[missing-sync-palmos-talk] 'Handheld overwrites Desktop' for address book and datebook

[Helge Kraak]

I know that, but I e. g. use a macnews.de - account, which offers an 
own software which synchronizes the address book with the macnews.de 
address book. Here I can also choose address book overwrites macnews.de 
address book. For my mobile phone (Nokia 6600) I use a software 
SmartVCards (6 $) instead of iSync. SmartVCards reads the .vcf-file I 
generate from the mac address book and imports the addresses perfectly 
including all fields (iSync doesn't in connection with my Nokia 6600) 
into the mobile phones address book. To keep this up to date, I only 
have to spend around five minutes and I have my achieved my 100 % 
reliable contact synchronization, including. macnews.de - account (one 
of the best services I know, you should have a look on this!) instead 
of .mac, my palm (at the moment in connection with the choice of 
resetting the address book) and my mobile phone.

You see, it is possible! The only weak part in my construction is the 
sync between my Palm and iSync which doesn't garantuee conflict free 
synchronization. The rest works fine.

I'd be very pleased to hear your opinion on this regarding my remarks!

Best regards
Helge

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Am 15.02.2006 um 02:08 schrieb Scott Gruby:

>
> On Feb 14, 2006, at 4:09 PM, Helge Kraak wrote:
>
>> Dear Missing Sync developers,
>>
>> I think there are many many people who would love to see this 
>> feature. I wouldn't care if it would be done via an irregular way 
>> like reading the palm database in the Missing Sync backup folder and 
>> overwriting the address book via the import feature. In 6 years of 
>> Palm usage I haven't seen one 100 % reliable synchronization 
>> solution. For me it's not worth the risk. Regardless the limited 
>> comfort I prefer to just work with one input device (my Palm) instead 
>> of having one day garantueed trouble again with duplicate entries, 
>> loss of numbers in contact entries without recognizing it 
>> immediately, etc.. I need a professional working platform to be able 
>> to completely concentrate on my work. For me professional means 100 % 
>> reliabilty and nothing else.
>>
>
> As Brian wrote earlier (actually twice today):
>
> "There is not an option for handheld overwrites desktop because the 
> underlying sync framework in Tiger, Sync Services, does not support 
> that method of synchronization for 3rd party sync clients. It *is* 
> possible to do in an unsupported way, or via other not so pretty 
> methods, but Mark/Space has decided that it is in the best interest of 
> our customers to not allow it at this time."
>
> Please realize that if we add this option, doing so will overwrite 
> your .Mac account data, your iPod, and anything else you sync with 
> Sync Services such as a cell phone, Chrono's SOHO Organizer, etc. 
> Doing this is a very dangerous operation as changes propagate to more 
> than just your desktop.
>
> --
> Scott Gruby
> Lead Engineer
> Mark/Space, Inc.
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>
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