Android software enhanced

Funambol, the provider of open source push e-mail and mobile sync worldwide, and Linux systems platform a la Mobile, have released enhanced open source sync software for Android, according to msnbc.

A la Mobile, an open source technology company for mobile devices, has extended Funambol's SyncML-based Android client to sync additional PIM data, pictures, music and videos.

Furthermore, a la Mobile is contributing the enhanced Android client software to the Funambol open source community and is ensuring its open source mobile sync server works with the new Android client.

With various licences governing open source software (OSS), organisations must ensure they better manage the source codes of these applications upon deployment, in order to stay within the licensing requirements, according to ZD Net Asia.

According to Bryan Tan, director at Keystone Law, implementing open source software that adheres to different licences can complicate matters for users as each licence will carry different terms.

Notably, before the introduction of GPLv3 (General Public Licence version 3), a company developing on open source using different modules would have to check through the licence terms for each module, Tan said in an e-mail interview.

Palm has finally decided to abandon its Palm OS operating system, after an illustrious run of over 12 years in favour of its new WebOS operating system, which is expected to power its Pre range of smartphones, reports ITProPortal.com.

Palm believes a clean break towards a new operating system is the way to go forward. CEO Ed Colligan confirmed that Palm OS is being retired, saying there would be “no more Palm OS-based products, we will transition to WebOS as our core OS in addition to supporting Microsoft Windows products”.

Colligan added that Palm has no immediate plans to license its new WebOS platform, which Palm maintains was purposely designed to be highly extensible and quite developer-friendly.