Mark/Space have announced the imminent release of The Missing Sync for OS X & Symbian.
The Missing Sync is a popular choice for syncing Palm, Windows Mobile and Blackberry phones with Mac OS X and integrating the phone data with common OS X apps like iPhoto and iTunes. Until now, though, Symbian users have been out in the cold with almost nothing for Sony Ericsson and Motorola users and slim official pickings for Nokia fans.
The new version (due in the new year) promises calendar, to-do and contact synchronization plus drag ‘n’ drop video conversion and iTunes integration.
If that doesn’t sound like enough for your $39.95, Mark/Space are asking for your ideas. You can fill out their survey here.
Apple Macs are justly famed for their ability to interoperate with other devices, but they have always had trouble with Windows Mobile. There has never been any native Mac OSX support for Windows smartphones and, now the iPhone is on the scene, Apple are unlikely to start providing it.
The traditional fix was to buy a copy of The Missing Sync. This would synchronise a host of devices with Mac OSX but, while not exactly expensive at around $40, it still meant spending money to achieve something the OS should have done for free.
SyncMate (right) is a new freeware app that should do the trick. It will sync Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices with machines running Mac OS 10.4. Yup, that’s right - it doesn’t support Leopard yet. A shame, but hopefully something the authors can put right now that Leopard has been around for a few months.
