ÿþ<table border="1"><tr><td><b>Application:</td><td><b>Spb Backup 1.5.1</td><td><b>Sprite Backup 3.1.4 and 5.1</td><td><b>SKTools 3.0.62.0</td><td><b>Sunnysoft Backup Manager</td><td><b>ArtSSave 1.7</td><td><b>ActiveSync 4.5 beta 2</td></tr> <tr><td>Price</td><td>$19.95</td><td>$29.95; 5.1 is half the price for 3.x customers</td><td>$12.99; free for 2.x users</td><td>$14.95</td><td>$25</td><td>Free (the backup feature is built into all versions of ActiveSync)</td></tr> <tr><td>Operating system compliance?</td><td>PPC 2002+</td><td>3.1.4: PPC 2002, WM2003, WM2003SE; 5.1: WM5</td><td>WM2003+</td><td>PPC 2002+ (note that the homepage lists it to be compatible with PPC 2000 too; that's not the case); WinCE .NET</td><td>PPC's: PPC 2000 (SH3 / MIPS too as can be seen in <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/ArtssaveE125.bmp.png">here</a> (screenshot made on PPC2k E-125)) ... WM2003SE; <strong>NO WM5</strong>; H/PC's too (starting from WinCE 2.0) </td><td>All <strong>pre-</strong>WM5 WindowsCE-based operating systems (with Pocket PC's, Pocket PC 2000, 2002, WM2003, WM2003SE)</td></tr> <tr><td>Trial version available? Restrictions?</td><td>+, 5 backups</td><td>- (!)</td><td>+ (no restrictions on the backup / restore functionality, only in the file lists in restoring)</td><td>+; 7 days</td><td>+; 14 days + no advanced restore</td><td>n/a</td></tr> <tr><td>Easy mode vs. advanced mode distinction?</td><td>+ </td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpriteAdvEasy.bmp.png">+</a> </td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SKToolsBackupMainMenu.bmp.png">-</a> </td><td>+ (easy <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyBackupEasyMode1.bmp.png">1</a> <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyBackupEasyMode2.bmp.png">2</a>; advanced: backup <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyBackupAdvancedMode1.bmp.png">1</a> <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyBackupAdvancedModeBack2.bmp.png">2</a>; <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyBackupAdvancedModeBack3.bmp.png">3</a>; restore <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyBackupAdvancedModeRest1.bmp.png">1</a> <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyBackupAdvancedModeRest2.bmp.png">2</a> <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyBackupAdvancedModeRest3.bmp.png">3</a>; location <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyBackupAdvancedModeLocation.bmp.png">1</a> <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyBackupAdvancedModeLocation2.bmp.png">2</a>)</td><td>+ (Advanced Restore mode)</td><td>-</td></tr> <tr><td><b>WM5 HTC Wizard time / size benchmark tests: </b>Backup time of a given state to the same storage card, under the same circumstances</td><td>3:35 (incl. 1* reset at the end)</td><td>2:35 (incl. 2* reset; compress, self-restore) (best)</td><td>5:30 (incl. 2* reset)</td><td>3:27 (incl. 1* reset at the beginning)</td><td>n/a (not compatible with WM5)</td><td>n/a (not compatible with WM5)</td></tr> <tr><td>Size; backup file type (separate <em>EXE </em>file / all backup files are <em>EXE</em> files)</td><td><em>.exe</em>: 6,581,344</td><td>Exe: 9,463,324</td><td><em>.asb</em>: 6,286,381; <em>sktools.exe</em>: 1.3M</td><td><em>.bkp</em>: 6,575,612; separate EXE file: <em>.bkp.exe</em>: 34,240</td><td>n/a (not compatible with WM5)</td><td>n/a (not compatible with WM5)</td></tr> <tr><td>Compression rate? (- means no compression at all)</td><td>+; good</td><td>+; pretty bad</td><td>+; best (albeit the Sunnysoft and the Spb apps aren't much worse)</td><td>+; good</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr> <tr><td>Restoration time of a given state</td><td>2:50 (incl. 1* reset at the end)</td><td>2:10 (incl. 2* reset)</td><td>4:25 (incl. 2* reset)</td><td>1:30 (incl. 1* reset at the end)</td><td>n/a (not compatible with WM5)</td><td>n/a (not compatible with WM5)</td></tr> <tr><td>Everything went OK (WM5 databases, PIM etc?)</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>n/a (not compatible with WM5)</td><td>n/a (not compatible with WM5)</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Differential backup method? </b>: Yes/No</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>+</td><td>+</td></tr> <tr><td>If yes, is it possible to restore a given state?