Samsung phone support for isync

Yes. I reviewed Lafferty's list.

But I see that it has not a GSM counterpart.

I've recently got a Samsung D600 and it's a great phone. I chose it over Sony Ericsson 750i despite knowing that the latter behaves fine with iSync. For me the advantages of the D600 (build quality, audio quality, excellent email client, looks nicer) outweighed the Sync issue.

But I have investigated various options for syncing after exhaustive searching of all the mobile/mac websites.

Oh I prefer Entourage to iCal/Address Book, but I've 'synced' the Apple apps to my Entourage to try solutions which only work with the Apple apps. Can sync with either software or using my pda to 'carry' data between Entourage and then sync to Apple apps.

Onsync works for addresses (Entourage or Address Book) with the supplied USB cable, but seems a very 'clunky' interface so I don't plan to use it (just tried the demo - I like it when developers let you test whether something will work.

For me the best address solution is that you can drag vcards from Address Book and the bluetooth them over as a bunch. I don't update the phonebook on mobile that often so this is very practical, and if I really need to add something it's usually just one or two addresses.

I haven't found any way of getting calendar appointments from the Mac to the phone. Shame as the phone's calendar is very nice. However I can bluetooth calendar entries from my Palm OS Clie pda to the phoen which works fine. Problem is I can only do this for individual entries - no way I've found of sending a whole calendar. Guess I'll have to do this manually from now on. Shame as carrying a calendar may be would save me from having to have the Clie with me to check dates/availability. Of course the excellent Novamedia solutions which work with Entourage via iSync are ruled out since the phone is not iSync-compatible.

The good news is that Bluetooth works perfectly between the phone and my Mac (G4 Powerbook 12inch, OS 10.3.5). Can browse all the files on the phone from the Mac and the phone can see the Mac's public folder! Can also use the phone as a modem via bluetooth using a generic gprs script from that very useful site whose name escapes me (takinawa or something like that?).

Finally the phone has expandable memory using MicroSD card (boy are they tiny - easier to find a contact lens if you drop it) so you can easily transfer songs to the music player using a card reader (the phone even plays AAC files which is how I keep my iTunes) and you can transfer excel, word and powerpoint docs for reading (not editing) on the phone's built-in Picsel Viewer which looks great in full screen mode or output to TV.

Not relevant to iSync but Mini Opera browser works beautifully on the D600. The developers released a new version a couple of days ago to fix problems which arose with the D600. They did this within a week of becoming aware of the problem - would that Apple moved as fast with iSync!

So bottom line: nice phone, some workrounds, but if you really need to sync look elsewhere. there seem to be lots of smartphone solutions that work with Missing Sync etc as well as the obvious Treo route. Sony phones and older Motos and Nokias seem best for working out of the box with iSync, though newer models are left out.

I've recently got a Samsung D600 and it's a great phone. I chose it over Sony Ericsson 750i despite knowing that the latter behaves fine with iSync. For me the advantages of the D600 (build quality, audio quality, excellent email client, looks nicer) outweighed the Sync issue.

But I have investigated various options for syncing after exhaustive searching of all the mobile/mac websites.

Oh I prefer Entourage to iCal/Address Book, but I've 'synced' the Apple apps to my Entourage to try solutions which only work with the Apple apps. Can sync with either software or using my pda to 'carry' data between Entourage and then sync to Apple apps.

Onsync works for addresses (Entourage or Address Book) with the supplied USB cable, but seems a very 'clunky' interface so I don't plan to use it (just tried the demo - I like it when developers let you test whether something will work.

For me the best address solution is that you can drag vcards from Address Book and the bluetooth them over as a bunch. I don't update the phonebook on mobile that often so this is very practical, and if I really need to add something it's usually just one or two addresses.

