New just been posted in MSmobiles about an open source Project called Funambol
Now MSmobiles has always been keen to be setting the record straight with regard to MS's claims about the Push email (MSFP, AKU2, etc.) just being around the corner, pointing out about the onging court action by Visto, so it will be interesting to see what sort of reply Jason has regarding this and when we might actually start to see some releases by the Carriers?
What is quite exciting is that although this is listed as an Open Source Project for PocketPC's, if it works fine for WM5 then the only real reason why it won't work with SmartPhone WM5 should *simply* be down to a screen resolution issue? Surely?
So it looks like there might actually be another very viable alternative that also looks like it has made some significant inroads in to supporting Exchange, Notes, Blackberry without the need for a NOC and a monthly charge per user? Certainly the list of modules makes intriguing reading, although I'm wondering about where and/or how they managed to get the ActiveSync license? ;-))
Server Bundles: all you need to start on the server
- Sync4j bundle 2.3 for Windows [63Mb]
full download of the server, including Apache Tomcat, file system connector, Sync4j Admin, Sync4j Java GUI Client, and the PIM Web Demo.
- Sync4j bundle 2.3 for Linux [77Mb]
full download of the server, including Apache Tomcat, file system connector, Sync4j Admin, Sync4j Java GUI Client, and the PIM Web Demo.
Client Plug-Ins: to synchronize your client data
- Sync4j Outlook Client Plug-in 2.0.32 [1.7Mb]
SyncML Client Plug-In for Outlook, capable of synchronizing Contacts, Calendar, Tasks and Notes from Outlook 2000, 2002/XP and 2003.
- Sync4j Pocket PC / Windows Mobile Client Plug-In 1.7.9 [1.7Mb]
SyncML Plug-In Client for Pocket PC / Windows Mobile PDA, capable of synchronizing Contacts, Calendar, Notes, Tasks and files from Pocket PC 2003.
- Sync4j BlackBerry Client Plug-In 1.2.3 [178Kb]
SyncML Client Plug-In for BlackBerry, capable of synchronizing Contacts and Calendar.
- Sync4j Palm Client Plug-In 1.1.3 [47Kb]
A Palm based Sync4j Client to synchronize contact data.
- Sync4j iPod Client 1.0.16 for Windows [1.3Mb]
SyncML Client Plug-In for iPod, which synchronizes Contacts and Calendar via the standard iPod cable. This client runs on 32-bit Windows.
- Sync4j Mozilla Client for Windows 1.0.2 [1Mb]
SyncML PIM Client for Mozilla, capable of synchronizing Calendar. This is a Sync4j community project.
Server Connectors: to connect with back-end systems
Client SDKs: to develop mobile applications
Useful individual packages and tools