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White Paper K700
24 February 2004
Synchronization and data transfer
In everyday life, access to an updated calendar,
notes and details of friends and business
colleagues is greatly appreciated. To be truly
mobile, users must be able to carry their important
information with them. Equipping mobile phones
with Personal Information Manager (PIM) programs
such as calendars, task lists and address books
gives users access to their most important data
anywhere and anytime. The information is kept
updated by synchronizing with the information at
the office or at home. The growing use of
groupware such as Microsoft® Outlook® means
that more and more meetings are booked
electronically in daily business life.
The phone uses the SyncML 1.1.1 protocol for
synchronization. This means that it has
compatibility to synchronize with a wide variety of
devices over a number of different communications
media.
SyncML – an open standard for synchronization
SyncML Background
Leading the way in providing remote
synchronization capability, Sony Ericsson realizes
that interoperability of remote synchronization is of
utmost importance if mobile data usage is to
become as widespread as generally predicted.
That is why Ericsson, along with IBM, Lotus,
Motorola, Matsushita, Nokia, Palm Inc., Psion and
Starfish Software, founded the SyncML initiative in
February 2000. Supported by more than 600
software and hardware developers, the SyncML
initiative seeks to develop and promote a globally
open standard for remote synchronization, called
SyncML. Unlike many other synchronization
platforms, SyncML is an open industry
specification that offers universal interoperability.
Because it uses a common language, called XML,
for specifying the messages that synchronize
devices and applications, SyncML has been called
the only truly future-proof platform for enabling
reliable and immediate update of data. The benefit
for the end user is that SyncML can be used almost
anywhere and in a wide variety of devices,
regardless of application or operating system.
What is SyncML?
SyncML is the common language for synchronizing
all devices and applications over any network.
SyncML leverages Extensible Markup Language
(XML), making SyncML a truly future-proof
platform. With SyncML any personal information,
such as calendars, task lists, contact information
and other relevant data, will be consistent,
accessible and up to date, no matter where the
information is stored. For example, a calendar entry
made to a mobile device on a business trip is
equally available to a secretary in a network
calendar. SyncML is the ultimate choice for remote
synchronization.
The phone uses SyncML for both local
synchronization (for example, with a PC using
Bluetooth or a cable connection) and remote
synchronization over WAP and http.
Designed for the wireless world
SyncML is designed specifically with the wireless
world’s tight requirements in mind. SyncML
minimizes the use of bandwidth and can deal with
the special challenges of wireless synchronization,
such as relatively low connection reliability and
high network latency. SyncML supports
synchronization over WAP, http or OBEX. As an
open, future-proof standard, SyncML is the
synchronization choice for any device or
application of the mobile information society.