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Oscar Appelgren

Q: Sync Nokia 6230

Hi,

The Nokia 6230 is not supported by iSync. Does anyone know if it will be and if so when?

Oscar, newbie to Mac (former Linux user)

Posted on Sep 8, 2005 4:59 PM

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Q: Sync Nokia 6230

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  • by OrangeMarlin,

    OrangeMarlin OrangeMarlin Aug 8, 2005 8:02 PM in response to Oscar Appelgren
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    Aug 8, 2005 8:02 PM in response to Oscar Appelgren
    Oscar, welcome to the world of Macintosh.

    If you do a search of this forum, you'll find that Nokia (the company) is NOT very Macintosh friendly. They do certain things like keep some of their software proprietary and changes it with every new model. My suggestion is to move to another phone manufacturer who is more helpful to Apple in developing iSync to work with their phone. Many do. Nokia doesn't.
  • by Oscar Appelgren,

    Oscar Appelgren Oscar Appelgren Aug 9, 2005 1:18 AM in response to OrangeMarlin
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    Aug 9, 2005 1:18 AM in response to OrangeMarlin
    Thanx for your advise Michael. I think I will stick to my phone for a while anyway, it cost a bit... I found that macmedia.sk had a software that supports the 6230 in some ways. I think it will suffice for now in syncing the calendar.

    If I were to change, what would you recommend?

    /Oscar
  • by Alexander Traud,

    Alexander Traud Alexander Traud Aug 9, 2005 3:30 AM in response to OrangeMarlin
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    Aug 9, 2005 3:30 AM in response to OrangeMarlin
    Apple (the company) is not very Nokia friendly.
  • by dave F.,

    dave F. dave F. Aug 16, 2005 7:19 AM in response to Oscar Appelgren
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    Aug 16, 2005 7:19 AM in response to Oscar Appelgren
    If it is the case that Nokia is not being mac friendly then perhaps we could ask Apple to officially request them to help out and/or we start a pettition to Nokia to help out or lose good customers. To any Apple reps on this board, your help will be most appreciated. To any Nokia reps on this boar, get yer bumsickles in gear!
  • by Los Angeles,

    Los Angeles Los Angeles Aug 16, 2005 3:04 PM in response to OrangeMarlin
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    Aug 16, 2005 3:04 PM in response to OrangeMarlin
    Except, Nokia was one of the very first phones that did in fact work with Apple isync and bluetooth... I don't really see how Nokia and Apple work any less or better then other cells.

    The overall technique for making cell phones work with Macs is still in relative infancy - Besides, at some point we'll all be buying Apple cell phones.

    Don't dump your Nokia, it remains one of the best manufacturered, cutting edge phones on the market.

    PS - In the past two weeks alone Apple and Nokia have reach deals to do some Open Source together as well as create a Safari type browser for Nokia phones... So much for not being "friendly."
  • by Alexander Traud,

    Alexander Traud Alexander Traud Aug 17, 2005 8:02 AM in response to Los Angeles
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    Aug 17, 2005 8:02 AM in response to Los Angeles
    Open source can be used by anyone as long as you follow the license. I do not think Nokia made any deal with Apple. I doubt Apple was active at all, Nokia just searched for a solution, found and uses it.
  • by Mika Inkinen,

    Mika Inkinen Mika Inkinen Sep 7, 2005 1:06 PM in response to OrangeMarlin
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    Sep 7, 2005 1:06 PM in response to OrangeMarlin
    Nokia keeping software proprietary? Now that sounds familiar... Apple, of course, does everything (including their GUI) in an open source world!
  • by Alexander Traud,

    Alexander Traud Alexander Traud Sep 8, 2005 9:00 AM in response to Mika Inkinen
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    Sep 8, 2005 9:00 AM in response to Mika Inkinen
    Apple does not offer everything as open source. They open source only those parts which have to be open source. Who told you anything else?
  • by Mika Inkinen,

    Mika Inkinen Mika Inkinen Sep 8, 2005 4:59 PM in response to Alexander Traud
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    Sep 8, 2005 4:59 PM in response to Alexander Traud
    I take it the attempt at humour went unnoticed... Oh well, another day...