</td><td>n/a</td><td>n/a</td><td>n/a</td><td>n/a</td><td>+ (also displays the changes between two states)</td><td>- (you may, however, manually save the <em>Backup.stg </em>file from <em>C :\ Documents and Settings\ <strong>WINUSERNAME</strong> \ Application Data\ Microsoft\ ActiveSync\ Profiles\ <strong>ASSYNCNAME</strong> \</em> and manually swap it back)</td></tr> <tr><td><b> Scheduled backups, general</b>: supported?</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpbBackupSchedule.bmp.png">+</a> </td><td>+ (<a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpriteSched1.bmp.png">1</a> <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpriteSched2.bmp.png">2</a>)</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SKToolsSchedBacku.bmp.png">+</a></td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyBackupSchedule.bmp.png">+</a></td><td>+</td><td>n/a (desktop-side - that is, it has no (self standing) Pocket PC-side components). The only thing you can enable is auto-backup every time you connect the device via ActiveSync as opposed to initiating the backup by hand</td></tr> <tr><td>Keeps the device alive during scheduled backup and powers down the device after it?</td><td>+/+</td><td>+/+</td><td>+/+</td><td>+/+</td><td>+</td><td>n/a (desktop-side)</td></tr> <tr><td>Recurring events?</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpbRecurringSch.bmp.png">Settable weekdays</a></td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpriteRecurringSch.bmp.png">Daily / weekly</a></td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SKTRecurringSchDay.bmp.png">Day of week</a> / <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SKTRecurringSchDayMonth.bmp.png">Day of month</a> / <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SKTRecurringSchMonths.bmp.png">Months</a> / <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SKTRecurringSchYrs.bmp.png">Years</a> </td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyRecurringSch.bmp.png">Daily / Weekly / Monthly / At (each) Power On</a> </td><td>+ (every day)</td><td>n/a (desktop-side)</td></tr> <tr><td><b> Scheduled backups; compatibility with security features / tools</b>: HP ProtectTools compatibility; real-world scheduled backup + encrypted file test</td><td>+ (everything backed up and restored OK); will try to make another backup when the user logs in, this attempt must be manually stopped</td><td>+ (everything backed up and restored OK)</td><td>- (doesn't run)</td><td>- (doesn't run)</td><td>n/t (my hx4700 has WM5 on it, which is incompatible with ArtSSave)</td><td>n/a (you must enter the PIN into ActiveSync to have any kind of access to the PDA, including backing up)</td></tr> <tr><td>Standard system lock / password tool test</td><td>- without the reminder hack, + with it </td><td>+ (works great in the background; also see <a href="https://spritesoftware.crmdesk.com/answer.aspx?id=289&back=search.aspx%3Fproduct%3d0%26query%3dpassword%26area%3d0%26criteria%3d0%26sort%3d0%26page%3d1">this FAQ entry</a>)</td><td>+ on WM2003(SE), - on WM5</td><td>-</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/ArtssaveAutobackupOK.bmp.png">+</a> (tested on the WM2003SE PL720)</td><td>n/a (see above)</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Desktop and networking support</b>: Making backups from other computers: Desktop-based backup (similar to <a href="http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=442&more=1">the built-in pre-WM5 backup capabilities of ActiveSync</a>) service / agent?</td><td>-</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpritePCTool.png">+</a> (for example, on every cradling); via both <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpriteRemotebackupAS.bmp.png">ActiveSync</a> and <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpriteRemotebackupTCP.bmp.png">"true" TCP/IP connections</a></td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>+ (ActiveSync itself)</td></tr> <tr><td>Desktop-based backup file browser tool capable of selective restoring to both the PDA and the desktop (to extract files if there's no (suitable/compatible) PDA connected), similar to <a href="http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=442&more=1">that of <em>STGViewer </em>and <em>HPC Vault</em></a> </td><td>+, with a separately downloadable tool, <a href="http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/backup/unpack.html?en"><em>Spb Backup Unpack</em></a> </td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>+</td></tr> <tr><td>Backup directly to network shares?