Wireless Sync (not Bluetooth or WiFi)

Question

I'm trying to find out if the "pushed" email/contacts feature is available on the iPhone. My Wife's Boss has it on her Treo using Version's Wireless Sync plan, and i believe Cingular/AT&T may have the same feature called Xpress mail, but i've not seen a Yes or NO anywhere concerning the iPhone.
basically, when her boss can't find a contact on her phone, she calls my wife and askes her to add it to her contacts on their exchange server (using Entourage), in few moments her Boss has it on her phone.
i haven't found anything that says absolutely "not a feature" on Apple or Cingular/AT&T's website. it is mentioned on Cingular/AT&T's site that the iPhone "Does not support enterprise e-mail such as BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Good Mobile Messaging, or Microsoft Direct Push", but the wording on that seems very proprietary anyway (as though the BlackBerry Enterprise Server would only be available if you had a BlackBerry). However, it also says "iPhone [will] synch with your contacts and calendar from Outlook/Outlook Express or Mac Address Book and iCal", but can this be done through the carrier's network rather than only a local sync (bluetooth/itunes dock)?
on Verison's website they give a lot of info on their version of this feature but not much is mentioned on Cingular/AT&T, so i'm still wondering if it's a feature that is only available through Version, or if Cingular/AT&T is just not marketing it as well.
this seems like a real big downer if they don't have this as a possibility. all the other great new innovations are really great, but this seems to be a standard for corporate/enterprise, how could this not be a feature.
Dual G5 2.7   Mac OS X (10.4.10)  

Answer 1

Hi Gailid,
Do you know how your wife's company's exchange server connects to the AT&T network to update the phone?
I remember either Verizon or T-Mobile having something on their web site where you could enter your contacts using a computer with a keyboard and then send it to your phone to save having to use the numeric keypad to enter a large number of contact names.
I couldn't find a similar feature on AT&T's site; actually, it specifically says the iPhone doesn't support direct push (RIM and MS Mobile devices only) and that contacts must be syncronized using a USB connection and iTunes.
However, I suppose it's also possible to send an email with the contact information to an email account accessable by the iPhone and just dial the number from the email and store it in contacts on the iPhone at that point. Not very high-tech, I know, but it will do in a pinch.
G4/400 TiPB   Mac OS X (10.3.9)   iBook G4/1.33, PowerMac G4/400, Acer Aspire w/ Ubuntu Linux/XP, AppleTV, iPhone