14 DAY TRIAL // Funambol announced that it has been chosen to power mobile applications for OpenMoko, the first integrated open mobile communications platform. The announcement of the OpenMoko mobile communications platform coincides with the unveiling of FIC's Neo1973 smartphone, which utilizes the full OpenMoko platform.
OpenMoko aims to deliver a completely open, mobile communications platform by working with a community of open source developers. The project will give mobile developers a fully open source software stack from the operating system to middleware, applications and protocols.
The Funambol software will allow OpenMoko-based phones to wirelessly synchronize mobile applications and content, starting with PIM (contacts, calendars, etc.) and push email delivery, to synchronization of photos, video, ringtones, music and more. Funambol is based on the open standard SyncML and provides a platform that delivers mobile applications and data regardless of operating system or development environment.
"With any mobile phone, the application platform is critical because it directly impacts its quality, cost and ease-of-use. We chose Funambol because it is the most widely used mobile open source project in the world," said David Huang, COO of FIC. "By partnering with Funambol to provide the synchronization engine for OpenMoko, developers will flock to the project and ultimately, users will receive what they have been demanding from their mobile phones."