Written by maknu the 2 Apr 08 at 18:19.
Category: Office.
Related project:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
Rationale
A Feature to sync Mobile Phones with and into Evolution.
- simple and easy sync (One Button "Synchronize")
- Preferences for connection types Bluetooth, IRDA, USB.
- Syncing Calendar, Contacts, Tasks and Notes if the phone is providing these features
- Has to work with nearly most Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, Motorola mobiles etc.
With this, any PIM application can use the standard protocol (SyncML) to sync calendar and other PIM data to the server (also open source) and from there any cell phone can sync to the server via wireless data link.
The cost is ~10 cents per sync if you have no data plan, and cheaper if you choose to purchase a data plan.
USB sync, bt, IR, serial cable, etc.. are all proprietary protocols, and will NEVER be used universally across most devices. Multisync tries, but it will never make it because the manufacturers will never cooperate on a standard teather sync. Not to mention, with teather, you aren't syncing to the master source (the server) but instead the desktop (the client) which is a bad way to go anyway.