</td><td>-</td><td>3.1.4: +, 5.1: -</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr> <tr><td>Desktop-based backup (auto) synchronizer tool? (<em>MightySync / MobSync </em>will always work if there is no explicit support for this!)</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnysoftPCDesktopManager.png">+</a> (automatically / manually copies backups from the PDA to the desktop and stores there (in the <em>c :\ Program Files\ Sunnysoft\ Sunnysoft Backup Manager\ data\</em> directory, in <em>index_file 0000000000 .dat </em>files, where 0's are incremented with newer backup files); make sure you download the desktop EXE installer tool to be able to install this)</td><td>-</td><td>n/a (backup file is stored right on desktop)</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Cross-restoration / device upgrade mode</b>: Cross-restoration?</td><td>+; prints a warning at start</td><td>+; displays warning and lets for switching to Device Upgrade mode on the spot <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpriteBackupCrossRestoreWarning.bmp.png">1</a> <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpriteBackupCrossRestoreWarning2.bmp.png">2</a>. In QVGA versus VGA cases, using self-extracting backups, the GUI may be messed up like in this case <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpriteBackupCrossRestoreQVGAtoVGA.bmp.png">(starting a QVGA .EXE backup on a VGA device)</a></td><td>+; no warning at all</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyDeviceCrossRestore.bmp.png">+</a>; no warning at all</td><td>?</td><td>- (<a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/ASTriesToRestoreDifferentBackup.png">not possible to restore to other devices</a>)</td></tr> <tr><td>Does it display the backup device / OS information?</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpbDeviceInfo.bmp.png">+ (only device info)</a></td><td>- (it stores in the backup file though)</td><td>-</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyDeviceInfo.bmp.png">-</a> </td><td>+ (no ROM version information though: only device type)</td><td>- (it's, however, embedded in the <em>STG </em>file and is, to some degree, human-readable)</td></tr> <tr><td>Device upgrade mode?</td><td>-</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpriteBackupDeviceUpgradeSelect.bmp.png">+</a>; fortunately, as good & flexible as was in the pre-WM5 times ; also see the separate section on this</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Other backup-related extra features / functionality</b>Backup file auto-rotation with keeping X old backup files?</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpbBackupRotate.bmp.png">+</a> </td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpriteFileMaint.bmp.png">+</a> </td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>n/a (the file architecture is differential; one file saves all states)</td><td>- (only the latest stage is saved on the desktop)</td></tr> <tr><td>Automatic file exclusion rules</td><td>-</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpriteExclus.bmp.png">+</a> </td><td>-</td><td>+ <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyExclus1.bmp.png">1</a> <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyExclus2.bmp.png">2</a> </td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr> <tr><td>Battery level triggered backup?</td><td>-</td><td>3.1.4: +, 5.1: -</td><td>+ when scheduled (recurring) backup used <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SKToolsBattLifePresent.bmp.png">along with "Battery life present" in Settings</a>, then, you'll have the functionality (this also means it's a bit more complicated to set up than with the other, battery life-dependent apps). However, as periodic backup (checks) can only be done at least every day, this may prove to be a bit less safe than iPAQ Backup's (and the non-WM5's Sprite Backup's) checking the battery life every hour or Sunnysoft's checking it every 30...180 minutes.</td><td>+ (<a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyBackupBattlevel1.bmp.png">1</a> <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyBackupBattlevel2.bmp.png">2</a> <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/Sunny30Mins10Percent.bmp.png">3</a>); check every 30...180 minutes and initiate backup at 1...100% battery level. <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/Sunny30Mins-2.bmp.png">Uses the notification queue</a> </td><td>+ (not possible to fine-tune the value it's saved at)</td><td>-</td></tr> <tr><td>Storage Card backup</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpbStorageCardbackup.bmp.png">+</a> </td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpriteCard.bmp.png">+</a> </td><td>+</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyStorageCardbackup.bmp.png">+</a> </td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr> <tr><td>Backup to the built-in memory (not to cards)?