Windows Phone Thoughts: Smartner Duality: A Good Time to Step Back from the RIM?

Geekzone has posted some information on an interesting product that takes on both Good and RIM on their own turf. Unlike GoodLink, which requires the Phone Edition operating system, Smartner Duality will work with any Pocket PC with a GPRS-enabled handset.

"Duality Always-On Mail brings all the key components that users are familiar with when using Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes at their desktop and pushes them, over the air, to their PDA or Smartphone." Here are just a few of the key features:

• View messages in real-time
• Get data on PDA, Smartphone and desktop simultaneously
• All actions mirrored to desktop view in real-time, over the air
• Receive attachments in native format (Pocket Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF, etc.)
• Configurable message truncation download size from 0kb (subject line only) upwards
• Identify and add addressees from contacts list
• Resolve incomplete email addresses using Outlook Contacts
• Alerts as new mail is received; no need to poll for new messages
• Work on or offline; no need to remain in constant mobile coverage
• Network connections established and maintained automatically
• Operate via GPRS or GSM; with option to switch in seconds
• Full real-time, bi-directional synchronisation over the air
• Option to remotely suspend the service temporarily
• Data compression, typically 2:1 size reduction, reducing the cost of GPRS traffic
• Smart message handling; no repeat transfer of data whilst undocked

Hello, Smartner Duality? Can I get the kitchen sink, too? :mrgreen: This seems like a killer application, and is reasonably priced at $5/month. Is anyone using this? Has anyone used this who can compare it to any of the similar services? [Affiliate]