Funambol’s free alternative to Apple’s MobileMe

Funambol, developers of open source software for mobile device email and calender/contact synchronisation OTA have announced that they have enhanced their native open source wireless sync app for iPhone 2.0 firmware.

The updated application was developed using the iPhone 2.0 SDK and enables users to wirelessly sync PIM data with a wide variety of email systems and clients.

“iPhone 2.0’s faster connectivity and new capabilities will appeal to many users. One of the first things they will want is to access their contacts, wherever they are stored,” said Fabrizio Capobianco, Funambol CEO. “However, many users do not want to pay or plug-in to access their contacts and calendars, they want them for free via wireless sync.”

iPhone users will be able to access the sync software via the myFUNAMBOL web based portal. The initial version will only support syncing of contacts — calendars and notes are coming soon after. Use of the web portal and the iPhone software is both free and will be available as soon as the iPhone 2.0 software ships and the Apple Application Store opens.

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