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VMM Beta 1.5 is Here

Thursday, January 22, 2009 in Virtualization by slowe | No comments

Quickly following the initial beta release of Virtualization Manager Mobile (VMM), Schley Andrew Kutz has now released beta 1.5 of VMM. The updated beta, available via the relaunched lostcreations.com site, boasts several new features:

  • In addition to support for VMware Infrastructure 3 and VMware Server 2, VMM now supports Citrix XenServer 5.
  • VMM will now “gracefully degrade” on mobile devices that don’t have a fully AJAX-capable browser. This new Lite Mode extends VMM’s mobile support to include devices like a Blackberry or Windows Mobile phone.
  • Beta 1.5 adds a new feature called Accidental Touch Detection (ATD). ATD prevents users from accidentally powering off a VM by requiring an intentional touch, measured by a depression of at least 500 milliseconds. This feature will only be available in full mode, not the new Lite Mode.

The software will be free while it’s in beta, but licenses will be required upon release. Active beta participants will receive licenses in exchange for their participation. To find out more, or to see a more full list of features, visit the VMM site.

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Open Source Blackberry Workaround?

Monday, February 13, 2006 in Messaging by slowe | 2 comments

Funambol, formerly Sync4j, is claiming that its latest product, Funambol 3, could function as an open-source Blackberry workaround, allowing push e-mail to be delivered to a variety of mobile devices, including Blackberries.  This is particularly important in light of the threat of a Blackberry shutdown due to the RIM-NTP patent dispute.

Currently in beta, the v3 server software runs on Linux or Windows, and clients are available for Outlook, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Palm, and (believe it or not) iPod.

More information can be found in this article.

Some people are also suggesting the use of open standards to ease the impact of a potential Blackberry shutdown as well.  While not as functionally rich as a typical Blackberry implementation, the use of POP3/IMAP4 and SMTP to handle mobile messaging needs is certainly very viable.  This is easily implemented via most commercial messaging systems and through a number of open source packages as well.  For example, I use Dovecot and Postfix to provide IMAP4/SMTP support for my Treo, all secured by SSL/TLS encryption.  Like the Funambol approach, this also offers a great deal of client-side variety as well, instead of locking users into a single client device.

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