SyncML supported devices

Most mobile phones should work out of the box. If your device isn't listed here, it does't mean that its not supported! Just try it and give us feetback, so that we could keep this site up to date.

PDA

Most PDAs require a 3rd party SyncML Client to work. Below is a list of PDA's and clients.

Manufactor	Model	Client	Status				Notes
Palm	any	Synthesis
"	"	Funambol
Windos Mobile	any	Synthesis
"	"	Funambol
Blackberry	any	Funambol
iPod	any	Funambol

Note on Palm:  There is a project to give LDAP support for it's contacts, which claims to be in alpha.  Those interested should look

http://sourceforge.net/projects/palm-ldap/

Also there is this howto for linux users

http://www.netadmintools.com/art81.html
 

Mobile phones

Manufactor	Model	Status				Notes
Siemens	SX11			--	--	Todo and Notes not supported by client.
Nokia	6600					reported by user
	6620			--		Notes not support by client
	6630					reported by user
	6670					reported by user
	E60
	E71
	N70					reported by user
	N73					reported by user
	N90					reported by user
Sony Ericsson	D750i					Some fields get cut off. Supports no recurring events and only one addresstype.
	K600i					Mostly OK - only one trange exception: Sync fails as long there is a completed task item in the task list It will resume normal sync'ing once I deleted the task in question. The phone doesn't allow to enter recurring events. They would sync and display as such though.

Other SyncML clients

Client	Status				Notes
Synthesis					Commercial client for PDA (PalmOS, PocketPC, Windows Mobile, SmartPhone)
Funambol					Free clients for PalmOS, Outlook, Windws Mobile, PocketPC, BlackBerry and iPod

For installation of the SyncML server for eGroupWare, please read the SyncMLInstallHowTo

General Limitation of SyncML

Contacts

Only the contacts which you are the egroupware-owner  of get sync'ed. There doesn't seem to be a way to sync contacts under a category. So if you have shared calendars with other people using egroupware, there is currently to be no way to sync them.

This is also a problem for a secretary to add an contact into the boss' calender. The only workaround feasible would be to login as the boss him/herself  and enter the event - so it get's sync'ed.

The good news is that at least one developer already knows of this limatation and will hopefully fix it soon, though no word on how soon.

Notes

This will sync all egroupware infolog notes. These will appear as notes, but will not have the contact information with it, which means it out of contexts.