"Mobile 2.0 messaging software provider Funambol this week
announced plans to start an open source project that would result
in a messaging and sync client for Google's Android mobile-phone
software development platform.
"Funambol's client for Android phones will work in conjunction
with Funambol's free Web portal to wirelessly sync Personal
Information Manager data, such as contacts appointments, and tasks,
and e-mail systems such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL, Microsoft
Outlook, and others. It also will allow users to wirelessly migrate
PIM data from other phones and the Web to their Android
phones..."