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18 June 2004
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.
What information can be
synchronized in the phone?
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.Application Remote sync Local sync
Contacts Yes Yes
Calendar Yes Yes
Tasks Yes Yes
Notes Yes Yes