Extended Systems introduces phone-to-PC sync for Outlook Express.Extended Systems (Nasdaq:XTND XTND Extend XTND XML Transition Network Definition ), a provider of mobile information management solutions, has released consumer-focused software that allows Sony Ericsson For an arrangement of Sony Ericsson products, see list of Sony Ericsson products Sony Ericsson is a joint venture established in 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to make mobile phones. phone users to sync Outlook Express contacts between a desktop PC and popular Sony Ericsson phones including the 300LX, R300d, R520m, T39m, and several T60 and T600 models. With this release, Extended Systems builds on its OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and (original equipment manufacturer) success in the mobile phone synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. market, as the company's synchronization technology is already bundled with a variety of Siemens, Sony Ericsson and Motorola mobile devices The Mobile Devices division is the largest division (based on revenue) of communications corporation Motorola. The division is headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. . The new software, XTNDConnect PC Phone Sync, gives Sony Ericsson end users an inexpensive way to utilize the market's leading desktop synchronization technology to manage contact lists using Outlook Express. In addition, XTNDConnect PC Phone Sync provides users with an upgrade path to XTNDConnect PC, which supports all popular PDA's and groupware applications, and to OneBridge Mobile Groupware, Extended Systems reputable server-based product that now features IP-based push capability. With a list price of $19.95, Extended Systems' XTNDConnect PC Phone Sync will be highly competitive with other Outlook Express phone sync solutions on the retail market. "People are very dependent on the contact list stored on their mobile phone and are demanding a simple way to keep the list up to date when adding or changing contact information," said Extended Systems Business Unit Manager David Hofacker. "The user interface on mobile phones cannot provide a convenient way to do this, but a PC is ideal for the job. Virtually everyone who has a Microsoft-based PC has Outlook Express," Hofacker continued, "so providing synchronization between the mobile phone and Outlook Express gives users a very simple, very convenient way to add, delete, modify and manage the contact list on their mobile phone." Extended Systems' XTNDConnect PC Phone Sync is a software application that enables Sony Ericsson phone users to synchronize contacts between their mobile phone and the popular email and contact manager Outlook Express. With the introduction of XTNDConnect PC Phone Sync, Extended Systems extends the availability of its desktop synchronization software technology to users who require a simple, inexpensive way to manage their contact information without using enterprise PIM (1) (Protocol Independent Multicast) A multicast routing protocol endorsed by the IETF. Used in conjunction with an existing unicast routing protocol, it comes in two flavors: Dense Mode (PIM-DM) is used when recipients in the target group are in a concentrated tools like MS Outlook or Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. . |
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