Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Improved Exchange Activesync Support for Symbian Devices
Posted by Janak Parekh in "NEWS" @ 10:00 AM
There have been two noteworthy announcements in the Exchange Activesync market this week.
- Sony Ericsson has licensed the Exchange ActiveSync protocol for use in their handheld devices, especially their new P990 and M600 phones. These will be the first Symbian phones, to my knowledge, to have direct EAS support.
Incidentally, this announcement coincided with the announcement of the M600 (pictured above; specs are here, courtesy of GSMArena). This device looks to be a direct adaptation of the new Blackberry phones, especially the keyboard, but is it me, or do they look rather boxy and calculator-like as opposed to mobile email devices? - DataWiz announced SP2 support in their Symbian RoadSync EAS client, including support for direct push, remote wipe, GAL, and data compression. Yes, this means that Symbian devices will have support for this stuff faster than most Windows Mobile devices. :roll:
