Uneven Symbian Support
IAnywhere touts the Sybase Information Anywhere Suite as suitable for Symbian, Windows Mobile and Palm OS. However, the performance of OneBridge on our Symbian 9-based Nokia E61 was disappointing. Viewing long e-mails was time-consuming--scrolling was painfully slow. IAnywhere said this was a known bug in the beta code and the company is actively pursuing it. We were also disappointed to find that, while the OneBridge e-mail client has been extended to Symbian 9 devices such as the Nokia Eseries, Nseries and the Sony Ericsson P990i and M600, the Afaria security client and its security features have not. Sybase expects to have a client and other improvements available for the year-old Symbian 9 platform in 2007.
The combination of OneBridge and Afaria gives RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server some healthy competition. For enterprises looking to deploy mobile e-mail only, the difference between BES and the combination of OneBridge and Afaria is small. BES on BlackBerry devices still has the edge--it's easier to deploy and offers more granular device control. However, iAnywhere's portfolio offers a more comprehensive solution for complex, mobile deployments.
Sean Ginevan is a technology analyst with the Center for Emerging Network Technologies at Syracuse University. Write to him at [email protected].
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