Funambol Bows Android Client

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Funambol Inc., the

leading provider of open source push email and mobile sync for the mass

market, today announced the world’s first open source mobile sync app for

the Android G1 phone from T-Mobile USA. The Funambol Android Client syncs

contacts from a Google gPhone with a Funambol Server.

Funambol Android Client provides an open source Mobile’We’ capability

for gPhones to make it easy for users to sync and share contacts from other

mobile phones as well as from popular desktop apps such as MS Outlook and

webmail such as Yahoo!, Gmail and AOL. The software was developed by the

Funambol community, which demonstrates the speed at which an open source

development model can support the latest mobile handsets versus proprietary

approaches.

“The Google Phone is a great example of how the mobile industry is

embracing open source, but at the same time, it’s also more open for Google

than other software and services,” said Fabrizio Capobianco, Funambol CEO.

“Our Funambol Android Client adds a Mobile’We’ capability to help gPhones

realize their open source potential by enabling them to sync a wide range

of content with virtually any source.”

Funambol Inc.

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