Sony Ericsson G900C manual Synchronization, SyncML an OMA standard for synchronization

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Synchronization

To be truly mobile, users must be able to carry their important information with them. Equipping mobile phones with Personal Information Manager (PIM) programs like calendars, task lists and phonebooks gives users access to their most important data anywhere and anytime. The information is kept updated by synchronizing it 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.

G900c uses the SyncML 1.2 protocol for synchronization. This means that it has the compatibility to synchronize with a wide variety of devices over a number of different communications media.

SyncML – an OMA standard for synchronization

In G900c SyncML is used for both local synchronization (with a computer using a USB cable or a Bluetooth™ connection) and remote synchronization over HTTP.

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 use 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 information can be synchronized in G900c?

Application	Remote	Local
	sync	sync
Contacts	OK	OK
Calendar	OK	OK
Tasks	OK	OK
Notes (text part only)	**	OK
Email	**	OK
Bookmarks	**	OK

**Notes, Email and Bookmarks implementation are proprietary and therefore not SyncML compliant.

44 August 2008