| 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 |
| 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 | 9 | 9 |
Calendar | 9 | 9 |
Tasks | 9 | 9 |
Jotter (text part only) |
| 9 |
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