New app: POCKET MIRROR sync your outlook calendar - Page 4

rlweiner · 01-26-2010, 11:59 AM

Tried my first sync. I had to kill it after 6 hours. It claimed to be syncing over 8,000 items and was just over halfway done (that must be all calendar items + contacts + tasks + notes -- I only have 3K contacts). No error messages.

I know the first sync will take longer than normal, but that's ridiculous! The Pre battery won't even last 6 hours without external power! And at the end of those 6 hours, I expected

I'm also mystified by the pricing -- I don't see a price listed anywhere on their web site.

Finally, I'm not happy that it will only sync over wifi. I can't always get reliable wifi on the road.

I'm going to try CompanionLink next. http://www.companionlink.com/usbsync/ol-pre-usb.html
Anyone used it? Anything else I should try?

I do not want to go the Google sync route. I have confidential info in my contacts and don't want them in the cloud.

gweempose · 01-26-2010, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by rlweiner

... I only have 3K contacts.

That's a heck of a lot of contacts. You must be the most popular person on the planet!

Originally Posted by rlweiner

I'm going to try CompanionLink next. http://www.companionlink.com/usbsync/ol-pre-usb.html Anyone used it?

I've been using a different version of CompanionLink since I first got the phone back in June, and I am very happy with it. The version I use is cloud based, and uses a Gmail account as a go between. I am mainly interested in keeping the Pre synced up with my Outlook contacts and calendars, and CompanionLink works well for this. I don't use notes or tasks, so I can't comment on how it would work for those.

rmurfster · 02-01-2010, 03:18 PM

I currently use Chapura/Pocket Mirror and have found their tech support to be very quick to answer questions. Give them a try, maybe they'll be able to help.

Originally Posted by rlweiner

Tried my first sync. I had to kill it after 6 hours. It claimed to be syncing over 8,000 items and was just over halfway done (that must be all calendar items + contacts + tasks + notes -- I only have 3K contacts). No error messages.

I know the first sync will take longer than normal, but that's ridiculous! The Pre battery won't even last 6 hours without external power! And at the end of those 6 hours, I expected

I'm also mystified by the pricing -- I don't see a price listed anywhere on their web site.

Finally, I'm not happy that it will only sync over wifi. I can't always get reliable wifi on the road.

I'm going to try CompanionLink next. http://www.companionlink.com/usbsync/ol-pre-usb.html
Anyone used it? Anything else I should try?

I do not want to go the Google sync route. I have confidential info in my contacts and don't want them in the cloud.

rlweiner · 02-01-2010, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by rmurfster

I currently use Chapura/Pocket Mirror and have found their tech support to be very quick to answer questions. Give them a try, maybe they'll be able to help.

I did get a quick response from them. But I decided that, since I don't want to depend on finding a wi-fi connection to be able to sync, I'd look for a USB sync method. Given that, it's not worth playing with the PocketMirror sync. I'm evaluating CompanionLink and it's doing the job.

rmurfster · 02-08-2010, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by rlweiner

I did get a quick response from them. But I decided that, since I don't want to depend on finding a wi-fi connection to be able to sync, I'd look for a USB sync method. Given that, it's not worth playing with the PocketMirror sync. I'm evaluating CompanionLink and it's doing the job.

I too don't like the fact that I need to turn on my wifi, press sync and then turn off the wifi. I want my sync to be automatic.

Right now, I'm trying the google sync via gsyncit (http://www.daveswebsite.com/software/gsync/). Works great and my calendar/contacts get synced through the "cloud" auto-magically!

Richard

rlweiner · 02-08-2010, 08:24 PM

Richard,

I'm also evaluating gsyncit and so far it looks good. The evaluation copy only lets you sync 20 contacts, so I can't really evaluate that part. I saw a few odd results in the calendar sync and am awaiting a reply from tech support, but I'm optimistic. At this point I'm thinking my solution will be gsyncit to sync contacts and calendar (and maybe tasks), and Evernote to sync notes. I also had great results with Google Calendar Sync, but as its name says, it only does one thing. I also tried Go Calendar Sync, but could not get it to work (I'm also awaiting help from tech support there but it doesn't look promising).

I wish there was something like Google Calendar Sync to handle contacts.

Robert