Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Funambol V7 is GA!
Pop the champagne, Funambol V7 is out ;-)Wow, we are at version seven, pretty much one every year since 2001. It has been a long way in the open source world. I am amazed at how open the mobile space has become, since we started pushing the concept. I heard that one of the key theme for the next 3GSM conference will be Mobile Open Source... Can you believe it? When we went there for the first time with our booth there and an enormous sign on top (FUNAMBOL: Mobile Open Source) people were stopping by and asking: "What?? Are you crazy?? How do you put together Mobile AND Open Source??". Man, time changes everything ;-)
Enough with the memories, let's look at what is new in Funambol V7 (from the press release, Release Notes are here).
Funambol v7's new capabilities include open source software for BlackBerry push email and PIM sync, an iPhone plug-in for contacts sync, an enhanced Java ME push email client for hundreds of millions of feature phones, Yahoo! and Gmail contact import into the Funambol Portal, server syncing of tasks and notes via native SyncML clients, an enhanced SDK and greater scalability.
Funambol Client Improvements
- BlackBerry push email client and PIM sync plug-in
- iPhone plug-in for contacts sync
- Windows Mobile and Outlook plug-ins sync notes and briefcase files
- Java ME push email client supports Samsung and LG devices; TCP/IP push email; receiving & viewing attachments via mobile browser; send photo (selected devices)
Portal Improvements (Carrier Edition)
- Yahoo! & Gmail contacts import
- Support for mobile phones without a native SyncML client
- Improved sign-up process security
Server Improvements
- Sync of tasks and notes using native SyncML clients
- Improved connector compatibility
- Improved Funambol trailer for outgoing email
System Management and Admin Improvements
- Database scalability and high availability (Carrier Edition)
- Improved log searchability and tracking
- Simplified system configuration structure
Additional Improvements
- Funambol SDK includes new connector testing framework
- Improved documentation
- Hundreds of other enhancements and bug fixes
Posted by Fabrizio at 07:55
8 Comments:
Gmail contacts import
Are you aware that Google has localised their CSV export file headers?
It that is not taken care of by the portal, this feature only works in the default language English.
IMHO localising CSV export file headers is one of the silliest things on earth.
P.S. Did you get my mail?
Comment Posted at 05:04
Fabrizio said...
Just checked with the team. They said "we are not using CSV import (neither CVS :P ) we are using the same ajax calls as the webpage, but in fact we had the same issue but it was fixed by adding the localized labels".
Cheers,
fabrizio
Comment Posted at 08:17
Lenz Grimmer said...
Congratulations and keep up the good work!
Comment Posted at 01:20
Joel H. said...
I just tried it. It installs fine. BB client installs too.
Everything seems in place, but:
When I try to sync the BB calendar, I see 1/49, 2/49 ... up to 25/49, and then everything stops.
And nothing syncs.
Any ideas?
Comment Posted at 04:58
Joel said...
More info on my growing frustation: The java client doesn't work, either. I get "[ERROR]Error sync modification: Error sending the request: Connection refused"
This is straight out of the box. Is it possible that V7 is missing something basic?
Could this be related to the other message I see in the java demo log: "Property syncModes not set to two way." ??
Argh.
Comment Posted at 17:50
Fabrizio said...
Hi Joel,
sorry you are having problems. This is definitely not the place where you can get help, though. I would recommend you check with the forums.
Try posting here.
Cheers,
fabrizio
Comment Posted at 18:04
ziope66 said...
sorry for my englis. I'm italian.
i have a problem, syncronization my clients of mdaemon server contacts.
i try to use funambol outlook plugins but i recive an error. how to configure it?
tahnsk a lot
Comment Posted at 02:19
Fabrizio said...
Hello,
as I wrote to Joel, try with the support forums at the Funambol Forge.
You can post in Italian sending an email to users at core.forge.funambol.org, I believe, since there are a lot of Italians participating in that forum.
fabrizio
