RemoSync is a mobile application that provides corporate email, calendar and contact synchronization for mobile phones capable of running BREW applications. Conceived as a low-cost alternative to BlackBerry

BlackBerry

BlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...

 or iPhone

IPhone

The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...

 devices, RemoSync is currently available on the Verizon wireless network.

RemoSync 3.0 and later versions are named as Corporate Email by Verizon Wireless. RemoSync and 'Corporate Email' refers to same product.

RemoSync team released a new version 4.0 in May 2010. The first device that has 4.0 is Samsung Reality SCH-U820. RemoSync 4.0 is available on multiple handsets.

RemoSync was developed by Remoba, Inc., a software firm in Hayward, California. Remoba earlier was located at Santa clara, California. Relocated to Hayward in 2009 Q4.

Corporate Email 4.0

Corporate Email 4.0 is officially released in May 2010. This version brings significant changes compared to earlier release 3.0. This product virtually supports emails from all major email solution providers.

• Microsoft Exchange Server
  Microsoft Exchange Server
  Microsoft Exchange Server is the server side of a client–server, collaborative application product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure products...
  
  
• IBM Lotus Notes
• Google Apps
• Gmail
  Gmail
  Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service provided by Google. Users may access Gmail as secure webmail, as well via POP3 or IMAP protocols. Gmail was launched as an invitation-only beta release on April 1, 2004 and it became available to the general public on February 7, 2007, though...
  
  
• IMAP Accounts
• POP
  Post Office Protocol
  In computing, the Post Office Protocol is an application-layer Internet standard protocol used by local e-mail clients to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. POP and IMAP are the two most prevalent Internet standard protocols for e-mail retrieval. Virtually all modern...
  
   Accounts
• zimbra
  Zimbra
  Zimbra Collaboration Suite is a groupware product created by Zimbra, Inc., located in Palo Alto, California, USA. The company was purchased by Yahoo! in September 2007, and subsequently purchased by VMware on Tuesday, January 12, 2010. The software consists of both client and server components...
  
  

Uses Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync

ActiveSync

ActiveSync is a mobile data synchronization technology and protocol developed by Microsoft, originally released in 1996. There are two implementations of the technology: one which synchronizes data and information with handheld devices with a specific desktop computer , and another technology,...

 to sync email, contacts & calendar from Microsoft Exchange Server, IBM Lotus Notes and Zimbra. For Google account uses ActiveSync to sync contacts and calendar, where as email is synced using IMAP Push. This version supports IMAP push.

Some key changes are:

• Supports access from Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.
• Supports multiple accounts. User can add GOOGLE / LOTUS / IMAP / POP more than one.
• Supports Lotus Notes Accounts. Email, contacts and Calendar are synced using ActiveSync protocols.
• Supports Google business accounts. Email is synced using IMAP PUSH, contacts and calendar using ActiveSync.
• Allows configuring POP / IMAP accounts.
• IMAP Push is supported.
• Icon based main menu.
• Recurring events and tasks are supported.
• Revised UIs – The UI is completely rewritten with 4.0 versions.
• Contacts database is maintained with application.
• Connects and syncs from Exchange Server even when non-provisional devices blocked.

Advantages

• RemoSync operates on a variety of low-to-mid-range handsets.
• No additional server infrastructure is required. Back-end implemention is via Microsoft Exchange Server
  Microsoft Exchange Server
  Microsoft Exchange Server is the server side of a client–server, collaborative application product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure products...
  
   Mobile Policy Settings.
• Data transmission is encrypted with SSL
  Transport Layer Security
  Transport Layer Security and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer , are cryptographic protocols that provide communication security over the Internet...
  
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• RemoSync implements all mobile security features available on Microsoft Exchange.
• RemoSync 3.0 and later versions supports viewing attachments on phone. Supports viewing DOC, Excel, PDF, PPT, images (GIF, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PNG). Microsoft office and PDF documents are displayed page by page images. This is big plus knowing the devices not supports any viewer.

Disadvantages

• Service must be offered by wireless carrier. Currently only Verizon wireless enables RemoSync.
• Only available for companies running Microsoft Exchange Server
  Microsoft Exchange Server
  Microsoft Exchange Server is the server side of a client–server, collaborative application product developed by Microsoft. It is part of the Microsoft Servers line of server products and is used by enterprises using Microsoft infrastructure products...
  
   or those using a hosted Exchange solution.
• The 4.0 version maintaines application specific contacts database. Remoba says this is done to prevent unathorized access to corporate contacts.

Notable devices on Verizon using RemoSync (or Corporate Email)

• LG enV Touch (VX11000)
  LG enV Touch (VX11000)
  The LG enV Touch also known as the Voyager 2, or VX11000 is an internet-enabled, multimedia device created by LG Electronics for use with Verizon Wireless. The phone was released on June 5, 2009 as a successor to the LG Voyager. The phone's external screen is touch enabled with a virtual keyboard...
  
  
• LG enV3 (VX9200)
  LG enV3 (VX9200)
  The LG enV3 is a mobile phone built by LG Electronics, and released from Verizon Wireless in the United States and Telus Mobility in Canada . It succeeded the LG enV2. Along with a slimmer design, the enV3 also boasts a full keyboard, a 2.6 inch screen and a 3.0 Megapixel camera...
  
  
• Samsung Reality SCH-U820
• Samsung SCH-U960
  Samsung SCH-U960
  The Samsung SCH U960 is a CDMA touchscreen side-slider cell phone made by Samsung. The phone features a QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth, MP3 Player, GPS, and a 3MP camera with Geo Tagging. It uses Verizon's EVDO Rev A data network. The Rogue runs Samsung’s TouchWiz UI with widget bar on the side...
  
   (Rogue)
• Casio Hitachi Brigade C741
• Casio Hitachi Rock C731
• LG Dare
• Samsung Alias 2

For complete list check the Verizon pages for 'RemoSync' and 'Corporate Email' on reference section.

See also

• Smartphone
  Smartphone
  A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
  
  
• Mobile Internet Device (MID)
• Personal Digital Assistant
  Personal digital assistant
  A personal digital assistant , also known as a palmtop computer, or personal data assistant, is a mobile device that functions as a personal information manager. Current PDAs often have the ability to connect to the Internet...
  
   (PDA)
• Push e-mail
  Push e-mail
  Push email is used to describe email systems that provide an always-on capability, in which new email is actively transferred as it arrives by the mail delivery agent to the mail user agent , also called the email client...