Sync your Windows Mobile phone to Mac- free
I test a lot of Windows Mobile phones and a good way to sync them with my Mac would be welcome. There are some commercial applications that will do this but a free solution would be pretty cool. Enter SyncMate from Eltima that will sync a long list of data types between the Mac and the Windows Mobile phone. The free version is pretty functional but a commercial "expert" edition will set you back $39.95 but adds some unique sync capabilities, including iTunes library syncing. Sure you won’t be playing your DRM-protected iTunes music on Windows Mobile but the rest will do.
I haven’t used SyncMate myself but will likely give it a try due to all the various information it syncs between the two platforms, including contacts, calendar (Entourage and Google supported) and SMS messages. The paid version adds quite a bit of functionality I haven’t seen in other sync solutions in addition to the iTunes syncing. Syncing in both versions can be done through a USB connection or via WiFi, something Microsoft saw fit to remove in Windows Mobile 6. If you try SyncMate share your thoughts with everyone here.
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Syncmate is the best it works very well with the win mob 5 I have.
Eh. I’ve tried both the free version of this and Missing Sync, and it’s a close comparison, with a few key differences. Most of the stuff I really want to sync (notes, to-do, bookmarks) requires the $39 upgrade. And guess how much the competing Missing Sync costs? $39. Also Missing Sync lets you sync over bluetooth, which is great. They are both a little non-OSXish in their installation, but they work fine here.
Hi everyone! Eltima Team is proud to announce the release of SyncMate 2.0! We have expanded the list of supported devices and accounts and now all of you can easily sync data in Mac computer with Windows Mobile devices, Nokia S40 phones, other Macs and Google account. Moreover Eltima SyncMate offers you backup option and you can store all data in our Online Backup Storage. Contacts, Calendars, iTunes&Video, iPhoto, Bookmarks, folders, e-mail, Notes and other stuff would be perfectly synchronized between your Mac and supported devices / accounts.
Stop looking for synchronization tool – SyncMate is your all-in-one solution for Mac!
You can find detailed information about SyncMate 2.0 here http://www.sync-mac.com/ and you are all welcome to download SyncMate Free Edition here http://www.sync-mac.com/download/syncmate.dmg
I tried Syncmate and it is/was the worst piece of software I have ever had on my Mac. I don’t know if it’ is spyware, but there home page says disable all root security? Read it? It’s incredible, I tried temporarily to do it, offline and it was the worst. You have a Mac, if you are reading this, so you know why you left Windows, right, all of the nagging screens constantly harassing you no matter what you did, well, this describes Syncmate to a tee. It want’s you to reboot to uninstall. I couldn’t even get AppZapp to get rid of all of the components of this app, even after I uninstalled it, I still suspect there are some lingering components on my system DON’T get SYNCMATE. Unfortunately, I am still trying to find a solution (free, of course). It is so hard to get any of this to work.
Almost free of Windows, thank god!