Well, I think your answer is you either need to developer your own custom application/firmware, or have enough buying power to persuade the manufacturer/carrier to offer such function for your company.
Nothing is impossible on Android, since it is open source. It is a matter of making it happen. Don't rely on Google to provide everything, it is obvious that they aren't going to. (Look at the tons of problems that developers here are complaining and have not seen complete fix on them.) I think the power of Android is on the hands of OEM manufacturers. (One of the reasons I am wondering around here...) Cheers Eric On May 13, 8:44 pm, PeeDee <[email protected]> wrote: > This is interesting: > > http://www.windowsfordevices.com/news/NS9106877991.html > > Now if Google would let us specify an alternate active sync enabled mail > server for the Google Mail / Calendar. No point re-inventing the wheel :-) > > Going back to my original question I guess there isn't an answer at the > moment, well, no answer anyone is willing to put their head above the > parapet and shout out :-) > > It makes me sad :-( > > mike quinn wrote: > > Or should the question be aimed at the phone manufacturer, or the > > carriers. > > > From this product tour HTC of the magic you can see they have replaced > > the dialer and contacts applications > > (http://www.htc.com/www/product/magic/product-tour.html) > > > So these things are possible in the Open Source world that is > > Android. So there would be nothing to stop someone from removing the > > Market application if they so desired, be that a manufacturer/carrier > > or a 3rd party. > > > Google's job is as an enabler to let these things happen, I dont see > > it as Google's job to produce multiple version of Android for > > different uses (consumer, enterprise, whatever). > > > As Mark Murphy asked in another posting, is there a license > > implication with using ActiveSync? A license implication that goes > > against the Open Source nature of Android? Is that why HTC introduced > > their own syncing software (HTC Sync™)? > > > On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 8:32 AM, PeeDee <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > I had an interesting conversation with a number of our customers with > > regards to mobile devices and how they saw Enterprise applications > > play > > a part in the workplace. Most are happy with Blackberry devices > > as the > > control they have over the device is paramount to their security. > > What > > was interesting is that most would consider devices which enable > > them to > > lock the device down. One of the biggest problems for them is the > > fact > > that an end user can install any application from the market. This > > poses a number of problems. Firstly, from a support point of view and > > secondly, which is more of a priority for them to contain, is the > > security. > > > We came up with a wish list: > > > 1) Remote control / Support of a device(s) > > 2) Locking down a device ( Only Managers can install / configure the > > device / Hide applications like the Market / Disable ability to > > install > > from web ) > > 3) Push E-mail / Calendar / Todo sync( Support ActiveSync? ) > > 4) Utilisation of an internal telephony system via wifi ( SIP > > etc ) ( > > I know about a Beta SIP client for android 1.5. ) > > > An android platform would be considered if the above was supported. > > Anyone know if there are plans for an "Enterprise Mode" for a > > stock phone? > > > I guess the question is aimed squarely at Google as we have little > > control of the in-built applications via the API. > > > Apologies if this has been asked before. > > > Pd. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
