Microsoft says disappointed that Windows Phone users from next month, contacts and calendars no longer sync between their Gmail account and Windows Phone. All of your accounts continue to work.
This will make it difficult for many users of Android phones to switch over to Windows Phone, because they have contact information linked to their Gmail account. Google stops at the end of January with the support of the underlying ActiveSync protocol.
Microsoft is pointing users there are in a by The Verge published a statement that they can switch to Microsoft’s own mail service Outlook.com, though it is unclear how contact information than can be transmitted. Google stops with ActiveSync and supports only, caldav for calendars, carddav for contacts, and imap for e-mail. Apples iOS supports caldav and carddav, allowing synchronisation on the iphone continues to work. Windows Phone supports those protocols.
It is not the only dispute between Google and Microsoft over the exchange of data between the operating systems. Google continues to deny an app or data to create a full-fledged YouTube app for Windows Phone, says Microsoft. According to Microsoft, that is contrary to antitrust law, because the competition in an unlawful way, hinders.
