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Syncing

My Initial Encounter with MobileMe

by Bruce Keener on July 14, 2008

In this article, I describe my initial experimentation with Apple’s new MobileMe service. Now, while I have encountered a few problems with it, which I describe, some people are not having problems with it at all. For example, my friend Thomas is using it with his new iPhone and it is working perfectly for him. [...]

Mobility, WM, Syncing, and The Cloud

by Bruce Keener on February 12, 2008

Thomas sent an email to me recently that I want to share with you (with his permission). It will be of particular interest to Windows Mobile users who want to have their data “in the cloud.” After the quote, I’ll mention a couple of other points that generalize beyond the Windows Mobile sphere.

Bruce,
I know that [...]

Share Your Thoughts and Tips on Data Syncing

by admin on November 27, 2007

One of the most visited pages on this blog is my March 2007 article on Keeping a Pocket PC, Outlook, Mac iCal, and a Palm in Sync. When I recently realized how popular that page is, I also realized a couple of other things:

I have learned some things writing that article, and probably needed to [...]

Reader Question on Best Hosted Exchange

by Bruce Keener on August 4, 2007

Mike has asked

What is the best hosted exchange service?
How do you set it up?

While I have been thinking of setting up a hosted exchange, I have not really decided to do it yet. So, I do not have a good answer for him. (I have heard good things about MailStreet and am thinking of trying [...]

How VMware Fusion Eliminates Some of My Syncing Woes

by Bruce Keener on July 11, 2007

When got an iMac in December 2006, I looked for a way to sync all of my Outlook data to Apple’s iCal and Address Book applications. I describe my first success with this in the following article: Keeping a Pocket PC, Outlook, iCal, and a Palm in Sync.
But, trying to keep all of the data [...]