Adds Open Source Mobile'We' Capability to Google gPhone
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Funambol Inc., the
leading provider of open source push email and mobile sync for the mass
market, today announced the world's first open source mobile sync app for
the Android G1 phone from T-Mobile USA. The Funambol Android Client syncs
contacts from a Google gPhone with a Funambol Server.
Funambol Android Client provides an open source Mobile'We' capability
for gPhones to make it easy for users to sync and share contacts from other
mobile phones as well as from popular desktop apps such as MS Outlook and
webmail such as Yahoo!, Gmail and AOL. The software was developed by the
Funambol community, which demonstrates the speed at which an open source
development model can support the latest mobile handsets versus proprietary
approaches.
"The Google Phone is a great example of how the mobile industry is
embracing open source, but at the same time, it's also more open for Google
than other software and services," said Fabrizio Capobianco, Funambol CEO.
"Our Funambol Android Client adds a Mobile'We' capability to help gPhones
realize their open source potential by enabling them to sync a wide range
of content with virtually any source."
Funambol Android Client will be available after G1 phones ship and the
Android Market is open for third party apps. An early version can be
downloaded now from the Funambol Forge at
https://www.forge.funambol.org/participate/projects.html. Future releases
will add support for syncing mobile content such as calendars and push
email.
Funambol recently began offering an open source Mobile'We' service for
the rest of us. It provides open source push email and mobile sync with a
diverse range of desktop clients and webmail systems. Compared to Apple
MobileMe, Funambol supports 1.5 billion phones, is open source, and is not
constrained to .mac or .me email addresses. For more information, download
the free "Open Mobile'We' for the Rest of Us" position paper at
http://www.funambol.com/solutions/library.php. The new Funambol Android
Client provides gPhone users with an open Mobile'We' experience.
"Mobile'We' for the Rest of Us means providing easy-to-use sync for
Android users," said Hal Steger, Funambol VP Marketing. "Our open source
community jumped to make Funambol work on the G1. This demonstrates once
again the talent and speed of our community to rapidly support the latest
wireless phones."
About Funambol
Funambol is the leading provider of open source push email and mobile
sync for the mass market. Funambol open source software has been downloaded
more than 2.5 million times by 50,000 developers and project participants
in 200 countries. The commercial version of Funambol has been deployed at
service providers, mobile operators, portals, device manufacturers and ISVs
including customers such as AOL, 1&1, Earthlink and CA, Inc. Funambol is
headquartered in Redwood City, California with an R&D center in Italy. For
more information, please visit http://www.funambol.com.
Media Contacts
Jenna Boller for Funambol
Page One PR
(415) 321-2344
jenna@pageonepr.com
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