[missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] SPV?

[Tom Kardos]

As an avid user of my SPV (and I'm hanging out already for the launch of the
SPV2 (with built in BlueTooth etc) it has been very frustrating not being
able to sync my contacts - I purchased a copy of The Missing Sync and have
been waiting for the SPV modules to be fixed.  From your note it sounds
really positive in that you have the solution on the MissingSync side of
things - may I suggest that you release the software in an unlocked state to
gauge the reaction etc. This is not uncommon in the world of SPV users.  In
addition, for those users that have not unlocked their phones, you could
offer a link to

http://www.coolsmartphone.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&art
id=106&Itemid=3 

This site has another link to a site within Orange in which Orange
themselves will unlock the SPV!!!

Incidentally the above site also announced the release of The Missing Sync
for the Mac.

Hopefully with the application signing out of the way, the engineering can
be completed soon...

Tom 

> From: Brian Hall <brian_hall at markspace.com>
> Reply-To: "The Missing Sync \(Mac/Pocket
> PC\)"<missing-sync-pocketpc-talk at lists.markspace.com>
> Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 14:51:16 -0700
> To: "The Missing Sync \(Mac/Pocket
> PC\)"<missing-sync-pocketpc-talk at lists.markspace.com>
> Subject: Re: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] SPV?
> 
>> Great to see the new beta on the site- any news on progress with the
>> spv?
> 
> We now know why it doesn't work, and what needs to be done. However it
> requires cooperation with Orange, and we need to find out how much $ and
> time that will take to decide if it is reasonable for us to do. The issue
> is that Orange locks the devices from talking to software that is not
> "signed" (ie, has been digitally signed with a certificate they have
> issued). Obviously Microsoft jumped that hoop with ActiveSync on the PC.
> Another route is to "unlock" the phone, but we haven't yet seen a way that
> is 100% reliable to do, nor is easy for a lay person to do. We doubt that
> Orange would be excited to tell customers how to unlock their phones,
> otherwise they wouldn't have bothered to do it in the first place.
> 
> At this point, it is possible that we could find that there is no cost
> effective way for us to support the SPV (ie, that we would never sell
> enough copies to cover the engineering and signing costs). We will continue
> to research it, and hopefully we will find a way.
> 
> Brian
> 
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