Funambol updates its open source Blackberry service rival

Funambol updates its open source Blackberry service rival

Funambol Inc. has announced that they have now made available an updated version of their open-source software for delivering push e-mail, address book and calendar functions.

This open source application provides an alternative to the popular Research in Motion’s Blackberry service.

The version 6 of their Java-based server application is compatible with Linux and Windows based servers.

It allows the companies to push e-mail to mobile devices from Exchange, Domino, IMAP/POP servers. In addition, it also supports the open-source SyncML (Synchronization Markup Language) standard.

The updated edition adds support for direct SQL database support for address book and calendar information.

They have also made available plug-ins for Windows Mobile and Office with new user interfaces to make them more user friendly.

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