VMWare Zimbra - Mobile

Zimbra Collaboration Server offers a rich browser-based experience for email, voice, social, contacts, calendar and files on any xHTML –capable device, from mass-market handsets to smartphones and tablets. The broad protocol and device support is fitting with today’s trend of end users’ preference to access information and activity from anywhere on any device including the iPhone, iPad and Android OS.

Zimbra in the Mobile Browser

Get Zimbra on virtually any device via the mobile web browser and access to the broadest Zimbra feature set.

Zimbra Mobile for Smartphones

Native integration with Mail, Contacts, Calendar apps and over-the-air data sync on Android OS and Windows Mobile OS smartphones such as the Droid.

Zimbra Mobile Administration and Security

Easily manage mobile devices from the web admin console including configurable policies to enable/disable device software and hardware capabilities and approved applications and remote device wipe.

Zimbra Mobile for iPhone and iPad

Native integration with Apple Mail, Contacts, Calendar apps and over-the-air data sync.

Zimbra Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Native integration with RIM Mail, Contacts, Calendar apps on any BlackBerry plus over-the-air data sync.

Capabilities Overview

Email Contacts Calendar Tasks Briefcase Advanced
Search
POP/IMAP Email •
CardDAV (iPhone, iPad) •
CalDAV (iPhone, iPad) •
Mobile Web Browsers • • • • •
Zimbra Mobile for iPhone, iPad* • • • •
Zimbra Mobile for Smartphones* • • • •
Connector for Blackberry • • • •

* Specific versions of Network Edition

Mobile Web Browser

In addition to Advanced (AJAX) and Standard (HTML) browser modes, Zimbra Collaboration Server has a Mobile web email and collaboration. Mobile mode is AJAX web technology optimized for smaller device and tablet form factors, and provides rich functionality on virtually any device. Users may access Email, Voice, Contacts, Calendars, Social, Address Books and Search- a feature set more advanced than most default client applications expose on devices.

Key Features:

  • Real-time access to Email, Contacts, Address Book, Calendar, Briefcase, Search
  • View shared content (folders, contacts, schedules)
  • Use Conversation Views and Tags
  • Conduct server-side Searches including Advanced functionality in Visual Search Builder
  • View all folders, saved searches, flags and tags
  • Mark messages a spam

Zimbra on the iPhone & iPad

Zimbra integrates natively over-the-air with the Mail, Contact and Calendar applications on any Apple iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. By using the ActiveSync protocol no additional download is required, only that Wi-Fi or a wireless data plan is enabled. After a simple configuration step users can work anywhere with their Zimbra account.

In addition to native integration, users may also access their accounts in the Safari web browser using Zimbra’s Mobile Web Email and Collaboration experience.

Key Zimbra Mobile Features:

  • Native integration with Mail app, including Conversation View / read / delete / compose message
  • Sync Zimbra Address Book to Contacts app
  • Use Global Address List (GAL) to compose email, lookup phone numbers and add meeting invitee
  • Sync all (multiple) Zimbra Calendars
  • Send and accept/decline meeting invites
  • Open and view attachments
  • Access data locally in Airplane Mode
  • Use Preference to manage push frequency, accounts and usability options

Other Features:

  • Access Zimbra through POP / IMAP email settings
  • Get email, contacts, calendars and files in Zimbra Briefcase using Safari mobile web browser

Zimbra Mobile For Smartphones

Zimbra, with Zimbra Mobile enabled, integrates natively over-the-air with the Mail, Voice, Social, Contact and Calendar applications on any smartphone or tablet based on the Android OS, such as the Motorola Droid family, or any Windows Mobile OS device. These devices support the ActiveSync protocol so no additional download is required, only that Wi-Fi or a wireless data plan is enabled. After a simple configuration step users can work virtually anywhere with their Zimbra account on the go.

In addition to native integration, users may also access their account in the mobile web browser using Zimbra’s Mobile Web Email and Collaboration experience.

Key Zimbra Mobile Features:

  • Native integration with Mail app, including Conversation View / read / delete / compose message
  • Sync Zimbra Address Book to Contacts app
  • Use Global Address List (GAL) to compose email, lookup phone numbers and add meeting invitee
  • Sync all (multiple) Zimbra Calendars
  • Send and accept/decline meeting invites
  • Open and view attachments
  • Access data locally in Airplane Mode
  • Use Preference to manage push frequency, accounts and usability options

Other Features:

  • Access Zimbra through POP / IMAP email settings
  • Get email, contacts, calendars and files in Zimbra Briefcase using mobile web browser

Zimbra Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Zimbra Connector for BlackBerry Enterprise Server provides seamless, real-time synchronization of Zimbra user mailbox data to RIM BlackBerry devices. This solution allows BlackBerry users to access Zimbra with the native BlackBerry applications for mail, calendar & address book and enables Zimbra Administrators to manage BlackBerry usage from BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES).

Key Connector for BlackBerry Features:

  • Over-the-air synchronization of Email, Voice, Social, Address Book and Calendar
  • Use Global Address List (GAL) to compose email, lookup phone numbers and add meeting invitee
  • Search messages
  • Open and view attachments
  • Create calendar appointments & meetings
  • Accept & decline meeting invitations
  • Administrators may add/provision users in the BlackBerry Administration Console

Other Features:

  • Access Zimbra through POP / IMAP email settings
  • Get email, contacts, calendars and files in Zimbra Briefcase using mobile web browser
  • Compatible with BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0 / 4.1.x, BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express 5.0 / 4.1.x