[missing-sync-winmobile-talk] SYCHRONISING WM5 TO A MAC - SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY WORKS

[Eugene Ingram]

what if you don't have entourage? can you still use this?
On Apr 5, 2006, at 7:27 AM, David W Sica wrote:

> I have been using 4smartphone.net for about 3 weeks now with my WM5  
> PPC-6700
> and have been quite satisfied with their offerings.  I have the  
> cheapest
> XPRESS account and have verified with 4smartphone that you do NOT need  
> the
> PRO account to use Entourage.  Here's a quote from then:
>
> "Yes, Entourage 2004 uses WebDav to connect to the servers and this is
> available in the Xpress Plan"
>
> I highly recommend the service especially if you have a Mac and want  
> to have
> access to your phone/PDA data from your Mac.
>
> David
>
>
>> From: Sten Feldman <exile at chamber.ee>
>> Reply-To: <exile at chamber.ee>, The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile  
>> Discussion
>> List <missing-sync-winmobile-talk at lists.markspace.com>
>> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 10:43:59 -0000
>> To: <missing-sync-winmobile-talk at lists.markspace.com>
>> Subject: [missing-sync-winmobile-talk] SYCHRONISING WM5 TO A MAC -  
>> SOMETHING
>> THAT ACTUALLY WORKS
>>
>>
>> This is in response to Simon Hicks posting on the issue of  
>> 4smartphone.com
>> service.
>>
>> I have been reading this forum for some time now, hoping for the beta  
>> release
>> of
>> MissingSync that would work with WM5. During that time there has been  
>> also
>> discussions on alternatives. I have tried serveral things and can  
>> also say
>> that
>> 4smartphone.net seems to be the only way to get WM5 somehow synced  
>> with Mac.
>> Still there should be some reservations taken concirng that service.
>>
>> 4smartphone.com is an Exchange service, I am not sure do you need PRO  
>> account
>> to
>> be able to sync Entourage with the service as entourage uses the web  
>> access to
>> sync with Exchange and doesn't support all the features that Outlook  
>> 2003 has
>> in
>> MS Windows.
>>
>> Still you get a 15-day free trial to test if this solution works with  
>> you.
>>
>> Syncing the mobile phone with the service is easy enough and  
>> step-by-step
>> instructions are given. Also entourage syncing works nicely
>>
>> Once that is done and you have installed the laters Entourage  
>> updates, you can
>> enable the sync services support in Entourage making the phonebook  
>> data and
>> calendar data available also to Address Book and iCal
>>
>> If you don't use any grouping functionality then this is probably  
>> enough for
>> you
>> and works great. Whatever you change in iCal appears to Entourage ang  
>> gets
>> synced with 4smartphone.com service. And from there you can sync it  
>> to your
>> mobile phone.
>>
>> What is dissapointing with this service, is that you don't get your  
>> TASKS
>> synced. This simply because Entourage does not support Exchange tasks.
>>
>> Anyhow as many has reported 4smartphone.com is an alternative  
>> solution and as
>> Entourage now support Sync Services then you can still use your  
>> favorite
>> iCal/Addressbook and time to time open Entourage so that the changes  
>> made will
>> get synced to Exchange server and from there to you PDA/Smartphone.
>>
>> The solution is good but not great as you will not have tasks and you  
>> will
>> lose
>> the ability to use grouping as iCal will only sync "Entourage" named  
>> calendar
>> with Entourage.
>>
>> Anyways, I suggest people who are eagerly waiting for MissingSync to  
>> try out
>> the
>> 15-day trial to see if the service suits their needs.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Sten
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