On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Binand Sethumadhavan binand@gmail.comwrote:
2011/1/6 Shamit Verma subs.linux.mum@vshamit.com:
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