This book provides an overview of synchronization concepts and applications, SyncML ,and Funambol data sync and device management software.
This document provides an overview of device management, presents background concepts and includes a technical introduction to the Funambol Device Management server and client API.
This position paper provides an overview of the enhanced Google Sync service, discusses its implications for the mobile industry and compares it to Funambol mobile open source.
This Funambol position paper describes Apple MobileMe and its impact on the industry. It also discusses how Funambol provides an open source "MobileWe" alternative for service providers, portals, mobile operators and device manufacturers.
This position paper discusses how Android stimulates the adoption of mobile email by the mass market and how Android and Funambol can transform this market. It also poses and answers major questions about the mobile industry for 2008 and beyond.
A Funambol global survey asked about digital content (pictures, videos, music, files, PIM data) on mobile & computing devices. It found that digital content to becoming much more spread out and difficult to manage. The survey also found that there is a large market need for a personal cloud service to secure, sync and share digital content.
This research report presents the results of a global survey of people about their views and attitudes towards personal clouds. It reveals that there is a genuine interest in using personal clouds (i.e. digital lockers), as long as they are secure, private and support the devices that people typically own.
The market for cloud media services is rapidly growing, but at the same time, there are several potential obstacles that could inhibit its adoption. This white paper examines several aspects of the cloud media market, including its challenges, accelerators, market size and characteristics, and technology elements for cloud media traction.
This white paper provides numerous examples of syncing and streaming mobile data, including email, photos, video, music and other mobile content. It evaluates mobile video offerings on the market, suggests an alternative approach underpinned by open source, and provides guidelines for syncing and streaming mobile data and media.
Many mobile apps & services are now free. This paper discusses the economics of the "freemium" business model, compares the freemium models and monetization approaches of several large mobile companies, including Apple, Google, Nokia, Microsoft, Palm & Vodafone, and provides an in-depth financial model example of generating revenue from a free mobile cloud sync service.
The address book has become the center of the usability universe for many mobile users. This white paper describes key trends affecting the address book and how mobile operators must act fast to enhance their address book to prevent others from taking their users.
This report profiles ten leading mobile companies that use mobile open source software for major, innovative projects, including new mobile devices, cloud services, social networking and 4G apps. It describes their reasons for using open source and trends that impact every mobile company.
This white paper compares 12 leading mobile cloud sync solutions to determine their strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for improvement. It also calculates a mobile cloud sync 'index' for each solution to indicate its level of completeness.
This white paper discusses compelling mobile sync trends, requirements for a wireless sync solution and how open source can be leveraged to quickly provide a revenue generating mobile sync service.
This free research report discusses the potential for ad-funded mobile email by analyzing the results of a survey of users of the mobile ad-enabled myFUNAMBOL portal. It concludes that the potential is good, based on user acceptance of mobile ads, as long as the ads are non-intrusive and relevant, and user privacy is maintained. The report also discusses a projected financial model behind an ad-funded mobile email solution.
This white paper discusses how in difficult economic times, users are more value conscious, yet they still view mobile messaging as essential to their businesses and lives. It describes the 8 reasons why an open source Mobile'We' push email and mobile sync solution is needed more than ever.
This white paper, written by Peggy Anne Salz of mSearchGroove, describes the latest market trends and opportunities for service providers, mobile operators and portals to provide mobile email for the mass market.
In this paper, Frost & Sullivan provides an overview of mobile messaging and mobile email. It discusses the impact of open source on mobile email and provides insight into the Funambol open source push email solution and why Funambol is poised to become a leader in mobile email for consumers.
This report details the results of a March, 2007 survey on the need and usage of mobile email among those that currently use mobile email and those that do not.
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