Free blackberry software for linux

Convert::Addressbook::Mozilla2Blackberry is a Perl extension for converting a CSV comma delimited addressbook from Mozilla to Blackbery csv import format.

SYNOPSIS

use Mozilla::Mork;
use Convert::Addressbook::Mozilla2Blackberry;

#get the file from the command line or quit with an error
$file = $ARGV[0];
unless ($file) { die "Useage: $0 n"; }

#access the address book and setup the memory structure
my $MorkDetails = Mozilla::Mork->new($file);

#get a reference to an array of hashs
my $results = $MorkDetails->ReturnReferenceStructure();
#create an instance of the converter code
my $converter = Convert::Addressbook::Mozilla2Blackberry->new();
#print the Blackberry File headers
$converter->PrintBlackberryHeaders();

#process those results
# for each line in the database
# each line in the database corresponds to an address book record
# pass this reference to the StreamConvert routine which will
# convert and print it

for my $record_array ( @{$results} )
{
$converter->StreamConvert($record_array);
}

This is a module that builds on the Mozilla::Mork module to translate the Mozilla address book to a CSV format suitable for importing into a Blackberry via the Desktop Manager (i.e. even the CSv fields are in the correct order).

Funambol is open source mobile application server software that provides push email, address book and calendar (PIM) data synchronization, application provisioning, and device management for wireless devices and PCs, leveraging standard protocols. For users, this means BlackBerry-like capabilities on commodity handsets.
This project is also a software development platform for mobile applications. It provides client and server side Java APIs, and facilitates the development, deployment and management of any mobile project. Funambol is the de facto standard implementation of the Open Mobile Alliance Data Synchronization and Device Management protocols (OMA DS and DM, formerly known as SyncML).
Main features:
- Funambol Data Synchronization Server: a mobile application server providing synchronization services for wireless clients and PCs, including push email.
- Funambol Device Management: an OMA DM server to remotely manage mobile devices.
- Funambol Connectors: gateways to file systems, databases, email systems, and applications for two-way synchronization with existing data assets.
- Funambol Client Plug-ins: protocol extenders and clients for Outlook, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Palm and iPod so users can synchronize their email messages and PIM data (address book, calendar, tasks and notes) with the server.
- Funambol Software Development Kit: tools to develop sometimes-connected mobile applications on devices (in Java - J2SE and J2ME - and C++) and to add data sources to the server.
Enhancements:
- Major feature enhancements

Sync4j is a mobile application server, and more. Sync4j includes a suite of tools to develop, deploy and manage any mobile project. It is a certified implementation of the Open Mobile Alliance Data Synchronization and Device Management protocols (OMA DS and DM, formerly known as SyncML).
Sync4j reached more than 19,000 downloads in a single month and it is supported by one of the largest mobile developers community in the world.
Main features:
- Sync4j Server: a mobile application server with connectors to SQL relational databases, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino and SugarCRM.
- Sync4j Clients: applications for Outlook, Windows Mobile PocketPC, BlackBerry, Palm and iPod that you can use to synchronize your PIM data (address book and calendar) with the server
- Sync4j Email Gateway: a POP, IMAP and SMTP gateway, to support your mobile email needs.
- Sync4j Software Development Kit: tools to develop sometimes-connected mobile applications on devices (in Java - J2SE and J2ME - and C++) and to add data sources to the server
- Sync4j Device Management: an OMA DM server to remotely manage mobile devices
A wireless application needs data. The information must be available even when the device is off-line. Synchronization between multiple mobile devices and corporate servers is a fundamental component in every wireless project: data is supposed to be consistent when accessed by multiple users who are not always connected to the network.
Once a wireless application is developed, it needs to be transferred to a remote device, over-the-air. Then, it must be kept up-to-date. Application provisioning is pivotal for the success of any mobile project.
Developers of applications around the world have been looking for a platform that would make it easier to create mobile applications. IT Managers are struggling with PIM synchronization and mobile email deployments, locked by commercial vendors on a spiraling high cost structure and unable to manage a fast growing fleet of mobile devices. Sync4j is the solution they are looking for.
Open source means freedom from vendor lock-in and high quality software (thousand of eyes on the code, an enourmous community effort for testing). Sync4j is well supported by the community and the company behind it, Funambol.
Sync4j is an open source complete and unique mobile application server, addressing all the aspects of the equation:
- data synchronization, including PIM and email
- application provisioning
- device management
Sync4j is multi-device and multi-platform, running both in Windows and Linux. It runs on Tomcat and on top of J2EE application servers. It has been designed for carrier-grade deployments.
Since day one, scalability and reliability have been a clear focus of the Sync4j architecture, Sync4j is built on the Open Mobile Alliance data synchronization and device management standards (OMA DS and DM, formerly known as SyncML), thus leveraging the availability of SyncML clients pre-installed on cellular phones (such as all Symbian, Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Siemens and others). For devices where a SyncML client is missing, Sync4j provides its own clients: Outlook, Windows Mobile PocketPC, BlackBerry, Palm and iPod.
Sync4j target market is everyone looking to build, deploy and manage a mobile project:
- Developers who need to extend an existing product to the mobile world or are looking for an easy way to create new mobile applications, grabbing data from existing data sources (such as SQL databases, Exchange, Domino or SugarCRM) or adding new data sources.
- IT Managers that want to deploy a PIM and mobile email solution or just need a way to manage a fleet of mobile devices.
- Device Manufacturers, that are looking for an OMA DM or DS client.
Download includes:
Apache Tomcat 5.0, Sync4j Admin 1.2.4, Sync4j Java GUI Client 1.0.9, PIM Web Demo 1.1.7. Runs out-of-the-box.
Enhancements:
- Major bugfixes

DenteAzul project is a J2ME application that allows a Blackberrys Internet connection to be transmitted over Bluetooth.
As Blackberry ( OS < 4.2 ) does not support Bluetooth modems, this tool will make the Blackberry act like a proxy/tunnel.
The Problem:
BlackBerrys OS version < 4.2, dont have a bluetooth modem capabilities, The only way you can connect to internet in your laptop is by using the USB cable, and you must use Microsoft Windows OS. Currently there is no USB driver for others OS.
The Solution:
With help of a VPN tool, a j2me application and a proxy server, is possible to use the blackberry as a tunnel. Allowing a network to be estabilished
Technical Detais:
The VPN will connect to the proxy server, this proxy server will relay data using bluetooth to your cellphone, your cellphone will relay the data over TCP to the other side of the VPN.and vice-sersa.
Speed:
Blackbeery OS was not made to this, it will require a lot of CPU and there is a lot of packet fragmentation and high latency.
My tests resulted in 64kbps. with a minimun latency of 900ms ( it may be my network carrier problem ).
Enhancements:
- This release only supports Linux.
- It works using vtun or openvpn.