Comments on: Zimbra Mobile for iPhone

By: Jason Hand

Jason Hand — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:27:43 +0000

Is the push feature packaged in the Open Source version of 5.0.8… or is it only found in the Network version?

By: Alan Sutter

Alan Sutter — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:13:00 +0000

Ali — You are correct in that it is using the mail app built into the iPhone. The connection is using active sync which Zimbra mobile supports. From the iPhone side you configure it pretending that your Zimbra server is an Exchange server. This is push support. The multi-calendar support was missed in Zimbra 5.0.8 but should be in 5.0.9 I believe.

By: ®

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:19:31 +0000

Just upgraded to 5.0.8 and setup Zimbra Mobile for my Contacts, Calendar and Email. It’s quite a feat, and I’m utterly impressed by what the Zimbra team has been able to accomplish using Active Sync technology. I’ll be testing it for a week, and hopefully providing those ever demanding Executives with a setup of their own. My one concern is battery life, which will have to play out over the next week.

By: Paul Meyerson

Paul Meyerson — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:21:25 +0000

JJ - I note your comment about contacts and huge databases, but one of the things that my guys want is the ability to pick and choose what syncs and what doesn’t. We’re a law firm and have 25,000 contacts. not only is push/sync impractical on the device, and on the amount of time it takes, but it’s pointless–we need just a fraction of those contacts “on the road”.

Is there a way to set up a smart folder in zimbra that would be the sync-list? E.g., let’s say I have 3 or 4 address books (we do, because of the need to keep some private and different privileges for different address books)–is there a way to take 10 from here, 50 from there, 100 from there, for example, and then when you go to do a push Zimbra sends (and receives changes from) just the ones in that smart list? you’d be able to add/delete from that list without adding/deleting from the actual address book, just like in smart folders.

Does this make sense? Feel free to email me if you want to discuss.

Thanks.

Paul

By: Robert Hammer

Robert Hammer — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:25:17 +0000

Hello,
I have an iPhone 3G and it works perfectly with our zimbra company system. In case of the mode for syncing it is a real push (or it feels like so). Till now I am able to say that i haven’t seen any errors in syncing or so on.

regards Robert

By: Ali Ross

Ali Ross — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:02:32 +0000

Jason/Joe, No, I don’t think this is either an add-on app or the webapp. From the pictures it looks like the this is using the exchange email account setup for iphone3g. If you go into the Email config screen on your Iphone2 and set up an exchange account and point it to your zimbra server, I think that this is what you’ll see. Essentially this is ‘push’, or as close as darnit to push.

Please OP feel free to correct me if i’m wrong.

By: interways

interways — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:29:35 +0000

It IS Push support!

By: Joe Hanink

Joe Hanink — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:39:09 +0000

Is this just referring to the webapp? Pictures appear to be.

When can we expect PUSH support?

By: Jason Hand

Jason Hand — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:19:30 +0000

Is this a native iPhone app, or something else?
From the look of it, it appears to be, but where do you find the app? Is it within the 5.0.7 or higher upgrade?

By: Joe Hanink

Joe Hanink — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:04:02 +0000

will the iphone 2.0 app become available on the apple app store soon?