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Microsofts Flagging Smartphone OS Efforts Contrast with ActiveSync Success

Microsofts Flagging Smartphone OS Efforts Contrast with ActiveSync Success
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Jun 21, 2010
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Microsofts Flagging Smartphone OS Efforts Contrast with ActiveSync Success

Microsofts Flagging Smartphone OS Efforts Contrast with ActiveSync Success

by eWEEK Labs


Windows Phone

2

Not surprisingly, Microsoft’s own smartphone platform supports Exchange ActiveSync.


Nokia

3

Nokia’s Mail for Exchange application provides synchronization via ActiveSync.


Palm Pre

4

The WebOS platform that powers Palm’s Pre allows for Exchange synchronization via ActiveSync.


BlackBerry & NotifySync

5

RIM’s BlackBerry devices don’t offer out-of-the-box ActiveSync support—RIM pushes its own BES solution, instead—but a third-party app, NotifySync, is available to fill the gap.


Apple iOS

6

Apple’s iOS taps Exchange ActiveSync not only for message, contact and calendar sync, but for certain management functions as well.


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Android & Touchdown

7

When Google Android devices began to appear, users turned to a third-party application, Touchdown, to fill in missing ActiveSync support.

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