[missing-sync-hiptop-talk] May 9th, What's The Status?

[Todd Dabney]

wait a second i'm still missing something here.  All this fuss is 
pretty much because we're mac users.  Anyone on a windows machine can 
simply upload, free of charge to the best of my knowledge, there 
microsoft outlook contacts into the desktop interface and they'll be 
put on the phone.  Am i wrong??  Why would T-Mobile be charging us for 
this service?

> Unfortunately, it's not possible.  The USB interface is not exposed to 
> third-party developers and the only support for it built into the OS 
> proper is to restore the flash ROM in case it gets corrupted somehow.
You can use the usb interface to upload software you develop if you 
unlock the O.S. So i'm sure you can write data into the system.



> While M/S can't do anything about that problem, it is pretty clear that
> Danger can. I don't know what kind of contract M/S and Danger have, if
> any, but I would hope that they have some sort of leverage to push
> Danger into providing synchronization support on their end one way or
> another.
>
> On the other hand, there are political realities. While T-Mobile isn't
> the biggest provider out there, it's pretty big and it's the only one 
> on
> the East coast that supports the Hiptop. Danger has to be careful not 
> to
> piss them off. Doing an end-run around T-Mobile's billing plan is
> entirely too likely to piss them off. I'm sure the folks at Danger want
> to give us synchronization capabilities months ago, and are happy to
> have a third-party developer taking care of it.
>
> } Steven
> --Greg
>
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