sync
Looks like my journey on finding a decent PIM sync solution is becoming to an end.
Today I have a very heterogenous setup:
- iCal, Address Book and Mail (Using IMAP) on OS X Leopard.
- A Treo 750, running Windows Mobile 6 and ActiveSync-ing my mail (sometimes active-stinking, like Phil Schiller just said some minutes ago).
- Zimbra Collaboration Suite account, hosted at 01.com (for the push-email).
-
MarkSpace Missing Sync, for:
- Transferring my multiple calendars to the Treo, because Zimbra can send only one calendar due to ActiveSync technical restrictions. Most of the time, updating my calendars shoud be done on the Mac, and not on the Treo to avoid uncertain results.
- Syncing my address book. Zimbra does not transfer pictures, and sometimes it randomly changes the tag of the phone fields, say “business” to “home”, “other” to “fax”.
Missing Sync works well, but you should keep an eye on it… it’s not good to leave this guy unattended.
- A Google Apps account hosting my domain, and my mailbox forwarding all email to the Zimbra account. Google has the best antispam filters I have seen.
In the past I have tried Exchange Server (It was a good solution while I was using Microsoft Entourage on the Mac side), Kerio Mail Server, and of course .Mac, and all of them had been far (very very far) from perfect.
Now with the “pre-launch” of Apple’s new Mobile Me I can see some light… I hope all the promised features are true and transparent. It would be perfect if they allowed you to use your own domain name (A-la Google Applications for Domains), but I don’t think it will be possible (just as they did with .Mac).
Of course, I will need an iPhone to evaluate the service, so… Anybody interested on giving a new home to a young Treo?
Hold on, this can be tricky if you use Google’s Jabber service (aka Google Talk) and don’t want to corrupt your Google Talk buddy list and complete address book in one single step.
Apparently, both lists are linked very closely in Google, so the first sync can be disappointing (and more than just that).
If you aren’t an address book freak, you are already on the safe side (not my case).
Via Håvard Sørbø.
Update: Mac OS X Hints has published a hint on this theme.
