TrueSync vs Mobile Phone Tools vs ???

My wife and I just upgraded to a T730 (from a 7868). I have yet to
obtain a USB cable and software. What are the pros and cons of the
various options?

I will be syncing to Outlook. My wife does not use Outlook, but does
use the Palm Desktop.

Thanks.

Jeff

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"Jeffrey C Honig" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My wife and I just upgraded to a T730 (from a 7868). I have yet to
> obtain a USB cable and software. What are the pros and cons of the
> various options?
>
> I will be syncing to Outlook. My wife does not use Outlook, but does
> use the Palm Desktop.

I've had a terrible time getting TrueSync to work properly. I got it working
once, it stopped, I had to re-install from scratch to get it working again.

Recently I got Susteen DataPilot, which is much nicer, but alas the V60s
isn't supported quite yet. It does support the T730. It works with most
makes and models. I bought the universal kit which comes with cables for
most phones, but the Motorola only versions is cheaper. Downside of
DataPilot is that it messes up you voice dialing tags.

"Jeffrey C Honig" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My wife and I just upgraded to a T730 (from a 7868). I have yet to
> obtain a USB cable and software. What are the pros and cons of the
> various options?
>
> I will be syncing to Outlook. My wife does not use Outlook, but does
> use the Palm Desktop.

I've had a terrible time getting TrueSync to work properly. I got it working
once, it stopped, I had to re-install from scratch to get it working again.

Recently I got Susteen DataPilot, which is much nicer, but alas the V60s
isn't supported quite yet. It does support the T730. It works with most
makes and models. I bought the universal kit which comes with cables for
most phones, but the Motorola only versions is cheaper. Downside of
DataPilot is that it messes up you voice dialing tags.

"Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> writes:

> Recently I got Susteen DataPilot, which is much nicer, but alas the V60s
> isn't supported quite yet. It does support the T730. It works with most
> makes and models. I bought the universal kit which comes with cables for
> most phones, but the Motorola only versions is cheaper. Downside of
> DataPilot is that it messes up you voice dialing tags.

That would have been useful to suck all the entries out of my
StarTac.... :-(

From what research I have done, DataPilot does not sync with Outlook
or the Palm desktop. It just imports or exports.

Do Mobile Phone Tools or TrueSync actually sync? That would be more
useful.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that TrueSync isn't really
supported on the T730; Motorola is moving to Mobile Phone Tools.

Any other comparisons?

Thanks.

Jeff

"Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> writes:

> Recently I got Susteen DataPilot, which is much nicer, but alas the V60s
> isn't supported quite yet. It does support the T730. It works with most
> makes and models. I bought the universal kit which comes with cables for
> most phones, but the Motorola only versions is cheaper. Downside of
> DataPilot is that it messes up you voice dialing tags.

That would have been useful to suck all the entries out of my
StarTac.... :-(

From what research I have done, DataPilot does not sync with Outlook
or the Palm desktop. It just imports or exports.

Do Mobile Phone Tools or TrueSync actually sync? That would be more
useful.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that TrueSync isn't really
supported on the T730; Motorola is moving to Mobile Phone Tools.

Any other comparisons?

Thanks.

Jeff

"Jeffrey C Honig" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Recently I got Susteen DataPilot, which is much nicer, but alas the V60s
> > isn't supported quite yet. It does support the T730. It works with most
> > makes and models. I bought the universal kit which comes with cables for
> > most phones, but the Motorola only versions is cheaper. Downside of
> > DataPilot is that it messes up you voice dialing tags.
>
> That would have been useful to suck all the entries out of my
> StarTac.... :-(
>
> From what research I have done, DataPilot does not sync with Outlook
> or the Palm desktop. It just imports or exports.
>
> Do Mobile Phone Tools or TrueSync actually sync? That would be more
> useful.

You're correct about Datapilot importing/exporting, not syncing. Personally,
I don't want to sync my phone with outlook, as I've got thousands of
contacts, while the phone book in my phone is limited to 500 entries.

