Re: Can Samsung i700 cell phone/pda do "Verizon wireless sync"

On 5/11/04 3:12 PM, in article
110520041212130717%brian_hall@markspace.delete.com, "Brian Hall"
<brian_hall@markspace.delete.com> wrote:

> In article <BCC5AD95.16A30%mlevin77@comcast.net>, Michael Levin
> <mlevin77@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I'm considering buying a samsung i700 cell phone/pda. Verizon has this thing
>> called "wireless sync" where, as near as I can tell, it gets to sync info to
>> a desktop computer remotely (through the Verizon network). I know the phone
>> can sync to a Macintosh via USB using 3rd party software like Missing Sync.
>> My question is: can the phone do "wireless sync" to a Mac? Please cc: any
>> thoughts to mlevin77@comcast.net. Thanks!
>
> We support Bluetooth, WiFi (TCP/Network) and USB sync with Missing
> Sync, although from your description, that may not be the same as
> "Verizon Wireless Sync". However it does mean that you can sync over
> TCP/WiFi/Network with Missing Sync same as you would over USB.
>
> For more info see http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_pocketpc.html

So, this software allows me to sync over the network (if I and my phone
are on the road, and the Missing Sync is installed on my machine at home)?
If so, that's great (better than "Wireless Sync" because it goes directly to
my desktop, not through Verizon's servers). But here's the question: does it
work over the whole net or only on a LAN inside my house? For example, my
desktop is on the web via a cablemodem with a dynamic address which changes
daily. How does the phone find my desktop if I'm outside my own LAN (in a
different town, say)? Don't I have to have a static IP address for the phone
to be able to connect to my desktop?

And, a different question: does your software do Entourage info?
Everything I have is in Entourage, not in iCal or the default addressbook.

Thanks for the info,

Mike

On 5/11/04 5:30 PM, in article 2gcuvoF1em9uU1@uni-berlin.de, "Peter Pan"
<Marcs1102NOSPAM@Hotmail.com> wrote:

>> In article <BCC5AD95.16A30%mlevin77@comcast.net>, Michael Levin
> <mlevin77@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> I'm considering buying a samsung i700 cell phone/pda. Verizon has
>> this thing called "wireless sync" where, as near as I can tell, it
>> gets to sync info to a desktop computer remotely (through the
>> Verizon network). I know the phone can sync to a Macintosh via USB
>> using 3rd party software like Missing Sync. My question is: can the
>> phone do "wireless sync" to a Mac? Please cc: any thoughts to
>> mlevin77@comcast.net. Thanks!
>
> Just for your info, we use the Samsung i700's and have a wireless network at
> work. Several vendors make 802.11 cards that work fine with em, that allows
> you to be on any wireless networks or hotspots you run across, or to get on
> verizon's wireless thing (via cell) when no wireless LAN is available.
>
> The wacky thing is, trying to explain the difference between 802.11 and cell
> connections (they are both called wireless), Even stranger, verizon wireless
> (and maybe others) also have what they call Wi-Fi service (but only on
> certain phones, and not the i700), in addition to their normal wireless
> (phone) service (and not to be confused by their Broadband
> service)....Acccck!
>
> To answer the question posed in the Subject (i700 and wireless synch with a
> Mac), I used to use the activesynch stuff on an i600 and a USB cradle (free
> from Microsoft), and using an 802.11 wireless network at work along with the
> i700 is way way way better than that.

A question about activesync over the network (802.11): would it work
over the whole net or only on a LAN inside my house? For example, my desktop
at home is on the net via a cablemodem connection, with a dynamic IP address
which changes daily. How does the phone find my desktop if I'm outside my
own LAN (in a different town, say)? Don't I have to have a static IP address
for the phone to be able to connect to my desktop? How does that work?

Mike