermostat in my house.  I do not want to buy a new one just so it can give me some reports.  Although, having it give me a breakdown by hour of my energy use would be cool.  I also do not know what or who will be able to connect to that device.

For now, I will use Hohm and enter it myself.

I told you I would write about it.  I am just a little slow.

//this is to get the proudctid guid
var product = document.crmForm.all.new_productid;
//this is to determine if I have chosen to set my own price per unit
var work = crmForm.all.new_overrideprice.value;

var product2 = new Array();
product2 = product.DataValue;

var productID = product2[0].id;

var product4 = productID;
//this is where I stop getting the productid guid

//this is me setting the default pricelist to a var, 
//if you want to dynamicly set the pricelist you would need to do a search on it like I do for the product
var pl = “{C5987A92-DADB-DC11-9F47-001143E82CB3}”;
if (productID!=null)
{
    //set your own error check
}

if (work == ’1′)
{

// Prepare variables to retrieve the figures.
var authenticationHeader = GenerateAuthenticationHeader();

// Prepare the SOAP message.
var xml = “<?xml version=’1.0′ encoding=’utf-8′?>”+
“<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap=’http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/’”+
” xmlns:xsi=’http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance’”+
” xmlns:xsd=’http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema’>”+
authenticationHeader+
“<soap:Body>”+
“<RetrieveMultiple xmlns=’http://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2007/WebServices’>”+
“<query xmlns:q1=’http://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2006/Query’”+
” xsi:type=’q1:QueryExpression’>”+
“<q1:EntityName>productpricelevel</q1:EntityName>”+
“<q1:ColumnSet xsi:type=’q1:ColumnSet’>”+
“<q1:Attributes>”+
“<q1:Attribute>amount</q1:Attribute>”+
“</q1:Attributes>”+
“</q1:ColumnSet>”+
“<q1:Distinct>false</q1:Distinct>”+
“<q1:Criteria>”+
“<q1:FilterOperator>And</q1:FilterOperator>”+
“<q1:Conditions>”+
“<q1:Condition>”+
“<q1:AttributeName>pricelevelid</q1:AttributeName>”+
“<q1:Operator>Equal</q1:Operator>”+
“<q1:Values>”+
“<q1:Value xsi:type=’xsd:string’>”+pl+”</q1:Value>”+
“</q1:Values>”+
“</q1:Condition>”+
“</q1:Conditions>”+
“<q1:FilterOperator>And</q1:FilterOperator>”+
“<q1:Conditions>”+
“<q1:Condition>”+
“<q1:AttributeName>productid</q1:AttributeName>”+
“<q1:Operator>Equal</q1:Operator>”+
“<q1:Values>”+
“<q1:Value xsi:type=’xsd:string’>”+product4+”</q1:Value>”+
“</q1:Values>”+
“</q1:Condition>”+
“</q1:Conditions>”+
“</q1:Criteria>”+
“</query>”+
“</RetrieveMultiple>”+
“</soap:Body>”+
“</soap:Envelope>”;
// Prepare the xmlHttpObject and send the request.
var xHReq = new ActiveXObject(“Msxml2.XMLHTTP”);
xHReq.Open(“POST”, “/mscrmservices/2007/CrmService.asmx”, false);
xHReq.setRequestHeader(“SOAPAction”,”http://schemas.microsoft.com/crm/2007/WebServices/RetrieveMultiple”);
xHReq.setRequestHeader(“Content-Type”, “text/xml; charset=utf-8″);
xHReq.setRequestHeader(“Content-Length”, xml.length);
xHReq.send(xml);
// Capture the result.
var resultXml = xHReq.responseXML;

// Check for errors.
var errorCount = resultXml.selectNodes(‘//error’).length;
if (errorCount != 0)
{
var msg = resultXml.selectSingleNode(‘//description’).nodeTypedValue;
alert(msg);
}
// Parse and display the results.
else
{
var results = resultXml.getElementsByTagName(‘BusinessEntity’);
var msg = “”;
if (results.length == 0)
{
  msg = “No item was found.”;
  alert(msg);
  return;
}
else
{
    for (i=0;i < results.length;i++)
    {
     var amount = results[i].selectSingleNode(‘./q1:amount’).nodeTypedValue;
     crmForm.all.new_priceperunit.value = amount;
    }  
}
}
    //this is where I take my 3 fields and add them together if I have not chosen to override the system price
    var pri = parseInt(crmForm.all.new_priceperunit.value.replace(/,/g, ”));
    var qt = parseInt(crmForm.all.new_quantity.value.replace(/,/g, ”));
    var di = parseInt(crmForm.all.new_discount.value.replace(/,/g, ”));
    var total = ((pri  * qt) – di);
    crmForm.all.new_amount.value = total;
}
else
{
    //this is where I take my 3 fields and add them together if I have chosen to override the system price
    var price = (crmForm.all.new_priceperunit.value.replace(/,/g, ”));
    var qut = (crmForm.all.new_quantity.value.replace(/,/g, ”));
    var dis = (crmForm.all.new_discount.value.replace(/,/g, ”));
    //set the total field amount
    var tot = ((price * qut) – dis);
    crmForm.all.new_amount.value = tot;

}

I hope this helps some of you.

l8r