Here’s one for the Mac owners
User experience
- August 4th, 2008
I just saw that Mark/Space has made their “Missing Sync for Symbian” commercially available for all you Mac lovers out there.
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Missing Sync for Symbian syncs your S60 mobile phone with your Mac. You can synchronize personal contacts, calendars and tasks, plus your favorite music, photos, videos and files.
There is even something they call Proximity Sync™. This uses Bluetooth to sync data automatically whenever your Mac and phone get within about 30 feet of each other.
As I am not in the Mac owner’s category, I ask you.
Is this better than iSync and Multimedia Transfer?
Will you shell out $39.95 for it?
> Is this better than iSync and Multimedia Transfer?
iSync only works on a small percent of S60 devices last time I checked…
The proximity sync stuff sounds cool and all, but to me, it’s not worth $40. Running down the features from their “features” page, my take..
1. Sync without wires - like I already do with iSync?
2. Calendar/Contacts/Tasks - like I already do with iSync?
3. File Sync - sounds cool, but not practical for me - the files I keep on my phone don’t change THAT much. BT file browsing works just fine for me.
4. Sync music/podcasts/etc. - Media Transfer seems to have this covered at the insanely high price of $0.
5. Sync photos - see #4
6. Transfer pics to phone - see #4
7. Sync call history & sms - to me, it’s a solution in search of a problem.
Worth $40? Not really.. To combine all that stuff into a single app? $15, given that the only new functionality that I’d consider using is proximity sync.
I second Jason, most of the features are things iSync or NMT already do. Proximity sync would be cool, but I’d e worried about battery life.
Now if they had a mac version of Nokia Software Update, that’d be other story.
Seen this but I agree iSync does most of this and GooSync fills the gap for me for everything else.
When is Nokia going to port the Pc Suite for Mac users? In the meantime VMWARE Fusion works really well as a stopgap until Nokia stop ignoring the Mac community.
Btw thanks so much Nokia Update for not telling me that the recommended latest N73 firware upgrade would kill bluetooth pairing to OSX 10.5 Macs… Almost makes the iPhone attractive as an option…
looking at it, i think pc suit on windows is so very cool. $40 is pure insane. If nokia is a part of your life, then it makes sense to help microsoft sell more windows!
Simmo — I did the reverse (firmware upgrade then I went to Leopard unaware that I was in for no more bluetooth syncing). However, it gave me the excuse I was looking for to buy the N82.
I did spring for MissingSync because I was tired of using iSync and NMT to get the job done. Proximity Sync works well. No technical complaints but the price *was* a bit much but I’ve used it for years with my Mac and CLIE so I’ve come to expect this from MarkSpace. :\
I just did shell out the 29.95 for an upgrade (previously owned a Windows Mobile but since then I’ve only been using regular iSync with my new E71) and boy was it a disappointment.
Proximity Sync? No can do. Just doesn’t work.
But the big problem is obviously that
a. unless unchecking syncing the call log, MissingSync quits at that point
b. trying to backup sms, the phone’s Missing Sync app stops and tells me the memory is full, please quit other programs (of which I have none running)
c. The program messes up half of my contacts, moving phone numbers around and renaming fields.
The a and b portion remained after resetting and restarting phone and computer several times.
Worst of all? There is no trial version. Plus, while there is talk about a money-back-guarantee before you make the purchase, it is impossible to find a link on the website to anywhere where this guarantee might be claimed.
Also, the “step-by-step” problem solver is limited to the extent that it’s completely useless.
I wouldn’t go as far as to say these guys aren’t serious, because the software seems like a nice effort to create something - only it doesn’t work. Maybe those problems are related to Nokia E71 only, and maybe only to ones with Swedish s60 operating system. I don’t know.
But a trial version and a decent way to contact support is kind of the least you’d expect in 2008.
So. Bottomline, I can’t recommend it without trying it first.
Which, incidentally, can’t be done.
So buy at your own risk.