P800/P802

 

White Paper, January 2003

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

Local

 

Sync

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.

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