Multiple Exchange ActiveSync accounts-devices??

[Barren]

I've searched and searched... I find all sorts of threads on this forum and on others.. and I can't seem to find a good list of devices that allow for multiple exchange active sync accounts.

I can tell you it has nothing to do with OS, it's all based off of what the manufacturer paid M$ for licensing fees.

My HTC Droid Eris will allow 1 EAS (Exchange ActiveSync) account, I've read that the iPhone 4's allow for 5 EAS connections. I think Motorola licensed additional EAS licenses with the Droid 2... but I'm not 100% on that.

Please don't suggest that I buy Touchdown or some other app to do this. I want native EAS functionality.

I am eligible for an upgrade from my Eris and I'd love to ditch my ATT blackberry from work. I am testing EAS on personally owned smartphones for work and writing the policy for it to reduce our Blackberry budgets moving forward and really want to pick a device that I will be happy with.

I loved my Eris, for the first 4 months... then an update came and made it nearly useless. Having to clear my call log and reboot daily and run task killer several times a day just to have a functioning phone is not what I would call a good experience. The last update fixed a lot of the issues from the bad update, but I still think the phone got unbearably slow since initially launched. I have to say, I'm really tempted to leave the android clan and move to the evil IOS platform.

Somebody has to have a list of EAS licenses per device....

 

[takeshi]

Please don't suggest that I buy Touchdown or some other app to do this. I want native EAS functionality.

Why do you think it needs to be native? It seems odd to me to opt for an OS like Android where the apps are a major plus as they make it very extensible. This seems like an arbitrary and detrimental restriction.

You might want to also verify that whatever suitable stock app you find has all the features you want (in addition to multiple Exchange account support). I'm not using my stock app for Exchange because it's lacking in many other areas.

I am testing EAS on personally owned smartphones for work and writing the policy for it to reduce our Blackberry budgets moving forward and really want to pick a device that I will be happy with.

I'm guessing this is why.

 

[Barren]

Why do you think it needs to be native? It seems odd to me to opt for an OS like Android where the apps are a major plus as they make it very extensible. This seems like an arbitrary and detrimental restriction.

You might want to also verify that whatever suitable stock app you find has all the features you want (in addition to multiple Exchange account support). I'm not using my stock app for Exchange because it's lacking in many other areas.


I'm guessing this is why.

You are correct, I need to be able to manage the device from Exchange. I could move my Eris over and use something like Touchdown for my personal exchange sync and then use the one Exchange account I can setup for my work account.

It's somewhat complicated because I haven't actually figured out what I want to do with contacts and calendar... at the moment, I use both personal and work accounts for both of those, so I'm not how the devices handle that.

I will admit, I don't know much about touchdown. Do you get access to the global address book via that sync?

I find it crazy that nobody has compiled a list of devices listing how many exchange accounts they can have on them.