Missing Sync goes Symbian
By Dusan Belic on Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 at 4:09 AM PST In Applications, Symbian
Mark/Space has recently unveiled The Missing Sync for Symbian to allow wireless synchronization of Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) and Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Symbian OS mobile phones with your Mac.
Thanks to the unique feature called Proximity Syncing, the process is done almost automatically — all you have to do is bring your S60 or UIQ based device within Bluetooth range (about 30 feet/10 meters) of your Mac and the application will take it from there.
Best of all, not only your contacts, calendars and tasks will be synced — you can also include music, photos, videos and files to the mix.
The Missing Sync for Symbian is available in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish for $39.95. If you own a Mac and a Symbian-powered smartphone, it’s one of those must-have apps you won’t be able to live without.
[Via: TUAW]
OVI is about to release Mac version real soon as well….
http://www.ovi.com/ovi/app/ovi/web/download
Not exactly “must-have”. iSync will take care of Calendar, Tasks and Contacts. Nokia’s Multimedia Transfer will take care of iPhoto & iTunes syncing, along with Bookmark syncing for newer devices.
For proximity-based synching for free, try http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/proximity.html
Combine that with a little applescript that says (this should make sure it only does it once an hour):
– Synchronize the Device
tell application “iSync”
if last sync is less than ((current date) – 3600) then
activate
synchronize
repeat while (syncing is true)
delay 1
end repeat
set syncStatus to sync status
end if
end tell
if syncStatus = 2 then
tell application “System Events” to set visible of process “iSync” to false
end if