How to update your work email password on your phone

Every few months your work email (especially if you use Outlook) requires the user to change our email passwords.

Every time you do this, you will need to update the password on your smartphone or tablet.

Here's how.

iPhone

Go to your homescreen.

Open the Settings app.

Touch Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

Touch on your work email account.

Touch on your Account where it shows your email address.

Change the password.

Touch Done.

All set.

T-Mobile G2

Go to your homescreen.

Touch Menu.

Touch Settings.

Touch Accounts & Sync.

Touch on your work email account.

Touch Account Settings.

Touch Incoming Settings.

Change the password.

Touch Next.

Touch OK.

All set.

T-Mobile myTouch 3G

Go to your homescreen.

Touch the Menu button (the black button with the three lines).

Touch Settings.

Touch Accounts & Sync.

Touch on your work email account.

Touch Account Settings.

Touch Configure Server.

Change the password.

Touch Save.

All set.

iPad

Go to your homescreen.

Open the Settings app.

Touch Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

Touch on your work email account.

Touch on your Account where it shows your email address.

Change the password.

Touch Done.

All set.

Mobile news alert survey results

The results are in from an online survey about mobile news alerts.

The file of results is attached - please comment with what you think about the results!

Here is a summary version of some highlights from the survey:

  Non-journalist Non-iPhone
 Non-journalist with iPhone
 JournaliNon-iPhone
 Journalist with iPhone
 TOTAL TOTAL %
4. Do you have an iPad?
Yes 1 4 0 3 8 10.81%
No 28 13 17 8 66 89.19%
          74  
5. Do you have push notifications on your iPad?
Yes 1 4 NA 1 6 75.00%
No 0 0 NA 2 2 25.00%
          8  
8. In which of the following ways do you want to receive news alerts (check all that apply)?
Push notification NA 10 NA 5 15 16.30%
Text message 10 6 6 5 27 29.35%
Email 14 5 6 4 29 31.52%
None 9 4 7 1 21 22.83%
          92  
11. What's the most you'd be willing to pay (quarterly) to get push notifications on specific topics of your choice?
$0.99 per topic NA 1 NA 0 1 5.26%
$1.99 per topic NA 1 NA 0 1 5.26%
$5 for all topics you choose NA 2 NA 1 3 15.79%
I would never pay NA 7 NA 7 14 73.68%
          19  
12. Which of the following do you agree with regarding ads in email alerts & text messages?
I don't mind ads / I know they have to be there 5 6 3 6 20 43.48%
I like ads only if they're for products and services I use 5 1 2 1 9 19.57%
I dislike any ads 8 4 4 1 17 36.96%
          46  
13. Do you want the web links included in the email or text alerts?  These web links would take you directly to the story.
Yes 16 10 7 8 41 89.13%
No 2 1 2 0 5 10.87%
          46  
14. Do you want to be able to forward alerts to other people?
Yes 13 8 9 8 38 82.61%
No 5 3 0 0 8 17.39%
          46  
15. How many text messages does your plan allow per month?
I pay per text message 1 0 1 0 2 4.35%
Less than 200 1 2 1 0 4 8.70%
200-500 4 0 1 2 7 15.22%
500-1,000 1 0 0 0 1 2.17%
Unlimited 11 8 6 5 30 65.22%
Other, please specify 0 1 0 1 2 4.35%
          46  
16. If an alert is relevant to your location or interests, how many alerts a day are you willing to receive?
1-2 4 4 5 2 15 32.61%
3-5 7 6 2 5 20 43.48%
5-10 5 0 2 0 7 15.22%
10-15 0 0 0 1 1 2.17%
15+ 2 1 0 0 3 6.52%
          46  
17. Should news alerts be managed by a person or an automated proecess/feed?
A person should send alerts, not an automated process or feed. 6 6 4 5 21 45.65%
An automated process or feed should send alerts, not a person. 2 1 1 0 4 8.70%
I don't know 3 2 0 1 6 13.04%
I don't care 7 2 4 2 15 32.61%
          46  

 

 

 

 

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News_Alert_Survey-Results_081810.xls (75 KB)
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