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Linux-Watch: An Open Source Cure the BlackBerry’s Woes?

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Feb 11, 2006

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]

“If BlackBerry maker RIM Research in Motion has to shut down its
over-the-air email service because of its legal battles with
intellectual property-holding company NTP, the open-source wireless
email company Funambol may be able to keep Blackberries
working.

“The latest beta version of its software for carriers and
enterprises, Funambol 3, can push email to many portable phone and
email devices, including Blackberries…”

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Asia: Firm Pushes Open-Source BlackBerry Alternative(Feb 07,
2006)
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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