REDWOOD CITY, Calif., November 19, 2007 -- Funambol, the leading provider of mobile 2.0 messaging software powered by open source, today announced an important new release that extends the addressable market for its push email and PIM sync software. Funambol v6.5 includes push optimizations, multimedia content sync, greater scalability, broader device compatibility, online portal enhancements and improved Funambol clients. These enhancements make open source push email available for many more users and improves their mobile email & PIM sync experience.
Funambol's push email and PIM sync software has been deployed by mobile operators, service providers and its community around the world. Funambol v6.5 applies several optimizations to its push capabilities. The Funambol server can better detect new email and PIM data, and can push this to more mass market handsets while reducing network traffic and conserving mobile phone power.
"The world is still looking for an alternative to BlackBerry for the mass market and now we are a major step closer," said Fabrizio Capobianco, CEO of Funambol. "Thanks to clever designers and energetic coders in our company and community, more people all over the world can now get open source push email."
Funambol v6.5 includes several other significant enhancements:
Funambol v6.5 is in beta with general availability expected within 30 days. For downloads and more info, visit http://www.funambol.com/opensource/v65.php.
Funambol provides mobile 2.0 messaging software that is powered by open source. The company is the leading provider of open source push email and PIM synchronization solutions for the mass market. Funambol's open source software has been downloaded more than 1,500,000 times by a global network of 10,000 developers in 200 countries. The commercial version of Funambol's software has been deployed at service providers, mobile operators, portals, Global 1000 businesses, hardware OEMs/ODMs and ISVs including customers such as 1&1, Earthlink and Computer Associates. Funambol is headquartered in Redwood City, California with an R&D center in Italy. See www.funambol.com.
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