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Why (open source) groupware solutions?
Many people want to use groupware solutions to help them organize the activities in their family, or manage their organization. These solutions allow users to share calendars, plan meetings, manage contacts and synchronize them with their Windows Mobile device. In most cases this makes planning and tracking of people a lot easier.Combining groupware solutions and Windows Mobile
There are several ways to synchronize a groupware solution with your Windows Mobile device:- Directly connecting the server and PDA using a server connector. Benefit for PDA's is that this can be done without the need for a laptop with outlook in between. There are two protocols that are quite common:
- ActiveSync, the native client for Windows mobile devices, designed and owned by Microsoft. This connection is supported by Windows Mobile Devices, some Symbian devices and the iPhone.
- SyncML. SyncML is an open industry standard, allowing many devices to synchronize to groupware servers. . Benefit of this connection is that it allows you to synchronize your Outlook client, Windows Mobile device (open source implementation as well as a low cost industry standard client) as well as in fact most Symbian and Palm devices directly to the server.
- Directly connecting the server and PDA using a proprietary connector for the server on the client.
- Using Microsoft Outlook as an intermediate, using some protocol between the server and Outlook and using ActiveSync/WMDC as a regular way of synchronizing between Outlook and PDA. ...
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