Bluetooth phone: Sony Ericsson K700i
iPod: 4th Gen, 20GB
Mac: PowerBook G4
This is a short review of my experience with iSync; which came pre-installed on my PB. Ive been using my PowerBook for a little over a week and one of the first tasks was to get my contacts information from my cell phone and into the Address Book. I chose to explore iSync functionality and see if it was suitable for the task. It surpassed my expectations.
The first phase was to see to what extent itd be able to work with my phone without any extra software. Previously, I had a PC running Windows XP. I was able to use the phone with the PC, but only after installing extra software and drivers and, of course, restarting.
Not with the PowerBook. I turned on Bluetooth in both devices and made the PB discover the phone. All very quick and painless. Next, started iSync. The interface is one of the simplest Ive ever seen. it was time consuming to do the simplest things with Nokia and Sony Ericsson software that Ive used in Windows.
Back to iSync; not only did it copy my contacts and arrange them in vCards, it copied my tasks from the phone to iCal. I wasnt initially aware that the tasks had been copied, until a small iCal window popped up to remind me of something I had to do.
A few days later, I chose to sync again and the tasks in iCal that were no longer on the phone were automatically deleted. During both syncs, I was warned what will be lost or changed on the computer and/or on the phone.
Next to synchronize was the iPod. I hadnt put any contacts on the iPod and it dumped (neatly) all the info into the Contacts folder on the iPod.
Subsequent syncs with the phone turned out to be not as brilliant. There were a lot of contact numbers that were erroneously categorized e.g. (cell numbers stored as fax numbers) on the phone. I therefore corrected them in the Address Book; hoping iSync would correct the number categories on the phone as well. It actually copied the same number again into a different category. Otherwise any email addresses and other such details that were in the Address Book were also added to the phone. The next phase of testing iSync will be with an Acer laptop with Bluetooth capability running Windows XP.
iPod: 4th Gen, 20GB
Mac: PowerBook G4
This is a short review of my experience with iSync; which came pre-installed on my PB. Ive been using my PowerBook for a little over a week and one of the first tasks was to get my contacts information from my cell phone and into the Address Book. I chose to explore iSync functionality and see if it was suitable for the task. It surpassed my expectations.
The first phase was to see to what extent itd be able to work with my phone without any extra software. Previously, I had a PC running Windows XP. I was able to use the phone with the PC, but only after installing extra software and drivers and, of course, restarting.
Not with the PowerBook. I turned on Bluetooth in both devices and made the PB discover the phone. All very quick and painless. Next, started iSync. The interface is one of the simplest Ive ever seen. it was time consuming to do the simplest things with Nokia and Sony Ericsson software that Ive used in Windows.
Back to iSync; not only did it copy my contacts and arrange them in vCards, it copied my tasks from the phone to iCal. I wasnt initially aware that the tasks had been copied, until a small iCal window popped up to remind me of something I had to do.
A few days later, I chose to sync again and the tasks in iCal that were no longer on the phone were automatically deleted. During both syncs, I was warned what will be lost or changed on the computer and/or on the phone.
Next to synchronize was the iPod. I hadnt put any contacts on the iPod and it dumped (neatly) all the info into the Contacts folder on the iPod.
Subsequent syncs with the phone turned out to be not as brilliant. There were a lot of contact numbers that were erroneously categorized e.g. (cell numbers stored as fax numbers) on the phone. I therefore corrected them in the Address Book; hoping iSync would correct the number categories on the phone as well. It actually copied the same number again into a different category. Otherwise any email addresses and other such details that were in the Address Book were also added to the phone. The next phase of testing iSync will be with an Acer laptop with Bluetooth capability running Windows XP.
