On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Binand Sethumadhavan <[email protected]>wrote:
> 2011/1/6 Shamit Verma <[email protected]>: > >> > >> Which software on Linux supports ActiveSync? > > > > OpenSync is one the most used packages on Linux. Good into on that : > > http://files.opensuse.org/opensuse/en/b/bb/OpenSync_FOSDEM_2007.pdf > > Can you point me to one reference that says OpenSync implements the > ActiveSync protocol? As far as I remember, OpenSync implements SyncML, > an *open* standard for PIM synchronization. > > > In mobile world, there is not escaping MS things. MS was doing > smartphones > > in 1998 when no one else was, thats why Windows CE technologies like > > FAT32/OBEX/ActiveSync are well entrenched in this market. Everyone > including > > Apple/Android/BlackBerry licenses in from MS. > > Really? In my view, there is no MS in the mobile world. ActiveSync is > an also-ran; even MS has ditched it now. SyncML is what almost all > major vendors use. > > I don't understand where you got the idea OBEX is an MS technology. > > Blackberry doesn't support ActiveSync at all - it uses its own > proprietary sync protocol (which it licenses separately as Blackberry > Connect). > > Which smartphone did you have in mind when you said "MS was doing > smartphones in 1998"? > > PocketPC line of products (Running Windows CE 2.0) that were sold starting from 98. OpenSync is a framework that has plugins for SyncML/OBEX/ActiveSync/Nokia prop etc. Regarding BlackBerry, it uses its own protocol for BES->Device (BES is Blackberry Enterprise Server). For syncing with Exchange it uses multiple connection adapters, one of them is ActiveSync. List of major platforms that support ActiveSync: 1. Android : http://www.google.com/mobile/sync/ 2. Iphone : http://www.apple.com/iphone/business/ 3. Symbain S60 -Shamit -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
