# iphone nerds, I need some help. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 13, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iphone-nerds-i-need-some-help/227732 "2012-12-13T06:11:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FourEyed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/foureyed/32/7216_2.png) [@FourEyed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FourEyed)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iphone-nerds-i-need-some-help/227732/1 "2012-12-13T06:11:48Z")
Ok, so I am the only one in my office with any form of tech knowledge, and I am sketchy at best. I have an android, my boss has an iphone. I use google calendar for tasks, contacts, and we have a POP e-mail system. The phone syncs everything over the air, and I have no complaints with it. My boss wants to have the same luxury with his iphone, but he uses outlook for everything, and won’t give it up. I know you can sync the iphone with the outlook calendar and contacts through itunes by pluging it in, but he is never at a computer. Is there some way to have the iphone setup like my android while using outlook? Automatic over the air updating without plugging it in? What am I missing here? ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 6:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iphone-nerds-i-need-some-help/227732/2 "2012-12-13T06:46:39Z")
Setup Outlook to delete emails after 1 or 2 days in the Advanced options for his POP account. Setup his iphone to receive emails from the pop server and never delete. This will only work for new emails obviously - if you need his old emails synced you should see about using imap ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iphone-nerds-i-need-some-help/227732/3 "2012-12-13T06:48:55Z")
It’s soda, not pop. You really need to at least move to IMAP if it is too small for Exchange or just switch to Google Apps for your outlook/calendars/email. POP is horrible and you are really asking to lose some emails when you throw multiple devices into the mix. Just my 2 cents. ---
**Author:** ![FourEyed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/foureyed/32/7216_2.png) [@FourEyed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FourEyed)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iphone-nerds-i-need-some-help/227732/4 "2012-12-13T06:53:55Z")
E-mail works fine on the phone, but contacts, and calendar events don’t transfer over from Outlook. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iphone-nerds-i-need-some-help/227732/5 "2012-12-13T07:02:04Z")
setup an exchange account on the iPhone. no plugging in or any of that shit. you can choose what to sync. ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iphone-nerds-i-need-some-help/227732/6 "2012-12-13T07:04:34Z")
That only works if you have an exchange server lol… Which it sounds like they don’t if they are using POP… ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iphone-nerds-i-need-some-help/227732/7 "2012-12-13T07:08:42Z")
If that is the case I don’t believe contacts/calendars get synced via pop. ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iphone-nerds-i-need-some-help/227732/8 "2012-12-13T07:15:29Z")
They don’t… It wasn’t clear from his post that that’s what he was looking for. Maybe this? [http://lmgtfy.com/?q=sync+outlook+with+iphone](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=sync+outlook+with+iphone) ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/iphone-nerds-i-need-some-help/227732/9 "2012-12-13T08:05:47Z")
You are trying to do new things on old protocols. Outlook calendars rely on either a protocol server running or exchange. Setup a new server and use that, pay me to convert you guys over to Google apps and integrated solutions, or just use your iCloud account for your calendar. You can view it on phone, web, and also add it to your outlook. > **[Syncing iCloud with Windows and Outlook](https://www.pcworld.com/article/242401/syncing_icloud_with_windows_and_outlook.html)** > > iCloud is primarily Apple and iOS-centric, but it does sync up nicely with Microsoft Windows and Outlook as well using the iCloud Control Panel for Windows tool.