Best way to wirelessly sync contacts/cal

[montecarloss919]

I was wondering what was the best way to wirelessly sync my ical and addressbook with a BB (On BIS)? The only method i know is of using gmail, but wanted to see if there was anything else out there.

[rob7100g]

Funambol offers Open Source apps including plugins for BlackBerry, Outlook and Thunderbird/Lightning (Windows/Mac/Linux) to sync Address Book, Calendar, Tasks and Memopad. They work flawlessly even as betas, unlike my experience with Google Sync!. Funambol uses your carriers APN, not BlackBerry BIS.

Funambol had a free service until this month! Previous users still have access to Funambol. For newcomers its a trial period and that may mean a paid for version is coming.

There are other paid-for services like NextHaus who license the Funambol technology, but I haven't tried them. Others may be able to post their experiences.

-- Robert.

[montecarloss919]

Originally Posted by rob7100g

Funambol offers Open Source apps including plugins for BlackBerry, Outlook and Thunderbird/Lightning (Windows/Mac/Linux) to sync Address Book, Calendar, Tasks and Memopad. They work flawlessly even as betas, unlike my experience with Google Sync!. Funambol uses your carriers APN, not BlackBerry BIS.

Funambol had a free service until this month! Previous users still have access to Funambol. For newcomers its a trial period and that may mean a paid for version is coming.

There are other paid-for services like NextHaus who license the Funambol technology, but I haven't tried them. Others may be able to post their experiences.

-- Robert.

Thanks for thr reply! So do you use Funambol currently? And if so was it hard to set up?

[montecarloss919]

Also how secure is Funambol?

[rob7100g]

Hi,

Funambol is easy to set up because there aren't many option to set. Enter your Funambol username and password then choose which items to sync and how often. I have used it on Outlook and was using it syncing a Bold and Thunderbird/Lightning on Mac. Last week I stopped only because I missed Microsoft Entourage (believe it or not) and because the Funambol BlackBerry client doesn't sync categories.

I don't know enough to comment on security but believe Funambol is secure.

The ultimate BlackBerry sync is BES and looking at hosts like Mail Street.

-- Robert.