Re: [phpGroupWare-developers] Re: Google Summer of Code

[Christian Rost]

Sigurd Nes schrieb:
> 
> Quote:
>> Because we need a Sync-Client, I suggest the 6.x Outlook-Plugin from
>> Funambol
> 
> 
> Does this indicate that sync will be limited to outlook-kind-of-data - and 
> not be useful as a general feature?
> 
No, it will be available for all kind of devices that support SyncML,
wether native or via plugin, like mobile phones, Outllok, PPC,
Blackberry, iPod, ...
But, when you're looking for a SyncML aware software, you will always
get a list of supported devices, because there are minor differences
between the various implementations of SyncML and the way the data is
sent within SyncML. The most common container to transport information
within SyncML is vCard and iCal, but there's also the XML format of the
Funambol clients. For example, if a contact belongs to several
categories, Outlook needs the categories as semicolon separated string,
while the PPC needs it as comma seperated string.

The advantage of the Funambol plugins for Outlook or the PPC is, that
you can test it by using existing network connections and not via GPRS.
In addition, since version 3.x, the Funambol plugins can choose to send
the data as vCard/ iCal or the Funambol XML-Format.

Christian
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