I love finding new things… well things that are new to me anyway! I have an HTC Touch mobile phone with Rogers in Canada (I know… Rogers.. boo-hoo!) I like the phone but I have never really liked the way that any phone has synchronized with my computer. For some reason it always seems to be a hassle and a complicated process.
What is funny is that up until now I have always been syncing my mobile phones with Windows and using mostly the included sync software. Now with the HTC Touch I am faced with an entirely new problem, how to sync Windows Mobile devices when running OSX.
The people at MarkSpace have all the answers! I found a program there called The Missing Sync that is built to sync between otherwise incompatible platforms. I used the trial of The Missing Sync for Windows Mobile which allows me to easily backup my phone data to my Mac.
There are a ton of features included with software, some of which include:
- Connects with Windows Mobile devices via USB and Bluetooth
- Supports devices running Windows Mobile 2002/2003/5/6
- Syncs with Address Book, iCal, Entourage 2004 and others
- Syncs Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other files
- Downloads iPhoto albums and iTunes playlists
- Imports device-side photos and video
- Encodes QuickTime video for mobile playback
- Provides drag-and-drop install of .cab-formatted applications
- Displays phone call and SMS text message logs on the Mac
- Supports two Macs and any number of Windows Mobile devices
- Universal application provides the best performance
But what they don’t really say in that list is how easy it is to use. Pretty much every tool I have used in the past to sync my phones have been touch and go ant sync time. I was always scared that I was going to delete the data in my Outlook, on the phone or possibly corrupt both. You don’t get this feeling when using The Missing Sync.
Note that you also have other options other than Windows Mobile phones including The Missing Sync for iPhones and Blackberry. I encourage you to go check out their line of software if you are looking for a new synchronization solution.
