If you have a smartphone with the ability to sync your contact information to a server you really appreciate the ability to recover your important data in the event something tragic happens. But what do you do if you use a regular mobile phone and you’d like the same piece of mind as those who own “smarter” phones? How about a free solution that backs up not only the contact data but your calendar data too? There is a beta service that is not only free during the beta but promises to stay free forever that can sync just about any phone. Zyb.com backs up and restores your phone’s data as long as the phone supports the SyncML protocol which most current phones do. Just set up your free account and start syncing away, and when you replace your phone Zyb will restore all your old data. Restoring your data should be possible even if you switch carriers. I haven’t tried this out since I don’t have a regular mobile phone and I’d be interested to hear from anyone who is using Zyb, especially how well it works for you.
-jk
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