Funambol - Mobile 2.0 messaging, powered by open source.

The name Funambol is derived from the Latin words funis (rope) and ambulare (walking), meaning a tightrope walker. Just as a tightrope walker must be strong, brave, vigilant and nimble to constantly adapt to changing conditions, Funambol continuously balances the needs of our open source community and the marketplace.

Mobile 2.0 is the next HUGE wave of innovative mobile services and data. Whereas Web 2.0 meant user generated content (wikis, photo sharing), collaboration (social networking) and interactive technology such as AJAX, Mobile 2.0 is ushering in a similar era to wireless, and Funambol is at the forefront.

Mobile 2.0 is the outgrowth of several compelling trends:

  • Better, faster, cheaper wireless devices, networks and data services and plans
  • Messaging “maturation”, where people are looking beyond SMS/texting for the next cool mobile experience
  • Emerging technology such as mobile search, presence, location-based services and navigation

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myFUNAMBOL provides free mobile email and over-the-air sync of contacts and calendars. It supports 1.5 billion phones, including the iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and feature phones. It lets phones sync with desktop clients such as Outlook and get email from Yahoo!, Gmail, AOL and Hotmail as well as POP and IMAP servers. It performs over-the-air setup of many phones and includes a cloud-based address book and calendar for viewing and managing this information online.