Comments on: Sync Windows Mobile with a Mac?

By: John V

John V — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:09:31 +0000

I am in the same boat. Here is what I recommend. Check out PocketMac. It is another company that has produced software to sync WM6 Blackberries… They are a stand-up group of guys and are currently working on a program that will sync with Entourage 08. You can sign up for an e-mail that notifies you when they release it. So I am just going to wait till either company releases something that works will syncing with Office O8 on a Mac

By: Yulio

Yulio — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:28:54 +0000

I use SyncMate for my HTC S710 and it works pretty good and syncs contacts, folders, iCal, iPhoto, iTunes and a lot of other stuff without problems.

By: Fr. Ignatius

Fr. Ignatius — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:45:35 +0000

I have PocketMac. I have been using it for over a year, syncing my Dell Axim X51v with a iMac Intel Mini and iMac G5 PowerPC (both are running Leopard 10.5.1).

Nothing is perfect, but it works fairly well. Addresses, iCal, Tasks, iTunes, iPhoto and others.

Sometimes I get duplicates, but then I run SKTools on the PocketPC, sync again, and this clears it up.

When the iPod Touch can do native Word Processing, read eBooks and save items on the Flash drive, I will migrate back to Mac for my PDA use.

Overall, PocketMac is a good program.

One downside, they are slow in getting updates, but their Tech Support is usually very good.

Unworthy Servant of God,

Ignatius - priestmonk

By: Mike Piatek-Jimenez

Mike Piatek-Jimenez — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:20:38 +0000

I used The Missing Sync 3 with my Dell Axim for about a year, and I regret the purchase of that software. Does it work? Kinda. Contacts and calendars synced okay with Address Book and iCal, but sometimes it would get screwed up and just refuse to sync all day events. It will sync notes, but only ones that are all text and don’t have any kind of drawing in them. A couple of times I ended up with 2 copies of all my notes, which was a pain to clean up. The Missing Sync is supposed to be able to sync Safari bookmarks, but that never worked for me, which was also frustrating.

If I could do it again, I think I would try something else like Pocket Mac. I recently went out and bought an iPod touch, because Apple finally added Mail support and I liked the idea of Apple-supported sync software. I’m definitely happier with my mobile computing now.

By: todd

todd — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:59:33 +0000

Stephen/Frank: Thanks for your feedback. Frank: I completely forgot about the option for a hosted Exchange Server.

By: Frank McPherson

Frank McPherson — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:56:50 +0000

Hosted Exchange server. Sync with the server, use Entourage, Windows Mobile, or Outlook as an Exchange server client.

By: Stephen Darlington

Stephen Darlington — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:25:16 +0000

I use Missing Sync with my HTC P4350 and it works pretty well. Mail, Address Book and iCal (including tasks) sync just fine, including categories. Missing Sync comes with a Notes application so those can be edited on the Mac too. They recently added a call log and text message sync that’s proved to be quite handy.

Downsides: I have come across some stability problems. And I’ve not tried it with Entourage.

I am, however, considering a new phone because WM6 is not what I hoped. It does well on a feature check-list but is wanting in the usability stakes.