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Ubuntu One Gets iPhone App For Contact Sync
oneone writes "Canonical is bringing its Ubuntu One cloud service (which we discussed last month) to handheld devices with a new mobile contact synchronization feature that is powered by Funambol. Canonical's Ubuntu One application for the iPhone is now available from the iTunes Music Store. Android and other mobile operating systems will be supported with Funambol's standard client application. The mobile sync feature is currently in the beta testing stage but will be generally available to Ubuntu One subscribers when Ubuntu 10.04 is released later this month. Canonical says that it is boosting its Ubuntu One server infrastructure in order to support what it anticipates will be record loads."
Good for Canonical... a major pain in modern consumer electronics is data/metadata sync, and one that's worth paying to have solved properly.
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How about an Android app please?
but not for Android? open source much?
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Android and other mobile operating systems will be supported with Funambol's standard client application.
Why would anyone want to sync their iphone to their android phone?
What about the people who own an iPhone, run Ubuntu, but don't use iTunes?
Is there going to be a way for them to install the application? Keep it up to date?
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Other than teenage girls, and self-important geeks, is the market ready for, and does it demand, an always-on, always synchronized lifestyle? Is it no longer possible/acceptable to be unplugged?
I want to delete my account but Slashdot doesn't allow it.
Just so everybody is aware, the servers are quite overloaded at the moment, so expect all kinds of timeouts. We didn't expect so many testers :)
We will be slowly bringing it back in it's feet, so patience is welcomed.
How about being able to sync with machines in my house without having to go OUT of my house? Surely the average Linux user isn't so sold on 'the cloud' ?
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If you bothered to read past the first sentence of the summary, you'd notice that Android is mentioned as already being supported.
Slashdot needs a "-1, Wrong" moderation option.
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Android... needs... more contact sync?
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Is this the beginning of their move to (mostly) pay product model, like Red Hat did after they used the OSS community for all they could?
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How can anybody assume that i would willingly upload all my contacts?
Wait.. was this custom written for you?!
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Agreed. I see this all ending up on spokeo.com
Ok, you don't buy it, then.
I have none of those fears and I would prefer could sync for my address stuff.
Slashdot needs a "-1, Wrong" moderation option.
Disagree, because then we'd have people getting modded wrong all the time simply because the mod is wrong.
Then users could sync all their data (calendar, email push, tasks to phones that have that) as well as contacts.
I thought the GPLv3 was incompatible with App Store distribution.
I haven't seen anything in the Affero addition that would clear the Tivoization, DRM, etc. clauses.
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewEula?id=365281620
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Well the summary is kind of badly worded to make it seem like Funambol only has one app. So instead of snarking at him for what seems like an honest (but mistaken) comment, here's a link to Funambol's Android client: http://www.funambol.com/solutions/android.php
The whole thing make very little sense really. Funambol has had an iPhone app since 2008, so I am unsure why Ubuntu is writing their own. Maybe to get some press? Maybe for some unknown technical reason? Hard to say. The Ars link makes it sound like they did it for marketing/branding reasons. Still a very cool platform though.
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Ported to Windows and iPhone, before being ported to, you know, Kubuntu?
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/01/ubuntuone-being-ported-to-windows.html
Disagree, mod points are given to people with good Karma and therefore are obviously less likely to be wrong.
less likely to be wrong.
ROFL, having good karma is all about saying what other Slashdotters will agree with, and absolutely nothing to do with being right.
I have Excellent karma, so I should know... :P
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And where was the Slashdot story for that?
He may not have RTFS, but this is a perfect example of how people end up being misled that things are only available on the Iphone, because anything "On The Iphone" gets pulled up for the daily Slashdot Iphone story, whilst other platforms are ignored. I did RTFS, and I ask what are these "other mobile operating systems"? Does it include the remainder 95% of the market, e.g., support for Symbian?
Prediction: It'll be the same for the Ipad.
Will the appeasing of the hipsters every cease http://www.latfh.com/
Lots of companies make money by selling us a "license" to use the products they provide, rather than letting us buy the product itself. It's becoming more common, so apparently, someone out there has found a "better way for a company to make money than by having people pay them for a product".
Ok, you guessed wrong.
Sure, Google, Volkswagen, Boeing, 7-Eleven, Ace Hardware, Sherwin-Williams, and countless others write or customize software. Some even return improvements back to the FOSS community. However, these companies use software to make their money. The list goes on and together they make up the GDP.
Lots of companies, perhaps in absolute numbers 'sell' software. But compared to the companies that make their money in other ways, those that sell a license are functionally zero percent of any county's GDP. So stop yapping about business models that 'sell' licenses and let that meme die.
Beta is broken and the link to classic doesn't work. Stop wasting our time or there won't be anybody left here.
I guess that's where I'm going wrong - I have excellent Karma, and get mod points about once a year :/
You just need to look at the moderation on an Apple story, to see how bad an idea a "-1 Wrong" moderation would be, although I suppose it's already the case that people use Flamebait/Troll/Off-topic to mod down anything they don't like (in this case, doesn't support Apple). I have to browse these stories at -1.
How about a "-1, didn't read the article" and more importantly "-2, didn't read the summary"?
It's OK, mods, I know this will be -1 offtopic in 3... 2... 1... Do what you gotta do.
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I agree with you, so obviously you're right. Sadly, I'm out of mod points.
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Just so everybody is aware, the servers are quite overloaded at the moment, so expect all kinds of timeouts. We didn't expect so many testers :)
We will be slowly bringing it back in it's feet, so patience is welcomed.
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I gotta say, this is one area Microsoft excels in (no pun intended.) Outlook/Exchange works brilliantly for contact/calendar/email sync across users and devices. Encryption, web front-ends, etc... and it works with every smartphone out there.
Exchange is a pain in the ass to administer and its expensive. I found that I could run Zarafa (www.zarafa.com) on a Debian box with Z-push for no cost, and it works just as well as exchange. Three users for free with outlook support (but if you don't use outlook, you can have as many users as you want.) It's worth looking into.
Then what do you call it when people buy apps that serve no money-making purpose for the end user for their phones and other devices?
Usually it is called stupid. (Re-)read my previous comment. You will find in absolute numbers many such stupid practices. However, in terms of percentage of the GDP in any given country, it is insignificant enough to be inappropriate to bring up.
Most software is written by companies and agencies as a means to an end. Some write FOSS. Some build upon FOSS and even return improvements back to the FOSS community. These companies use software to make their money. The list goes on and together they make up the GDP. Talk of use of software will tread on Microsofter's toes, because it will lead to talk of benchmarking and suitability. It will also lead to talk about who software patents are a threat to, the end-user.
Talk of 'buying' software or renting software by 'buying' licenses is 1980's talk. Stop yapping about business models that 'sell' licenses and let that meme die.
Beta is broken and the link to classic doesn't work. Stop wasting our time or there won't be anybody left here.