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P800/P802
White Paper, January 2003
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Benefits of a common synchronization protocol
End users
Today’s user of mobile devices probably uses a different
synchronization product with every device. Each technology can
synchronize only a few applications, or is limited to a particular type
of network connection. This arrangement is expensive to install,
confusing to configure and
operate, and costly to administer. With SyncML, users will be able
to buy devices that synchronize with a broader range of data.
Device manufacturers
Device manufacturers will benefit from a common protocol that will
make the device interoperable with a broader range of applications,
services, and network and transmission technologies
Service providers Service providers moving into the growth arena of application
hosting are particularly concerned that a proliferation of
synchronization technologies will make it impossible to deploy and
support their customers in a cost-effective manner. To support the
range of data types and devices in use today, service providers
must install and configure multiple server infrastructures, maintain
and support that infrastructure, and maintain compatibility and
performance. The alternative now available, to use a single solution
for data connectivity, involves the risk of a tight coupling to a
propriety solution. With SyncML, they will be able to provide
connectivity to a wider selection of applications.
Application developers Choosing to support multiple synchronization technologies enables
an application to support more types of devices and networked
data, but that choice comes at a cost. With SyncML, application
developers will be able to develop an application that can connect
to a more diverse set of devices and network data.
Network operators As multiple applications that need remote synchronization over
WAP are developed, there will be an automatic growth of revenue
for network operators.
Which information can be synchronized?
The P800 supports synchronisation of the following data types:
Application Remote
Sync
Local
Sync
Contacts
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Calendar
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Tasks
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Jotter (text part only)
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E-Mail **
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** The E-mail implementation is slightly proprietary and therefore not fully Sync-ML compliant.
Note that E-Mail can of course be fetched remotely using the Messaging application.