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Funambol and a la Mobile Enhance Android Open Source Sync Software
Enables Android Phones to Sync Contacts, Calendars, Pictures, Music and Videos With Any Backend and Desktop
| Source: Funambol
REDWOOD CITY, CA and SAN RAMON, CA--(Marketwire - February 12, 2009) - Funambol, the leading
provider of open source push email and mobile sync worldwide, and a la
Mobile, Inc., the leading Linux systems platform and open source technology
company for mobile devices, today announced the availability of enhanced
open source sync software for Android. a la Mobile has extended Funambol's
SyncML-based Android client to sync additional PIM data, pictures, music
and videos. Furthermore, a la Mobile is contributing the enhanced Android
client software to the Funambol open source community. Funambol is ensuring
that its award-winning open source mobile sync server works with the new
Android client. The open source client and server software enable Android
handsets to sync contacts, calendars, pictures, music and videos with any
backend data source and desktop. The software will be demonstrated at
Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on February 16-19, 2009, in
Funambol's booth #1J46 (Hall 1).
a la Mobile is the leader in Mobile Linux systems solutions with expertise
in Android. The company, recognizing early on the need for Android apps and
expertise, began development with the Funambol Android client in August
2008, enhancing it to provide improved sync functionality with additional
PIM data including contacts, calendars, pictures, music and video. The
company has made the code available to the Funambol community. a la Mobile
offers the enhanced sync client in its commercial Android system solution
for mobile operators and device manufacturers.
Funambol is the world's leading cross-platform mobile open source project.
The company provides a commercial MobileWe solution that enables billions
of phones to perform push email and to sync PIM data and photos with a
cloud-based portal, leading email services and desktop apps. MobileWe
enables device makers, mobile operators, service providers, portals and
ISVs to rapidly deliver a flexible sync service.
"Android is gaining a great deal of industry momentum. A line-up of the
top-tier device manufacturers and mobile operators are planning to offer
Android handsets in 2009. Rather than merely a basic function, they need
an open, flexible sync solution," said Pauline Alker, a la Mobile CEO. "We
are pleased to extend the capabilities of Funambol's open source Android
sync client and to make it available to the community, as this will only
improve and further advance commercial Android offerings."
"Companies are racing to get the next great Android device to market. One
of the most critical apps is mobile sync, which needs to work with many
systems, not just Google," said Fabrizio Capobianco, Funambol CEO.
"Funambol is excited that a la Mobile has enhanced our Android sync
software for the community and the industry."
The new software is available now. For more information, please stop by
Funambol's booth #1J46 (Hall 1) at Mobile World Congress or visit the
companies' websites.
About Funambol
Funambol is the leading provider of open source push email and mobile sync
worldwide. Funambol open source software has been downloaded three 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 www.funambol.com. You can also learn more
about Funambol by following it on Twitter at http://twitter.com/funambol.
About a la Mobile
a la Mobile, Inc. (www.a-la-mobile.com) is the premier open Linux system
platform and open source technology provider to the mobile industry.
Founded in 2005, a la Mobile is led by President and CEO Pauline Lo Alker,
a serial high-tech entrepreneur with multiple success track records and
backed by Venrock Associates (www.venrock.com) and Grazia Equity, GmbH
(www.grazia.com). a la Mobile, headquartered in San Ramon, California, has
operations in the U.S., China and Belarus.