[horde] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Interface design Horde 4.1/5.0

[Simon Brereton]

On 24 April 2012 14:24, Andreas Mauser <andreas at mauser.info> wrote:
> Hi,
> ----- Nachricht von Simon Brereton <simon.brereton at buongiorno.com> ---------
>     Datum: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:09:01 -0400
>       Von: Simon Brereton <simon.brereton at buongiorno.com>
> Antwort an: simon.brereton at buongiorno.com
>   Betreff: Re: [horde] Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Interface design Horde 4.1/5.0
>        An: horde <horde at lists.horde.org>
>
>
>> On 24 April 2012 13:57, Andreas Mauser <andreas at mauser.info> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Just to mention that it would help if the developers and the community
>>> working (and testing) together and bringing online a
>>> horde.org/sync_compatibility page (if possible) where the compatible
>>> devices
>>> and sync client versions are stated.
>>>
>>> It really took me some time and nerves to find the correct client and
>>> client
>>> version to sync fine on my Blackberry. I even bought the Nexthaus client,
>>> which I personally dont suggest, because for me it didnt work at all.
>>> Today I dont have problems with synching H4 with my BB Bold 9700 and the
>>> Funambol Client v10.0.1.
>>
>>
>> No one should rely on BB support much past the end of 2012.
>
>
>
> Hm, I also read that they wrote red numbers last year. Will see how long we
> can buy Berries anymore. However, I own one and am happy with it. ^^
>
>
>> But why
>> do you need a separate client?  Since Horde4 supports the ActiveSync
>> protocol, it should work natively.  Since Horde devs can't access
>> every device or afford deviceanywhere, if you have a issues with
>> particular device you should make logs of a clean install and sync
>> available to them via the bug-tracking tool.
>
>
>
> I rechecked in my Berry but there is no such Activesync option anywhere in
> the settings. As far as I know I always read that you can buy one. So I came
> to Funambol in the first step.


Can you not set up a separate Exchange account on the BB?  Or does
that absolutely require a BES?

Simon