Funambol (
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The Funambol Android Client syncs contacts from a Google (
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"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 (
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Funambol Android Client will be available in the market after G1 phones ship and the Android Market is open for third party apps. Future releases will add support for syncing mobile content such as calendars and push email. The early version of the software is available from the
Funambol Forge Web site.
"Mobile'We' for the Rest of Us means providing easy-to-use sync for Android users," said Hal Steger, Funambol VP Marketing. "Our open source community jumped to make Funambol work on the G1. This demonstrates once again the talent and speed of our community to rapidly support the latest wireless phones."
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