Been having so much fun around here for the last 4 months with mobile devices and couldn’t wait for 3.2 beta 2 to hit the site so we can show it off. Here are some of the phones that work natively with the Zimbra backend. When we, at Zimbra, talk about natively we are talking about no hidden costs, no 3rd party software to pay for and manage (most of our competition require both 3rd party clients and 3rd party servers with separate licensing) to make these phones work over the air. We do not require any new software - neither on the device nor a new server - to make these devices sync over the air with Zimbra. Roland who has a Nokia E62 thinks its the best phone in the market. He, Marc and Kevin all bought the E62 - a few of us - bought the Motorola Q instead. The Q is lighter and smaller and runs windows - the NOKs run symbian and are definitely superior when it comes to web browsing. I used to have a Treo 700w and upgraded it to the Q. The 700w is a very crappy device compared to the beauty that is the Q. I used to have to reboot the Treo 700w once a day - it would get stuck. The Q has solved those issues and I no longer have the dreaded windoze blue screen of death. I worked at Openwave where we had access to state of the art devices - I have to say that the Q (also called Razrberry) definitely ranks as the best device I have owned so far. It really gives Blackberry a run for its money … Talking of which we sync with the Blackberry as well. Its the only device that we require a 3rd party server for. With all of these devices, employees of Zimbra have had great success syncing mail, contacts and calendar in the last quarter and now everyone can finally use it. BTW - we also do support MAC iSync - so just in case you have an ipod or a ipod phone - we can sync with those too … Here is a sampling of devices that you could go buy off the shelf and expect calendar, mail and contacts to sync over the air with Zimbra …




on July 30th, 2006 at 4:20 pm
Blackberry Sync with 3.2? How and what third party software?
Is it “true” push? Or is it a simulated push, such as IMAP idle or SMS-to-signal-pull push?
Cheers,
Matthew
PS: Great work!!
on July 31st, 2006 at 10:11 am
Its not “true push” yet. That is coming real soon … We are using Notify as a 3rd party server. We are begining to work with BES such that you can use it directly.
on July 31st, 2006 at 10:51 am
Beautiful! I am not looking forward to running Windows just for BES, but it’s hard to replace the true push of BB.
Cheers,
Matthew
on August 17th, 2006 at 12:10 pm
Where might one purchase the Nokia E62? I’m in Los Angeles, and I haven’t been able to find it anywhere — online or offline. Any suggestions?
on February 21st, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Anything ever happen with BES?
Cheers,
Matthew