Revised and Updated - Comparison of Exchange ActiveSync Clients ( Windows phone, Windows Mobile, Android, Nokia, Apple, Palm )

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A new update comes to this blog post. This time featuring the Windows Phone 7.5 "MANGO" and iPhone using iOS 5.0.

Company Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Apple Nokia Nokia Google Google Google Notify Corp. Palm MailSite Software Inc.
Product Windows Mobile[1] Windows Mobile[2] Windows Phone[3] Windows Phone[4] iPhone/iPod (iOS)[5] Mail for Exchange(Symbian)[6] Mail for Exchange(Maemo 5) Android Android Android NotifySync [7] WebOS (Pre/Pixi)[8] AstraSync [9]
Version 6.1 6.5 7.0 7.5Mango 5.0 3.0.50 PR 1.2 2.2, 2.3[10] 3.0, 3.1Honeycomb 4.0Ice CreamSandwich 4.9.1 1.4.5 4.1
Features:
Direct Push Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Email sync Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Calendar sync Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Contacts sync Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tasks Sync Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No
Remote wipe Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sync multiple folders Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
lookup Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
encrypted transmission Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Features:
User started remote wipe (server side) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Link Access Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
HTML email Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Server Search Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No
Set Out of Facility/Office (OOF) Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No No No Yes No No
Follow-up flags Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Meeting attendee information Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes
PIN reset Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No No
AutoDiscover Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Bandwidth reduction Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No
Policies:
Allow attachment download (client side) Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes No
Maximum attachment size Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No Yes No No No
Enable password recovery Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No No
Allow simple password Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Password expiration (days) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Enforce password history Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Encrypt storage card Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No
Features:
Cancel remote wipe (server side)
Remote wipe confirmation
Default mobile policy (server side)
Bandwidth reductions (compressed/removed headers) Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No
Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes
Policies:
Disable desktop ActiveSync Yes Yes Yes Yes
Disable removable storage Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Disable camera Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes No No No
Disable text messaging Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Disable Wi-Fi Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Disable Bluetooth Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Disable Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No
Allow internet sharing from device Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
Allow desktop sharing from device Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
Disable / email Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Allow consumer email Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Allow browser Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No
Allow unsigned applications Yes Yes No No
Allow unsigned CABs Yes Yes No No
Application allow list Yes Yes No No
Application block list Yes Yes No No
Require signed messages Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Require encrypted messages Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Require signed algorithm Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Require encrypted algorithm Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Allow encrypted algorithm negotiation Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Allow SoftCerts Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Allow device encryption Yes Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes No No
Require device encryption Yes Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes ? No No
Minimum number of complex characters Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Configure message formats (HTML or plain text) Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No Yes
Include past email items (Days) Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No Yes
Email body truncation size (KB) Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes
HTML email body truncation size (KB) Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes
Include past calendar items (Days) Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes
Require manual sync while roaming Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes
Features:
Conversation View Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No
Move always Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Reply state Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Yes No No No
UM card (client side only) Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Free/Busy lookup Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
Nickname cache Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
SMS sync Yes Yes No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No
Downloadable client Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No No Yes No Yes
Notes sync No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Policies:
Allow mobile update Yes Yes
Mobile OTA update mode Yes Yes
Features:
Conversation segments Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No
Photos Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No
support Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No
Block/Allow/Quarantine List (device info) Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No Yes No No No
Allow attachment download (server side)
Policies:
Allow IRM over EAS Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No
Features:
Policies:

Notes:
1 Requires free Outlook Mobile update
2 Only finds email address, phone numbers, title and company
3 3rd party downloadable client available for purchase for RIM BlackBerry devices
4 Because this is an application, a remote wipe wipes all data in the application but not the entire device
5 S/MIME performance depends on how S/MIME is used[11]
6 Encryption is for the applications memory and not the entire device
7 Policy is available but is client-side only and thus does not respond to server-side policy settings
8 Phone number and email address only
9 can only create personal calendar entry, no meeting requests
10 Info is derived from other info sent from the device as opposed to sent in the protocol
11 E series devices do a full wipe while N series devices only do a wipe of the Exchange data
12 Some devices have a conversation view which is simply grouped by subject and is not the EAS based conversation view feature
13 S/MIME was not included in EAS 12.0 so it was added back at this point (it had been in EAS 2.5)
14 Information in this chart is additive. This means that information that is listed for a later version of Exchange ActiveSync doesnot list the features of the previous version but the product does include
them. Compatibility in an earlier version indicates compatibility in the later version unless otherwise noted.
15 Follow-up flags are implemented as "stars" on the device.
16 Device encryption is only supported on iPhone 3GS hardware and later. These devices are encrypted by default, therefore this setting is only used to check the devices status if the 'Allow non-Provisional Devices' policy is set (and the box unchecked). Once this is configured, earlier devices report back that they do not support device encryption and therefore access to Exchange will be blocked.[12]
17 N900 is a non-provisionable device and does not support any policies. However, attachment downloading is always possible.
18 Device says it respects this policy but no device changes are made.
19 Supports gzip compression.

 

Taken from :

Comparison of Exchange ActiveSync Clients - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Exchange_ActiveSync_Clients

 

Revised by me and JP Karlén.

Kindest regards,

 

João Ribeiro