Comparison of Exchange ActiveSync Clients

 

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

 

Company Microsoft Microsoft Apple Nokia Google Notify Corp. Palm MailSite Software Inc.
Product Windows Mobile[1] Windows Phone [2] iPhone/iPod ( iOS)[3] Mail for Exchange[4] Android NotifySync[5] WebOS (Pre/Pixi)[6] AstraSync [7]
Version 6.1 6.5 4.0.1 3.0.50 2.2 4.7 1.4.5 4.1
Features:
Direct Push Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Email sync Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Calendar sync Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Contacts sync Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Remote wipe Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Sync multiple folders Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
GAL lookup Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SSL encrypted transmission Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Features:
User started remote wipe (server side) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Link Access Yes Yes No No No No No Yes
HTML email Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Server Search Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Set Out of Facility/Office (OOF) Yes Yes No Yes No No No No
Follow-up flags Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Meeting attendee information Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes
PIN reset Yes Yes No No No No No No
AutoDiscover Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Tasks Sync Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No
Bandwidth reduction Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
Policies:
Allow attachment download (client side) Yes Yes No Yes No No No No
Maximum attachment size Yes Yes No Yes No No No No
Enable password recovery Yes Yes No No No No No No
Allow simple password Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Password expiration (days) Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Enforce password history Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes
Encrypt storage card Yes Yes 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 Yes Yes No Yes No No
S/MIME Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes
Policies:
Disable desktop ActiveSync Yes Yes
Disable removable storage Yes Yes No No No
Disable camera Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Disable SMS text messaging Yes Yes No No No No No No
Disable Wi-Fi Yes Yes No No No No No No
Disable Bluetooth Yes Yes No No No No No No
Disable IrDA Yes Yes No No No No
Allow internet sharing from device Yes Yes No No No No No No
Allow desktop sharing from device Yes Yes No No No No No No
Disable POP3/IMAP4 email Yes Yes No No No No No No
Allow consumer email Yes Yes No No No No No No
Allow browser Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Allow unsigned applications Yes Yes
Allow unsigned CABs Yes Yes
Application allow list Yes Yes
Application block list Yes Yes
Require signed S/MIME messages Yes Yes No No No No No No
Require encrypted S/MIME messages Yes Yes No No No No No No
Require signed S/MIME algorithm Yes Yes No No No No No No
Require encrypted S/MIME algorithm Yes Yes No No No No No No
Allow S/MIME encrypted algorithm negotiation Yes Yes No No No No No No
Allow S/MIME SoftCerts Yes Yes No No No No No No
Device encryption Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No
Minimum number of complex characters Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
Configure message formats (HTML or plain text) Yes Yes No No No No No Yes
Include past email items (Days) Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
Email body truncation size (KB) Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes
HTML email body truncation size (KB) Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes
Include past calendar items (Days) Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes
Require manual sync while roaming Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes
Features:
Conversation View Yes Yes No No No No No No
Move always Yes Yes No No No No No No
Reply state Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
UM card (client side only) Yes Yes No No No No No No
Free/Busy lookup Yes Yes No No No No No No
Nickname cache Yes Yes No No No No No No
SMS sync Yes Yes No No No No No No
Downloadable client Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Notes sync No No No No No No No No
Policies:
Allow mobile OTA update Yes Yes
Mobile OTA update mode Yes Yes
Features:
Conversation segments Yes Yes No No No No No No
GAL photo Yes Yes No No No No No Yes
IRM support Yes Yes No No No No No No
Block/Allow/Quarantine List (device info) Yes Yes No No No No No No
Allow attachment download (server side)
Policies:
Allow IRM over EAS Yes Yes No No No No No No

Notes:
1 Requires free Outlook Mobile update
2 Only finds email address, no additional info
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[8]
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 does not 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.