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* On windows, there is activesync and hotsync (iirc). But I don't know enough of them to decide what to use. What are its capabilities? Does it have sync logic build in? | * On windows, there is activesync and hotsync (iirc). But I don't know enough of them to decide what to use. What are its capabilities? Does it have sync logic build in? | ||
* ''AIUI, HotSync is a Palm-specific (closed) sync client, while ActiveSync is (closed) WinCE-specific. You can write conduits for HotSync; I think there are dev kits available for this. I don't know about ActiveSync. Syncing to mobile devices also includes mobiles IMHO, which will probably use a mix of sync clients (e.g. Siemens S55 uses XTNDConnectPC, Motorola use StarFish's TrueSync) which could all probably have "conduit" equivalents written for them. I don't know if this is the approach you want - it's potentially a lot of different interfaces. -- BenS'' | * ''AIUI, HotSync is a Palm-specific (closed) sync client, while ActiveSync is (closed) WinCE-specific. You can write conduits for HotSync; I think there are dev kits available for this. I don't know about ActiveSync. Syncing to mobile devices also includes mobiles IMHO, which will probably use a mix of sync clients (e.g. Siemens S55 uses XTNDConnectPC, Motorola use StarFish's TrueSync) which could all probably have "conduit" equivalents written for them. I don't know if this is the approach you want - it's potentially a lot of different interfaces. -- BenS'' | ||
* An addition to BenS comment above: Late-model Sony Ericsson phones also use XTNDConnectPC to sync with Windows and also directly with Microsoft Outlook. | |||
* On mac, i don't know the situation at all. | * On mac, i don't know the situation at all. | ||
* ''There's something called ".Mac" sync on OS X. To integrate with this, you can use the DotMac SDK [[http://developer.apple.com/internet/dotmackit.html]] -- BenS'' | * ''There's something called ".Mac" sync on OS X. To integrate with this, you can use the DotMac SDK | ||
[[http://developer.apple.com/internet/dotmackit.html]] -- BenS'' | |||
* A clarification to BenS comment about syncing on OS X: Apple's OS X operating system ships with an application called iSync. This is a SyncML application that supports syncing contacts and calendars with Bluetooth-enabled devices, PalmOS devices, iPod devices, other Macs, as well as Apple's .Mac service. | |||
* The iPod supports iCal files for it's calander. Files only need to be copied to this folder, and no special sync protocol is needed. (AFAIK). As of yet nothing supports calander syncing with iPod on windows out of the box, "iPod Agent" (http://www.ipodsoft.com/softwaredetail.aspx?sid=1) adds this ability but not into Outlook itself. -- Kroc Camen. | * The iPod supports iCal files for it's calander. Files only need to be copied to this folder, and no special sync protocol is needed. (AFAIK). As of yet nothing supports calander syncing with iPod on windows out of the box, "iPod Agent" (http://www.ipodsoft.com/softwaredetail.aspx?sid=1) adds this ability but not into Outlook itself. -- Kroc Camen. | ||
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* ''Most Symbian OS Series 60 and above, late-model Sony Ericsson, and (AFIACT) all >=2004 Motorola phones have SyncML support in one form or another. Some only via OTA (Over The Air, ie: HTTP), and some like the new Motorola Linux-based phones (a768i, a780) support it via OTA, USB and infrared. One benefit of SyncML support, as BenS noted, would be a large base of device support. | * ''Most Symbian OS Series 60 and above, late-model Sony Ericsson, and (AFIACT) all >=2004 Motorola phones have SyncML support in one form or another. Some only via OTA (Over The Air, ie: HTTP), and some like the new Motorola Linux-based phones (a768i, a780) support it via OTA, USB and infrared. One benefit of SyncML support, as BenS noted, would be a large base of device support. | ||
* ''Apple's OS X operating system ships with iSync, a SyncML application that supports syncing contacts and calendars with Bluetooth-enabled devices, PalmOS devices, iPod devices, other Macs, as well as Apple's .Mac service. | |||
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