Storing contacts and Exchange servers

[dm88]

Hi all. I think it is finally time I pull the trigger and go with the Maxx. I am coming from a Touch Pro 2 and thought I needed the keyboard, but the one on the Droid 4 was not as good to me as the old one and I am still hesitent on the Nexus, so I think this is the way to go and am going to order one today. Anyways, since this will be my first Andriod phone, I am wondering about storing contacts.

On my old TP2, I have a couple POP mail accounts on there and I also sync to the Exchange server at my work. By doing that, I notice it also syncs all the contacts and calendar so whenever I enter new contacts or calendar entries on the phone, it also saves them at work. I guess this is not a big deal, but I am wondering if there is a different way to do this on Android. Can I still sync with the Exchange server at work, thus having access to the global address book there and the calendar, and still have my own personal contacts and calendar saved on the phone, or on a google account or something? It is nice to have the Exchange calendar so when I get emails for appointments I can accept then and they go right in the calendar, but I would also like to keep personal stuff separate if I can. I am just wondering how people do this usually.

 

[ColtRocker]

When I first got the droid I had nothing but deadends with getting my work email pushed to the phone. Everyone with Blackberrys had no problems at all. After several trips to IT and a few to computer guru's they all said it couldn't be done. I still was not satisfied and kept trying different configurations out. I downloaded an app called Touchdown for Exchange. I found out we were using an older Exchange server and got the IP address and it worked. Suddenly I was the office hero. But to answer at least some of your questions. With that app, everything synced up including tasks. I have my work calendar and a google calendar. I may be wrong but I believe you can sync them together. Since then they upgraded our system and now you don't have to use the Touchdown app. Try the free download though, I think you'll find as most did its much better than the stock droid exchange. Just so ya know, I get nothing from Touchdown, I just like the app and the only one I've ever paid for.

Hope this helps...