</td><td>+</td><td>+ ; warns about the target's being volatile</td><td>+ ; by default, when you choose the target, it starts in the root directory and, therefore, it'll be put in the main storage of your device - doesn't warn!</td><td>+</td><td>-</td><td>n/a </td></tr> <tr><td>Odyssey Client compatibility</td><td><a href="http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showpost.php?p=1148835&postcount=15">+ (explicitly shuts it down)</a></td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>+</td><td>n/t (my x51v has WM5 on it, which is incompatible with <em>ArtSSave</em>)</td><td>n/t (I have no <em>WM2003SE </em>x50v and ActiveSync can't back up WM5 devices)</td></tr> <tr><td>Detailed log</td><td>+</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpriteLog.bmp.png">+</a>; a <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpriteLogInTemp.png">much more thorough log</a> is written to <em>\Temp\ BackupLog. txt</em></td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/ArtSSaveFailedToRestore1.bmp.png">+</a>; note that you must switch to <em>Advanced Tree View</em> to be able to see what files / objects weren't restored. Then, you will be able to browse the tree (<a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/ArtSSaveFailedToRestore2.bmp.png">1</a> <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/ArtSSaveFailedToRestore3.bmp.png">2</a>)</td><td>-</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Selections: Separate backup</b>: WM5 database files</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpbBackupSystemdata.bmp.png">-</a> </td><td>- </td><td>-</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyBackupDatabaseBackup.bmp.png">+</a> </td><td>- (full backup, no selection)</td><td>- (full backup, no selection)</td></tr> <tr><td>E-mails?</td><td>- (only as one entity)</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpriteEmails.bmp.png">- (only as one entity)</a> </td><td>- (not even as a separate, selectable entity)</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyBackMess.bmp.png">+</a> </td><td>-</td><td>- </td></tr> <tr><td>Files?</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpbBackupFiles.bmp.png">+</a> </td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpriteFiles.bmp.png">+</a> </td><td>(much worse than the alternates: it only lets for backing up entire directories/directory trees <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SKToolsFileSelect1.bmp.png">1</a> <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SKToolsFileSelect2.bmp.png">2</a>)</td><td>+</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr> <tr><td>PIM data?</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpbBackupPIM.bmp.png">-</a> (only as a whole)</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpritePIM.bmp.png">-</a> </td><td>- </td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyPIMBackup.bmp.png">-</a> </td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr> <tr><td>Selection save/load / revert</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td>-</td><td><a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnySelectionSaveRestore.bmp.png">Reverting</a> </td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Separate restore</b>: any different from separate backup?</td><td>- (exactly the same configurability: <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpBSepRestore1.bmp.png">1</a> <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpBSepRestore2.bmp.png">2</a> <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SpBSepRestore3.bmp.png">3</a>)</td><td>- </td><td>+: Files: <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SToolsRestoreFiles.bmp.png">can be separately extracted / restored</a>. Registry / databases: can only be restored from separate backup files, NOT from a generic full backup</td><td>- (same level of selectability / separation; that is, <a href="http://www.winmobiletech.com/092006BackupCompare/SunnyBackupAdvancedModeRest3.bmp.png">databases (one by one!), files (one by one!), registry</a>)</td><td>+ (you can restore anything in <em>Advanced </em>mode)</td><td>-</td></tr></table>