Microsoft Outlook meeting requests (Hotmail)

[Chiswick Singh]

Hi,

I currently have a BlackBerry Bold 9000 and use it with my Hotmail account together with the Hotmail Outlook connector. I'm now considering moving over to an Android phone such as a HTC Desire / Desire HD / Desire Z.

Can someone please kindly clarify if I would be able to accept Outlook meeting requests sent from my laptop to the HTC?

For example: let's say that I have a dental appointment and I want to add it to my calendar. Currently I send a meeting request to myself from my Microsoft Outlook (Hotmail) and it appears in my Outlook InBox and also gets delivered as an email meeting request to my BlackBerry.

From my BlackBerry handset I then open the mail and accept the meeting request which gets added to my BlackBerry calendar.

Could I do this with an HTC/Android phone?

Does the HTC/Android phone support true "push email"?

Many thanks for any kind advice or guidance

 

[Chiswick Singh]

Hi,

I currently have a BlackBerry Bold 9000 and use it with my Hotmail account together with the Hotmail Outlook connector. I'm now considering moving over to an Android phone such as a HTC Desire / Desire HD / Desire Z.

Can someone please kindly clarify if I would be able to accept Outlook meeting requests sent from my laptop to the HTC?

For example: let's say that I have a dental appointment and I want to add it to my calendar. Currently I send a meeting request to myself from my Microsoft Outlook (Hotmail) and it appears in my Outlook InBox and also gets delivered as an email meeting request to my BlackBerry.

From my BlackBerry handset I then open the mail and accept the meeting request which gets added to my BlackBerry calendar.

Could I do this with an HTC/Android phone?

Does the HTC/Android phone support true "push email"?

Many thanks for any kind advice or guidance

Can anyone help?

 

[fletchem]

Can anyone help?

I use Google's own Calendar Sync (free download). Any event you add to your Outlook Calendar will be synced to your Google calendar and will then appear in the phone (via the regular OTA account sync).

Hope this helps

EDIT: I know you said you have a Hotmail account, but a Google account is an essential part of the Android experience.

 

[Chiswick Singh]

Thanks for your message. However the Android should not discriminate against other mail accounts. it even supports Micsosoft Exchange via ActiveSync. Pity, I was hoping hotmail would be supported.

 

[fletchem]

Thanks for your message. However the Android should not discriminate against other mail accounts. it even supports Micsosoft Exchange via ActiveSync. Pity, I was hoping hotmail would be supported.

I think this is a hotmail issue not an Android one. Hotmail seems to be very selective re: who it "shares" with.

My solution will do what you wanted, ie get Outlook events automatically onto your phone and vice versa. It is also a lot simpler, you don't need to create meeting request, simply add any event to either of your calendars and both get updated along with any reminders etc. Once the date is in Outlook then surely your Hotmail connector will sync it with hotmail.