Sync email from desktop to your smartphone?

If you are using one of Microsoft's smartphone operating systems, then the app is not much use, as all of your content already syncs with your Microsoft Account.

If you are using iOS or Android, however, the app walks you through a series of steps that make it easy to download apps such as OneDrive and Outlook on your phone so Microsoft can then sync all your email from your desktop to your phone.

I was hoping that finally I can sync my Windows phone with Outlook on the desktop, but it isn't likely.

It seems that this app is pretty much useless on my Windows phone for the purpose of syncing all my emails (6 email accounts) from Outlook on my desktop to my phone. On the other hand, this app will do just that for the Android and iOS platform.

paulsalter said:

What problems do you have syncing

I have outlook on the desktop and it syncs fine with my win phone (outlook, gmail, yahoo and personal domain email)

Are you using this app? I have not tried it as of yet...

Currently I can sync the calendar and contacts, but not email accounts between the desktop and the phone. It used to be the Hotmail connector with Outlook 2010, but with Outlook 2013 it is Exchange active sync used. There are third-party apps that do sync email accounts as well, but I don't use them.

How do you sync your desktop email accounts with the phone?

When will the phone companion not crash upon launch?

JoeyDVDZ said:

When will the phone companion not crash upon launch?

I had to connect my phone several times and launch the app several times to finally get it to work.
Kind of a useless app though.

paulsalter said:

In outlook 2013 I use the exchange activesync for outlook/hotmail (think this was the default when I added the account)
Other accounts I use IMAP

On my phone, outlook/hotmail was added automatically when I set up the phone
other accounts I set up manually using IMAP

Outlook/Hotmail accounts will sync through the cloud. POP3 or IMAP email accounts don't, but they can be added manually for both the desktop and the phone. Both platforms will get the emails, but it has nothing to do with activesync. It's quite evident when sending emails from these accounts from either platform. The sent email only shows up on the platform's "Sent" folder from where it's sent from and not on the other platform.

At best, Phone Companion is just partial sync as oppose to full sync for the iPhone and Android. Yes, there are apps that can sync other than Outlook/Hotmail email accounts, but activesync/Hotmail connector does not do that. Even if it is called Phone Companion now...

I used to have an iPhone that had no issues with syncing with Outlook via a USB cable, or BlueTooth. There was no need for cloud either, direct sync between the desktop and iPhone. Activesync or Hotmail connectors do not work with direct links, they only work with the cloud...