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White Paper V600
34 August 2005
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 group-
ware such as Microsoft® Outlook® means that
more and more meetings are booked electronically
in daily business life.
The phone uses the SyncML 1.1 protocol for syn-
chronization. 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 synchroniza-
tion capability, Sony Ericsson realizes that interop-
erability 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, Matsus-
hita, Nokia, Palm Inc., Psion and Starfish Software,
founded the SyncML initiative in February 2000.
Supported by more than 600 software and hard-
ware 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 lan-
guage, 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 sys-
tem.
What is SyncML?
SyncML is the common language for synchronizing
all devices and applications over any network. Syn-
cML leverages Extensible Markup Language (XML),
making SyncML a truly future-proof platform.
The phone uses SyncML for both local synchroni-
zation (for example, with a computer using Blue-
tooth 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 mini-
mizes 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 synchroni-
zation over WAP, HTTP or OBEX. As an open,
future-proof standard, SyncML is the synchroniza-
tion choice for any device or application of the
mobile information society.
What information can be
synchronized in the phone?
Application Remote sync Local sync
Contacts Yes Yes
Calendar Yes Yes
Tasks Yes Yes
Notes Yes Yes