BlackBerry 10 Data Compression Compared to iOS and Android

By Lucas Atkins on February 19, 2013@UberLucas

BlackBerry 10 Data Compression Compared to iOS and Android

Data compression may soon become obsolete on mobile devices. It has diminished for personal data on BlackBerry 10. Below is a comparison of BlackBerry 10 to iOS, Android, and legacy BlackBerry devices.

	BlackBerry OS 7 and earlier	BlackBerry 10 and PlayBook 4G	iOS and Android
BES 5 or BES 10
Email, PIM, Attachments	MDS-CS rendering and compression	MDS-CS compression	Exchange ActiveSync 12.1+ utilized gzip for compression for iOS 5+ only
Enterprise Apps and Work Browser	MDS-CS rendering and compression	MDS-CS compression	None
ActiveSync Only
Email, PIM, Attachments	N/A	Exchange ActiveSync 12.1+ utilized gzip for compression	Exchange ActiveSync 12.1+ utilized gzip for compression for iOS 5+ only
Enterprise Apps and Work Browser	N/A	None	None
Consumer (Personal)
Email, PIM, Attachments, Apps, Browser, Media	BIS compression	None	None
BBM	None	None	N/A

What is data compression? Data compression is reducing the size of a data packet by encoding information using fewer bits than the original data packet.

Learn why the need for data compression is diminishing on BlackBerry 10 here.