Comments on: It’s 2008. Why is Sync Still Such A Sore Spot?

By: Sachendra Yadav

Sachendra Yadav — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:19:24 +0000

I have a blackberry and the cost of the client ($40) is way too steep for a utility such as this, I’d rather sync to Outlook via USB, export it and import in google.

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MobHappy » Blog Archive » Google To Help Solve The Sync Pain Point? — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:19:37 +0000

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By: James Pearce

James Pearce — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:35:58 +0000

Totally agree and was just thinking the same myself (after having switched to being a Mac user recently)

I’d figured that one-to-one sync had finally been figured out (after many painful years).

But it seems crazy that many-to-many synching is still so unsolved. I have a chain of 6 nodes to get my trusty old Nokia to synch calendars with my iPhone:

N73 Exchange always-on Windows machine Google calendar MacBookAir iPhone

It works, but only just… This should be commodity stuff. I’m not alone with my multi-node life, surely?

By: Miguel

Miguel — Fri, 09 May 2008 06:19:58 +0000

Have you tried the function “export all contacts via Bluetooth”? All recent Sony-Ericsson phones have it, no need to synchronize anything.

By: Steven Hoober

Steven Hoober — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:40:20 +0000

> you’re going to have to enter your contacts by hand.

Or not. As far as I hear, the average number of contacts entered is still something insanely low, like 10 or 15.

So, its a mass-market problem.

By: Ricky

Ricky — Fri, 09 May 2008 00:21:46 +0000

As a handset reviewer, I’m often in the same boat, though I use Outlook on my PC, so I’m a half-step closer. Motorola is notorious for this. I’m reviewing the Z9 right now, and I don’t have any way to get my contacts from Outlook into it, save for spending $35 on their MobilePhoneTools app. Ridiculous.