"Jeffrey C Honig" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > Recently I got Susteen DataPilot, which is much nicer, but alas the V60s
> > isn't supported quite yet. It does support the T730. It works with most
> > makes and models. I bought the universal kit which comes with cables for
> > most phones, but the Motorola only versions is cheaper. Downside of
> > DataPilot is that it messes up you voice dialing tags.
>
> That would have been useful to suck all the entries out of my
> StarTac.... :-(
>
> From what research I have done, DataPilot does not sync with Outlook
> or the Palm desktop. It just imports or exports.
>
> Do Mobile Phone Tools or TrueSync actually sync? That would be more
> useful.

You're correct about Datapilot importing/exporting, not syncing. Personally,
I don't want to sync my phone with outlook, as I've got thousands of
contacts, while the phone book in my phone is limited to 500 entries.

"Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> writes:

> You're correct about Datapilot importing/exporting, not syncing. Personally,
> I don't want to sync my phone with outlook, as I've got thousands of
> contacts, while the phone book in my phone is limited to 500 entries.

I'm trying to find a full user manual for MPT to verify
functionality. For Datapilot you can assign a category to entries
that you want to export to the phone. For MPT to be useful it should
have similar functionality.

I'm trying to find a user manual for MPT. All I can find online so
far is a quick reference guide.

Thanks.

Jeff

"Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> writes:

> You're correct about Datapilot importing/exporting, not syncing. Personally,
> I don't want to sync my phone with outlook, as I've got thousands of
> contacts, while the phone book in my phone is limited to 500 entries.

I'm trying to find a full user manual for MPT to verify
functionality. For Datapilot you can assign a category to entries
that you want to export to the phone. For MPT to be useful it should
have similar functionality.

I'm trying to find a user manual for MPT. All I can find online so
far is a quick reference guide.

Thanks.

Jeff

"Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Jeffrey C Honig" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> You're correct about Datapilot importing/exporting, not syncing.
Personally,
> I don't want to sync my phone with outlook, as I've got thousands of
> contacts, while the phone book in my phone is limited to 500 entries.
>

TrueSync allows you to snyc whatever Outlook category or folder you
wish. I add a category for the contacts that I sync with the business phone,
another category for the ones for the personal phone and a third one for the
contacts that go to both phones. I then establish a client profile for each
phone and have it setup to sync the appropriate contacts to the desired
phone. I find it easiest to copy the desired contacts to a new contacts
folder, one for each phone. This helps guarantee that I don't muck up my
original contacts in the event of a brain fade, such as letting the phone
overwrite Outlook. I also sync most of the phones for my department in the
same manner.

If you use Outlook but still want to use a different package to handle
the phone's phone book, you can probably use categories to export the
contacts in a form the other software can read. I used to do that with an
Audiovox and a Kyocera when we had those.

The hassle with TrueSync is having the right version. Motorola doesn't
make it easy to find and upgrade versions. They are not very astute about
this. I also can't understand why they won't bother to write a signed driver
for the phones to use with XP. Guess they are too puny a company to manage
something so complex.


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Thomas M. Goethe

"Steven M. Scharf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Jeffrey C Honig" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
> You're correct about Datapilot importing/exporting, not syncing.
Personally,
> I don't want to sync my phone with outlook, as I've got thousands of
> contacts, while the phone book in my phone is limited to 500 entries.
>

TrueSync allows you to snyc whatever Outlook category or folder you
wish. I add a category for the contacts that I sync with the business phone,
another category for the ones for the personal phone and a third one for the
contacts that go to both phones. I then establish a client profile for each
phone and have it setup to sync the appropriate contacts to the desired
phone. I find it easiest to copy the desired contacts to a new contacts
folder, one for each phone. This helps guarantee that I don't muck up my
original contacts in the event of a brain fade, such as letting the phone
overwrite Outlook. I also sync most of the phones for my department in the
same manner.

If you use Outlook but still want to use a different package to handle
the phone's phone book, you can probably use categories to export the
contacts in a form the other software can read. I used to do that with an
Audiovox and a Kyocera when we had those.

The hassle with TrueSync is having the right version. Motorola doesn't
make it easy to find and upgrade versions. They are not very astute about
this. I also can't understand why they won't bother to write a signed driver
for the phones to use with XP. Guess they are too puny a company to manage
something so complex.


--
Thomas M. Goethe