My biggest challenge, after having my laptop hard disk crashed, was to look for a better service which can backup my data files and sametime, makes them available on my office laptop as well as on my mobile. I have tried FolderShare, GSpace, Box.net and Funambol. But till date, none of the service could win my heart. Also that my hope of having Google solution into this space sulked as Gdrive came crashing as mare a speculative news.
GigaOM reference to SugarSync file sync service also falls short of my requirement of data-on-my-finger-tip around-the-clock. Definitely SugerSync is a good service. But I have few thoughts with my hats. 
- As a developer, I would like to know more about technology used in it. Is it SyncML based?
- As a user, I would like to go only with one service which can fill all my need of syncing everything from bookmark, contact, calender to files on all the devices. Will they expand into it?
- As blogger, I would say Funambol is a closer solution, but they lack of File Syncing service. Will these two solutions (Funambol and SugarSync) ever come together under one umbrella?
Coincidently, I have been working on SyncML related technologies and solutions like Funambol. I am thinking of either
- developing a full-fledge service to fill this GAP or
- integrating these discreate entites into “Follow Me Data Sync System”. Any takers???
April 1st, 2008 at 10:34 am - Edit
Hi, I like your idea to have a client that uses SyncML to keep two dirs in sync. I guess this could be a code sniper project for Funambol’s community, if there is enough interest in it. cheers
stef
April 1st, 2008 at 12:28 pm - Edit
Yes, I am aware about your Code Sniper Project, in fact, we have been involved in developing Funambol connector for a service.
Developing basic file system sync (on individual level) would not be too difficult, but making it commercially viable solution would require greater platform and support.
Thanks for visit and comment.
[Saurabh Kaushik]