Mobile Sync

[myclub69]

Does anyone know if Sprint's Mobile Sync will be on the Pre? Mobile Sync is such a great feature that surprisingly not many brag about. I know I do!
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For those that don't know what that is, here it is straight from Sprint's Website:

Mobile Sync

It's quick, efficient and can be done online or on your phone. All you need is a My Sprint account and a Sprint Mobile Sync-capable phone.

Key Features


Store and manage up to 5,000 contacts in your Sprint Mobile Sync address book, including phone numbers, addresses, notes and other fields.
After your phone is activated, every change you make to your address book will be automatically saved on the Sprint network and every change you make online will be updated on your phone.


Create and manage personal Group Connect® groups to instantly reach up to 20 other users, at the same time, via Nextel Direct Connect® or texting.
Import contact fields to your address book or synchronize them with your Microsoft® Outlook contacts.


Communicate and coordinate activities with up to 34 Direct Connect users at the same time through shared TeamDCSM groups that all users can create, manage and access.


If your phone is ever lost or stolen, your contacts are saved on the Sprint network and will automatically load on your replacement phone as soon as it's activated. Plus, you can erase your contacts from the lost or stolen phone to protect your information.


If you don't want to backup your contacts, you can deactivate Sprint Mobile Sync through sprint.com or from your phone. You can still create TeamDC groups online and reactivate Sprint Mobile Sync at any time.




What You'll Need


Sprint Mobile Sync-capable phone
My Sprint account - Need to register?




Pricing


Sprint Mobile Sync - included in your service if you have a capable phone.

(http://www.nextel.com/en/services/or...ile_sync.shtml)

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Who else gives you this priceless feature for FREE? You are right, noone but Sprint!

Since the Pre seems to use of the "Cloud," I hope to see this feature included. I have over 300 contacts and it will certainly make things much smoother for me when I switch to the Pre.
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[.plaid]

I have limited experience with Palm phones, so others could perhaps address this better than me, but it seems the stand-out features of Mobile Sync are for Nextel users - I doubt that the Pre will penetrate this market (PTT, etc).

The "cloud" with which the Pre will work are sites like Google and Facebook to name a few. Sites that store contact info, and sort of make Mobile Sync an unnecessary feature. Rather than a central online warehouse where all of your data is backed up, the Pre will pull data from places where it is stored organically.

I think that the Pre will make Mobile Sync redundant and will not be included. Having said that, AKITAYO is our resident apps tracker so look for an answer from him.

Best,
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[myclub69]

The "cloud" with which the Pre will work are sites like Google and Facebook to name a few. Sites that store contact info, and sort of make Mobile Sync an unnecessary feature. Rather than a central online warehouse where all of your data is backed up, the Pre will pull data from places where it is stored organically.

.plaid, i think synergy is different than Mobile Sync.

i've replaced my instinct phone several times for a variety of reasons, but thx to Mobile Sync, as soon as i activate my new phone (Mobile Sync capable), all of my contact book was filling up on its own. it even filled in my speed dial contacts. :smile: the instinct phone is not a push to talk type of phone, so i know the Mobile Sync is a Sprint thing and what I posted makes sense that it works on both Sprint's and Nextel's phones.
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correct me if i am wrong, but we know that with synergy we will be able to update information gathered from places like google and facebook... that's understood. but have you thought about what would happen if you lost your phone? i mean, synergy did all of your changes and got the info to ur phone, right, but what happens if u get a new phone? i seriously doubt, synergy will help u recover your contacts, calenders. yeah the contact information was saved in the places it got it from, but will it be able to give you back all of that information after a phone replacement?
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Mobile Sync is personalized for you. Any information you save in your phone, stays in your account with Sprint. So if you replace your phone, Mobile Sync will put back your information every time!
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it would blow me away if Palm adds some kind of server to backup not just contacts like Mobile Sync but also calenders, email accounts, and the pictures we use for contacts. with that in place, who would worry about replacing a WebOS phone?:tounge:

[monkeyxplosion]

correct me if i am wrong, but we know that with synergy we will be able to update information gathered from places like google and facebook... that's understood. but have you thought about what would happen if you lost your phone? i mean, synergy did all of your changes and got the info to ur phone, right, but what happens if u get a new phone? i seriously doubt, synergy will help u recover your contacts, calenders. yeah the contact information was saved in the places it got it from, but will it be able to give you back all of that information after a phone replacement?

myclub69, I think you're missing the whole point of cloud computing. Your data is pulled down from Facebook, Google, etc. and is stored in one place on your Pre. That's what Synergy does for you. Your contact info is all in one list of contacts, your calendars are all together. That works great. But then your phone turns up missing. (Say it was stolen by an iPhone user jealous of your Pre. :wink The beauty of cloud computing is while all your information was brought to your Pre, it never left the Google/Facebook/whatever servers. So as long as your new phone is WebOS, after initial setup, all your info will be back to your phone.

