Funambol Mobile Open Source

Abstract

Why a book on mobile open source sync and push e-mail? Because mobile applications and messaging are the next big thing. Over 750 million mobile devices are sold every year. The entire population of the planet will have a mobile device (in many cases, more than one) in a few years. The diffusion of mobile devices is going to surpass, by every measurement, that of personal computers. If the Internet enabled an explosion of web applications, then the new era of wireless will create incredible demand for mobile applications. One of the biggest demand is already clear nowadays. People want to keep their network of contacts always with them even when they are not at their desktop. The need for sharing contacts and messages on a wide range of devices (in particular mobile) and with a wide range of applications has become crucial. People want to keep communicating using any means of communication they have used already—voice, e-mail, Facebook, blogs, and so on.