I haven't found any way of getting calendar appointments from the Mac to the phone. Shame as the phone's calendar is very nice. However I can bluetooth calendar entries from my Palm OS Clie pda to the phoen which works fine. Problem is I can only do this for individual entries - no way I've found of sending a whole calendar. Guess I'll have to do this manually from now on. Shame as carrying a calendar may be would save me from having to have the Clie with me to check dates/availability. Of course the excellent Novamedia solutions which work with Entourage via iSync are ruled out since the phone is not iSync-compatible.

The good news is that Bluetooth works perfectly between the phone and my Mac (G4 Powerbook 12inch, OS 10.3.5). Can browse all the files on the phone from the Mac and the phone can see the Mac's public folder! Can also use the phone as a modem via bluetooth using a generic gprs script from that very useful site whose name escapes me (takinawa or something like that?).

Finally the phone has expandable memory using MicroSD card (boy are they tiny - easier to find a contact lens if you drop it) so you can easily transfer songs to the music player using a card reader (the phone even plays AAC files which is how I keep my iTunes) and you can transfer excel, word and powerpoint docs for reading (not editing) on the phone's built-in Picsel Viewer which looks great in full screen mode or output to TV.

Not relevant to iSync but Mini Opera browser works beautifully on the D600. The developers released a new version a couple of days ago to fix problems which arose with the D600. They did this within a week of becoming aware of the problem - would that Apple moved as fast with iSync!

So bottom line: nice phone, some workrounds, but if you really need to sync look elsewhere. there seem to be lots of smartphone solutions that work with Missing Sync etc as well as the obvious Treo route. Sony phones and older Motos and Nokias seem best for working out of the box with iSync, though newer models are left out.

These are the "standard" features of an industry standard. Completely normal.

This is a simple fix. I've got a Samsung Pocket PC phone and purchased a download from Markspace.com or you can just enter missing sync into google and it will take you there. For approx. $40.00 I purchased a downloadable version and can sync it with Entourage no problems. Hope this helps.

the t809 can be used as a [slow] modem for connecting to the net via dial-up..

this is done via the "GENERIC MOBILE SCRIPT" found at

http://www.taniwha.org.uk/

THIS ONE:

Generic Mobile Phone Scripts (9kB): Generic Scripts - Third release, creating slow & fast scripts; should work with most phones, whether GSM, CDMA or TDMA. These scripts use minimal set-up and configuration commands, and leave the rest to the phone's defaults. They may well report false connect speeds like 19200 or 230400 - do not trust the reported speed!

http://www.taniwha.org.uk/files/GenericPhoneScripts2005-09.zip


Install that, set you phone as a USB modem is the phone settings [instead of mass storage], go to system prefs, enter the dial up account info, go to modem and there should be generic listed on the modem scripts 🙂

Ok, so I see no one has posted hear in awhile, so I am, I just purchased the t809 samsung and will get this thing to work with my address book, who would not need those 2 things to be the same....
I do like the guys idea of the bluetoothing the files over, BUT, a new phone and 500 entries, i guess that just means its time to go through my contacts and clean house anyway....I keep you all posted on my findings...
k
later

Ya, its LAME!

lol

o well,

I am pretty happy w/ just my modem stuff 🙂

help!

anybody was successful in connecting the model SGH-X800 to the computer? Just for data transfer...



ibook g4 Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Ya,

Use Bluetooth to trasfer to the phone memory
USe the USB cable in mass storage mode [usb settings menu] to access the trasflash card memory.

Modem is described above

I'd be really interested to know if anyone finds a way to sync iCal and Address book to the t509.

That is a sweet looking phone. I emailed the address on OnSync's website. If I hear anything I'll post back.

thanks 🙂

The developer of OnSync answered my email. He (Antonio) said that he had a user successfully sync the t509:

"I received a positive report from a user working with a SGH-T809 and using the SGH-D500 configuration please try this configuration too
sincerely
antonio"

i tried that, and i could not get it to work via USB...

have u?

If so, exact steps would be great 🙂

No Sorry I haven't I don't even have the t509 yet. If it worked I was going to get it.

Does your Mac have bluetooth? I wonder if you can Sync using Bluetooth.

So do you have this phone? How do you like it?