{"id":2405,"date":"2012-04-13T09:07:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-13T16:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebeagle.itgroove.net\/?p=131"},"modified":"2023-02-24T21:47:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:47:04","slug":"iphone-android-blackberrywinphone-what-do-i-choose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2012\/04\/13\/iphone-android-blackberrywinphone-what-do-i-choose\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone, Android, BlackBerry\u2013WinPhone, what do I choose?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have lots of customers ask us this question and it is a valid one when you are looking at what is required to connect back to your Exchange backend. If you have Exchange 2007 or 2010 (SBS2008 or SBS2011) in-house the super simple answer is any one of the above EXCEPT BlackBerry (more on this in a sec).\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Simple, they all talk directly to Exchange and will sync all of your Outlook (Exchange) data seamlessly.\u00a0 In-house at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itgroove.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">itgroove<\/a> we have a mix of iPhone, Android and WinPhone and we have zero hassles with our phones and Exchange.\u00a0 We dumped BlackBerry a few years back and have never looked back.<\/p>\n<p>BlackBerry really clouds the issue and we have had customers that have been lied to by their phone carrier as to what they can and cannot do with their BlackBerry.\u00a0 So, here is the skinny:\u00a0 if you have BlackBerries and you want to do all of the Outlook\/Exchange data sync <strong>wirelessly<\/strong> you will need to have a Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) installed in-house, period.\u00a0 Oh, and to avoid tons of grief the BES software SHOULD NOT be installed on the same server as Exchange.\u00a0 So, you need an additional server (or VM) and Windows Server license to support BES although BES itself is now free for the Express version.\u00a0 BES is the ONLY way you can get full wireless sync of all of your Outlook\/Exchange data; don\u2019t let your carrier tell you otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>RIM (BlackBerry) provides the carriers with a \u201cdumbed down\u201d wireless connectivity option know as Blackberry Internet Server (BIS) which will allow you to get incoming emails on your phone and send email from your phone all via your Exchange server.\u00a0 However, this is limited to ONLY incoming email; you do not see the rest of your Outlook folders nor do you get calendar, contact or any other info.\u00a0 BIS is the option that your phone attempts to set up when you add an email account.\u00a0 Most Outlook users find BIS to be frustrating due to the fact that MOST of their Outlook\/Exchange data is missing.<\/p>\n<p>The last option is to use BlackBerry Desktop to perform the sync.\u00a0 This is software that you install on your PC and it then does the sync between your BlackBerry and your local Outlook.\u00a0 Problem is the PC has to be running all the time for this to work.\u00a0 What if you have a laptop?\u00a0 Ooops.\u00a0 Frankly, this is a really pathetic option that reeks of the 90\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>So, what\u2019s the best choice for you?\u00a0 That is really up to you but we find that iPhone, Android, WinPhone simply work without a lot of grief (assuming your Exchange OWA is properly configured for public access \u2026 SSL cert anyone??).\u00a0 The additional effort and expense required to support BlackBerry and BES is something we advise our customers to avoid unless there is a compelling business need for BlackBerry.\u00a0 Sorry, RIM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have lots of customers ask us this question and it is a valid one when you are looking at what is required to connect back to your Exchange backend. 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