iPhOwa Blog

iPhOwa -- it's not just for breakfast anymore!

noreply@blogger.com (Richard Kiene) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:22:00 +0000

For those of you out there not wanting to be bothered by a client application alerting you at all hours about your work e-mail, or with a T-Mobile G1 (like me), you're in luck! iPhOwa development has started back up, and its not just for the iPhone any more.

iPhOwa looks great on the T-Mobile G1, and soon (with a little help) will look great on other devices as well. I've revived the project with a minor addition allowing for OWA setups where the user name does not match the users e-mail folder on OWA. A new text box is available via a web.config setting which will allow the user to enter an e-mail address that can be used for resolving the OWA user folder. Look for a full release in the near future.

The Future of iPhOwa

greg.martin+blog@gmail.com (Greg Martin) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:13:00 +0000

I am very excited about Steve Jobs' announcement yesterday that full ActiveSync support will be coming to the iPhone. iPhOwa was always intended as a temporary solution. I may release some minor bug fixes until version 2.0 of the iPhone software is released, but there will no longer be any major iPhOwa development.

iPhOwa 0.7 Released

greg.martin+blog@gmail.com (Greg Martin) — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:57:00 +0000

iPhOwa 0.7 has just been released. Changes include:

Updated folder views to properly sort folders.
Various changes to improve performance.
URL, Email and Phone Number detection in message bodies.
Improved message viewing.
Sent Items folder now shows "To" instead of "From" addresses.
Added more detail to contacts page.
Compose Message page now returns to prior page on send & cancel.
Various other bug fixes.

See the entire change log at: http://code.google.com/p/iphowa/wiki/ChangeLog

Go grab the latest version on Google Code: http://code.google.com/p/iphowa/downloads/list

Merry Christmas - iPhOwa 0.6 Released

greg.martin+blog@gmail.com (Greg Martin) — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 23:01:00 +0000

iPhOwa 0.6 has just been released. Changes include:

Moved navigation to top so it can be easily reached by tapping the address bar.
Cleaned up look and feel.
Removed display of HTML content.
Improved message inclusion for forward and reply.
Improved item icon display in lists.
Fixed various bugs.

See the entire change log at: http://code.google.com/p/iphowa/wiki/ChangeLog

Go grab the latest version on Google Code: http://code.google.com/p/iphowa/downloads/list

Feature Requests

greg.martin+blog@gmail.com (Greg Martin) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:50:00 +0000

I feel like iPhOwa has become a fairly robust application at this stage. Many of the major OWA features have been implemented, however, there are plenty more feature yet to build. At this point I'd like to get a feel for what the users want most so I can prioritize new features. So please, leave a note in the comments letting me know what you would like to see added.

iPhOwa 0.5 Released

greg.martin+blog@gmail.com (Greg Martin) — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:07:00 +0000

iPhOwa 0.5 has just been released. Changes include:

Improved Contact Display
Fixed Bugs In Message Composition and Sending
Attachment Viewing

See the entire change log at: http://code.google.com/p/iphowa/wiki/ChangeLog

Go grab the latest version on Google Code: http://code.google.com/p/iphowa/downloads/list

A Call For Help

greg.martin+blog@gmail.com (Greg Martin) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:42:00 +0000

I need help for finalizing support for Basic Authentication and Exchange 2007 support. If you have access to any of the server configurations below and are willing to help get them working in iPhOwa or are willing to give me a mailbox on them so that I can work in these environments first hand please send me a note.

Exchange 2003 w/ Basic Authentication
Exchange 2007 w/ Forms Authentication
Exchange 2007 w/ Basic Authentication

What's New in the Next Release

greg.martin+blog@gmail.com (Greg Martin) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:15:00 +0000

There are lots of good things coming down the pipe in version 0.5 including support for viewing attachments. Check out the upcoming change log for a sneak peak at all the new features: http://code.google.com/p/iphowa/wiki/HeadChangeLog.

iPhOwa 0.4 Released

greg.martin+blog@gmail.com (Greg Martin) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:21:00 +0000

iPhOwa 0.4 has just been released. Changes include:

Message composition including reply, reply to all and forwarding.
Upgraded project to .Net 3.5 (You must now have the .Net Framework 3.5 installed).

See the entire change log at: http://code.google.com/p/iphowa/wiki/ChangeLog

Go grab the latest version on Google Code: http://code.google.com/p/iphowa/downloads/list

iPhOwa 0.3 Released

greg.martin+blog@gmail.com (Greg Martin) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:42:00 +0000

iPhOwa 0.3 has just been released. Changes include:

Messages are now marked as read when viewed.
Messages can now be deleted (moves them to Deleted Items).
Added basic notes folder viewing.
Added basic tasks folder viewing.
Added basic contacts folder viewing.

Go grab the latest version on Google Code: http://code.google.com/p/iphowa/downloads/list

iPhOwa 0.2 Released

greg.martin+blog@gmail.com (Greg Martin) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:27:00 +0000

iPhOwa 0.2 has just been released. Changes include:

Complete re-write of the Exchange WebDAV code.
Added basic calendar folder viewing.

Go grab the latest version on Google Code: http://code.google.com/p/iphowa/downloads/list

Calendar Support Coming Soon!

greg.martin+blog@gmail.com (Greg Martin) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:11:00 +0000

I should have basic support for viewing your OWA calendar added in the next couple of days, stay tuned!

Release 0.1.1 Screenshots

greg.martin+blog@gmail.com (Greg Martin) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:43:00 +0000

It was suggested to me that I throw up some screen shots of the current version. That made a lot of sense so here you go:

Inbox:

View Message:

Folders:

iPhOwa 0.1.1 Released

greg.martin+blog@gmail.com (Greg Martin) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:33:00 +0000

Version 0.1.1 is a minor update to add paging, get it here: http://code.google.com/p/iphowa/downloads/list.

iPhOwa 0.1 Released

greg.martin+blog@gmail.com (Greg Martin) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:47:00 +0000

iPhOwa is an ASP.Net web application which interacts with Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA) via its WebDAV APIs and produces an iPhone friendly interface.

On Friday afternoon I thought to myself, "Why couldn't you create a web application that used the OWA WebDAV APIs to make it easy to view Exchange email on an iPhone?". Two days later version 0.1 is ultimately the proof of concept.

Download version 0.1 at http://code.google.com/p/iphowa/downloads/list.

It is far from complete but it is usable and it supports the following:

View your inbox and other message folders.
View message contents.

What it doesn't support yet, but there is no reason it can't in the future:

Marking read items as being "read".
Replying or composing a new message.
Viewing other items (i.e. Calendar, Contacts, Notes)

I will continue to improve it as I have time, but help is more than welcome. I have created a Google Code project for it at http://code.google.com/p/iphowa/.