[.plaid]

Imagine the following scenario:

1. You pick up your new webOS phone with synergy and enter your various account information. Facebook gives you contact info and rudimentary dates (maybe); Google gives you contacts, messaging history (maybe), calendar, tasks, RSS feeds.

2. Using your phone, you enter a new calendar entry called "Movie Night With the Gang" and you add as invitees 3 friends from FB and 2 from Google Contacts. You now have a calendar event, created on your phone, that shows up on your Google calendar.

3. One of your FB friends, Joe, tells you that he'll be there but that he has a new primary e-mail address. Joe has decided to not update his FB profile with this address.

4. Joe is also one of your Google contacts so you type this new e-mail address into the Phone and select to update Joe's Google contact info.

5. You and your friends go to the movie but you lose your phone.

6. The next day you pick up your new, replacement webOS phone with synergy and you enter your various account information. The phone will pull the same information (including Joe's new e-amail address) and you'll be off & running.

*counterexample using the above*

3. One of your FB friends, Joe, tells you that he'll be there but that he has a new primary e-mail address. Joe has decided not to update his FB profile with this new address.

4. Joe is not one of your Google contacts so you type this new e-mail address into the Phone but don't select any "cloud" service to update.

5. You and your friends go to the movie but you lose your phone.

6. The next day you pick up your new, replacement webOS phone with synergy and you enter your various account information. The phone will pull the same information it had before, but you'll need to call Joe and ask him for his new e-mail address since it hadn't been stored anywhere other than the phone.

The benefit to Synergy over Mobile Sync is that if Joe does update his e-mail address on FB then you don't have to do anything: the change appears automatically. Data is gathered from where it is already stored and is merely displayed on copied to your phone.

Hope this helps,
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[Linh]

Actually, with synergy, does it pull data from all these sources and store it locally on the phone, and therefore updates whenever (every day for arguments sake)? I would presume so, and likely allow you to push out changes too. Otherwise, what happens when you're not in 3G, you lose all your contacts? doubtful.

But yes, mobile sync is basically obsolete if you rely on something in the cloud. However, if you don't, then yes, it would be beneficial.

[pavvento]

Actually, with synergy, does it pull data from all these sources and store it locally on the phone, and therefore updates whenever (every day for arguments sake)? I would presume so, and likely allow you to push out changes too. Otherwise, what happens when you're not in 3G, you lose all your contacts? doubtful.

But yes, mobile sync is basically obsolete if you rely on something in the cloud. However, if you don't, then yes, it would be beneficial.

I agree with this. Some people just aren't into facebook or Gmail, and might feel more comfortable and secure having their information saved by Sprint.

[.plaid]

I agree with this. Some people just aren't into facebook or Gmail, and might feel more comfortable and secure having their information saved by Sprint.

I don't mean to talk about folks for or against FB, Google, etc. but if the core of Synergy is not appealing to someone, the Pre might not be for them.

[pavvento]

I don't mean to talk about folks for or against FB, Google, etc. but if the core of Synergy is not appealing to someone, the Pre might not be for them.

That's very true, but not everyone uses all features of their phone, even if it's the core features.

The marketplace allows for people to pick and choose what they use, which is great. Someone might want a phone with a qwerty keyboard that they can put their music onto and chat on aim, while backing everything up on mobile sync.

I admit it might not be a large amount of people, but I'm sure there's a group.

[.plaid]

The marketplace allows for people to pick and choose what they use, which is great. Someone might want a phone with a qwerty keyboard that they can put their music onto and chat on aim, while backing everything up on mobile sync.

Very true, and I'll admit to some concern over people misunderstanding me.

In my opinion, it's the equivalent of someone who isn't interested in music/video buying an iPhone, or someone not interested in a QWERTY keyboard buying a Palm anything. As you correctly point out, the marketplace allows folks to choose.