[horde] iPhone 4 replacement

[Simon Brereton]

On 19 November 2011 10:01, Louis-Philippe Allard <lp.allard.1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Quoting Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>>
>> Quoting Louis-Philippe Allard <lp.allard.1 at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> Quoting Marc Fellman <marc.fellman at gmail.com>:   > Hi,
>>>>    2011/11/17 Louis-Philippe Allard <lp.allard.1 at gmail.com>:  > Hi horde
>>>> users!    > ...
>>>>    --
>>>
>>>   Any Horde devs can comment on my question?
>>
>>  I will assume your question relates to syncing, since web-access to Horde
>> should be failry consistent across all of these devices. To that extent, I
>> can comment on ActiveSync support:
>>
>>  I am still using the original Motorola Droid as my day-to-day phone. I
>> plan to change to the [Galaxy|Prime|Droid] Nexus when it is finally
>> released. Obviously, I have no idea if there are any issues with the
>> ActiveSync implementation as it relates to Horde as I have not yet used the
>> new device.
>>
>>  The only other devices that I, personally, have used with Horde are
>> various iOS devices (iPod,iPhone,iPad). A friend of mine uses the Droid 3(?)
>> and has reported no problems to me.
>>>
>>> http://wiki.horde.org/ActiveSync [1] seems to mention that the Motorola
>>> Droid
>>>   does not play well with horde... Am I wrong?
>>
>>  What problems are you referring to? I use it on a daily basis and do not
>> normally run into any problems.
>>
>>  The major drawback to the earlier, native, Droid implementations is that
>> they do not support provisioning (so no enforced security policies and no
>> remote-wipe ability). From what I understand this is now supported, though I
>> have not tried it myself.
>>
>>  Of course there is always the chance that there will be some issues
>> regardless of the device you pick. From my work with this, one thing that I
>> have noticed is that just about every vendor does *something* that is not
>> part of the published specification...and we try our best to work around
>> these issues as they occur.
>>
>>  --
>>  mike
>
> Thanks Mike for replying.  I may have been confusedby the different names
> the phone has in other countries.  Here in Canada, the Motorola Droid Razr
> (one of the models I am interested in) is simply called Motorola Razr.  I
> thought the "Motorola Droid" that is on the
> http://wiki.horde.org/ActiveSync[1]was referring to the Motorola Droid
> Razr... Is it?

That's been there since the original Motorola Droid - and I believe
that's the device it refers to.

> As for this phone, it ships from the provider (Rogers Canada) with Android
> 2.3
> (http://www.rogers.com/web/link/wirelessBuyFlow?forwardTo=PhoneThenPlan&productType=normal&productId_Detailed=XT910BLKR&N=52+11#)

Then don't get it.  2.3 is OLD.  Get the Samsung Galaxy Prime with 4.0

> There is so many brands, versions, OS'es , models, its overwhelming to
> make a clear and informed decision......
>
> Any help would be appreciated, I really dont want to change my iphone 4
> (iOS5.0.1) for a worst phone....  I currently use AS and my contacts,

If you're changing from iOS, I can pretty much guarantee you a better
phone.  Not to start a phone flame war, but if you're a dev the
Android is more suited to you immediately.  Get it.  Any one.  You'll
be surprised how much you like it.

Simon