-- Direct access to user's mobile phone contacts, calendar and email account as well as profile, phone settings, and mobile and desktop clients -- An easy sign-up process for self-provisioning of user accounts -- Remote auto-setup and configuration of SyncML settings on billions of phones -- A "quick add" process to set up Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL or POP/IMAP email account -- One easy step to download-install-run Funambol email client on mobile devices -- A secure data store, synchronization of address book photos and much more"With the exploding popularity of smartphones, people are carrying more of their lives on their phones than ever before," said Fabrizio Capobianco, Funambol CEO. "People increasingly expect to access their data and content in the cloud and other systems. The new Funambol Portal makes it super easy to access mobile data and content, anytime, anywhere." Funambol is the ultimate white label solution for device manufacturers, mobile operators, portals, service providers, system integrators and ISVS to deliver mobile cloud sync and push email. Because it is based on open source, Funambol provides several unique and compelling advantages, including the broadest device compatibility and complete customization. Funambol v8 has been widely anticipated since its sneak preview at the Mobile World Congress where it was recognized by the GSMA Global Mobile Awards as an Innovative Mobile Services Platform. The new portal is available in Funambol Carrier Edition and can be tried at http://my.funambol.com/. Funambol is extending a special invitation to bloggers to experience the new portal at http://www.funambol.com/news/v8bloggers.php. About Funambol Funambol is the leading provider of mobile open source cloud sync and push email for billions of phones. Funambol open source software has been downloaded over three million times by 50,000 developers in 200 countries. The commercial version of Funambol has been deployed by the largest device manufacturers, mobile operators, portals, service providers and ISVs in the world, including 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 follow Funambol on Twitter at http://twitter.com/funambol.
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