Curious, has anyone looked into not using the default built-in email client on Android devices. Personally I've never liked it, it's buggy, inconsistent and pretty much crap. I've seen new versions floating around but seems device vendors are either replacing it or fixing it up themselves.
I gave up the BB for Android and I use Touchdown for my Exchange messages. It does support exchange security policies and the app itself does a pretty good job of syncing and giving a lot of functionality. The app also has a remote kill command. Basically on the device you come up with a kill code, should your device go missing, send yourself an email with TDKill and your kill code in the subject and the app clears itself so that's always an option. We are also running Exchange 2007, there is a built in tool to manage mobile devices and do remote wipes. Just a thought. Carlos Ceron Network Analyst Office of Technology and Information Services The University of Texas System Phone: (512) 579-5064 Fax: (512) 499-4599 E-Mail: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Art Alexion Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 10:07 AM To: A_List_for_BES_Admin's_to_discuss issues Subject: [Bes-admins] Droid X I am starting to get pressure from some top level managers to support these. Coincidentally, they were the same managers who 2 years ago drove the decision to switch from Palm Treos to BB. Of course, when they drove the BB decision, they had no idea about the task of deploying BES, they just think a phone is a phone from an IT perspective. In the two years since I have deployed BES and taught myself how to use it, I think it is one of the best decisions they made for me. No more running to desks to fix one phone at a time. My personal phone is the HTC Evo. I love the phone. But I don't want to support individual phones again. I just don't have the resources, and don't want to take a step backwards in efficiency. Whether you have faced the issue with iPhones or Android, I am looking for suggestions on how you resisted management pressure to support these non-enterprise phones. -- Art Alexion Systems Engineer Resources for Human Development, Inc. 215-951-0300 x3075 4700 Wissahickon Ave. [email protected] Philadelphia, PA 19144 267-615-3172 _______________________________________________ Bes-Admins mailing list [email protected] http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins http://www.dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutagenews.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins --------------------------------- Bes-Admins mailing list is sponsored by Dataoutagenews.com. http://www.dataoutagenews.com _______________________________________________ Bes-Admins mailing list [email protected] http://www.dataoutages.com/mailman/listinfo/bes-admins http://www.dataoutages.com http://www.dataoutagenews.com RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bes-admins --------------------------------- Bes-Admins mailing list is sponsored by Dataoutagenews.com. http://www.dataoutagenews.com
