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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."
but not for Android? open source much?
Those of us who think they know everything annoy those of us who do.
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?
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?
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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.
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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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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Sorry guys. Please. I think the address book in your phone is among the most personal information you possibly could have. Much more personal than any CV you write, and more personal than your porn collection should you own one. How can anybody assume that i would willingly upload all my contacts? Other syncml services exist and i dont use them. There should be *no systematic* way to figure out who my friends are - or whom i talked to at the phone. Right now phone calls are quite well protected by the laws in comparison to emails. Please do it old-school and just provide a sync application which syncs it to my computer without a legal cloud in between. Please enable me to choose to synchronize my private phone with my private computer without the data leaving my private home. The same ideas apply to businesses; there its maybe not their porn collection, but the plans for the newest product. And yes, the list of the most current customers of your biggest competitor may be worth some money. I dont even go as far as to speculate what happes if medical doctors, lawyers, the police or journalists use it.
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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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
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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.
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.