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Bidirectional sync engine

RIM’s Blackberry platform has proven the effectiveness of a good sync engine for syncing up user data like emails, contacts and calendars. Given the fact that it has a tremendous user base and fan following in the business culture also proves that it is highly effective for organizations who find it mandatory to at the cutting edge of all information related to the projects, finance and other important aspects of it business. Now it is clear that RIM has poured millions in the research and development of the Blackberry platform to make it stable and robust and hence it is known for its resilience. However what is the option for other developers who need the similar kind of sync engine for their development needs. Do they have to re-invent the wheel at all times to get the job done or there is some pre-built commercial and free libraries which can be used by them. I thing there is a genuine requirement in the market for coming up with a solution which will enable application developers and especially mobile developers to leverage the benefits of these libraries. I can definitely dare to imagine the flood of which will be possible if reliable sync engine is made available to the developers for every known platform. For example if there is a sync engine which lets the user sync data across iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Symbian and the Desktop platform then a developer can develop applications based on this sync engine to develop games, productivity app, media sync etc. A heavy duty multi platform agnostic sync engine is the need for the day for the development community. I personally would like to develop applications on it if such a library is available and does heavy duty platform agnostic sync.