White Paper V600
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 synchronization 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 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 lan- guage, called XML, for specifying the messages that synchronize devices and applications, SyncML has been called the only truly
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
The phone uses SyncML for both local synchronization (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 minimizes 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 synchronization over WAP, HTTP or OBEX. As an open,
What information can be synchronized in the phone?
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Contacts | Yes | Yes |
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Calendar | Yes | Yes |
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Tasks | Yes | Yes |
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Notes | Yes | Yes |
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34 | August 2005 |