Sony Ericsson m600i - iSync

Has anyone tried out that patch? Does it work? You can get it here:
http://www.planete-se.net/index.php?showtopic=14292&st=420

No, it doesn't work for all the reasons given above. The person who released that patch did so before even testing it with an M600. He's since deleted it from his site.

It is boring, but according to the P990 white paper "Meeting requests can be sent from the Calendar application via email. Meeting invitations can be received by email and added in to Calendar." - so as a workaround till iSync or a third party get their act together.
Also you could use your google calendar:
1. Google Calendar's SMS-notification option allows you to conveniently check your calendar just by sending a quick text message
2. browse google calendar with 3g or wifi



PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

I also own the M600i, a fantastic mobile. I got past the sync problems by syncing against an exchange server and using Entourage on my Macs! As far as file copying concerns, you can use the Bluetooth functionality!
You can get an Exchange Account from many providers, I personally use www.4smartphone.net and I am very happy with it.
To sync against Exchange Server, you first need to download the Exchange Active Sync software for the M600i, available for free on the Sony Ericsson web site.

Thanks for the tip, Petvas. I use Entourage anyway so this might be interesting. Can you please give some tips about which account to get from them? Is the XPress sufficient? I'm afraid I don't have a clue what to watch out for and how this works.

Are there any providers that offer a free Exchangeaccount? All I need is to sync my calendars. I don't want to pay for an account, because it will be redundant once Apple pulls it's thumb out and makes ISync compatible with the M600i.

I've set up a Personal Exchange account with mail2web. However, after wasting several hours I have come to the conclusion that I don't understand what it's all about. I'm not certain I've got the settings right, or that it will even do what I intend. If I create a contact or a meeting in entourage it puts it on the local computer rather than the exchange server. The exchange server seems to only appear when I click on the email icon. I've also tried switching on sync with iCal yet nothing happens.

this whole alien world is driving me mad. Can anyone help me out?

An Exchange Account is just an Email account hosted on a Microsoft Exchange Server System. Exchange Server has the "Exchange Active Sync" feature with which allows synchronization with mobile devices running the Active Sync Client. This client is mostly found on Pocket PCs but now more and more devices running a Symbian OS have the client.

Entourage should be configured to use an Exchange Server account. Then on the mobile device the user has also to configure the exchange server connection.
The M600i phone doesnt have the Active Sync Client by default but it is available for free on the Sony Ericsson web site. You will have first to download it and then configure it!
iSync doesnt have anything to do with this type of synchronization...
Entourage syncs against the Exchange Server mailbox, so does the M600i. There is no direct syncronization between Entourage and the M600i.

An Exchange Account is just an Email account hosted
on a Microsoft Exchange Server System. Exchange
Server has the "Exchange Active Sync" feature with
which allows synchronization with mobile devices
running the Active Sync Client. This client is mostly
found on Pocket PCs but now more and more devices
running a Symbian OS have the client.

Entourage should be configured to use an Exchange
Server account. Then on the mobile device the user
has also to configure the exchange server connection.

The M600i phone doesnt have the Active Sync Client by
default but it is available for free on the Sony
Ericsson web site. You will have first to download it
and then configure it!
iSync doesnt have anything to do with this type of
synchronization...
Entourage syncs against the Exchange Server mailbox,
so does the M600i. There is no direct syncronization
between Entourage and the M600i.

Something wierd has just happened. While browsing the internet, I suddenly noticed that a whole load of stuff appeared in Entourage, a mail box, calendar etc. I'm assuming this thing must be very slow, and didn't even give any indication that it was thinking about doing something.

I know iSync has nothing to do with the Exchange Server. However, all my contacts and calendars are in Address Book and iCal, and Entourage has a section in it's preferences to sync with iCal etc. Therefore what I need is for my calendars to go iCal ---> Entourage --->Exchange server ---> M600i.

I generally hate Microsoft software, so Entourage is only a temporary solution. I want to keep everything in iCal and Address book, but for now I will have that Sync with Entourage so it can communicate with the Exchange Server. Unfortunately, even though I tell entourage to Sync with iCal, nothing ever seems to happen. None of my appointments have appeared in Entourage from iCal so far.

From searching through other threads I've just discovered that the Entourage - iCal sync doesn't actually send stuff from iCal to Entourage, it just creates an empty calendar in iSync. anyone know how to merge other calendars and copy them to the entourage calendar?

Oh well, I give up. I exported my calendars in iCal, then imported them into the Entourage calendar within iCal (to merge them), then sync with Entourage, this sync'd to Exchange Server. Installed Exchange Activesync on the M600i, but got an error during installation. In calendars on the M600i some of the events were there, but many missing.

This is more trouble than it's worth, I think I'll just wait for Apple to pull their thumbs out and update iSync.

P L E A S E - Apple, don't wait for the next OS X update to release the iSync update. The lack of frequent iSync updates is incredibly frustrating.

I simply want to join the chorus in asking Apple, PLEASE develop iSync so we can use it with the Sony Ericsson m600i. It is a great little phone, and while we wait for Apple to bring out a phone/PDA combination, this one is nearly perfect because it has style and G3. Shame there is no WiFi. John

2GHz 20" ICBM 2Gb RAM Mac OS X (10.4.7) Also Cube, MacMini, MacBook, round bottom iMac, Newton etc

You need the professional account which also provides sync capabilities with Outlook 2003/Entourage.
4Smartphone lets you use your existing email address by forwarding all the email to the new "transparent" account that 4smartphone creates. For example I use the petvas@mac email address hosted on .mac
My 4smartphone email is sth lie mac_01pvas01@4smartphone.net.
In your user preferences you can configure email forwarding so that all mail is automatically forwarded to the smartphone account. When you send email through this account, the return address is your real one. This way you have the privilege of push email and calendar/tasks sync with any email address!

The initial sync on Entourage is very slow but after that the speed is normal. Why hate MS Software? Entourage is much better than the mail/ical combo...

I have successfully set up and account with Mail2Web and have synchronised Entourage with the Server (and can view all my stuff via their web site). It's synchronising from the server to the M600i that's the problem. I get "Symbian Error [-1]" each time I try. After this, if I go into calendars on the M600i some of my events are there but many are missing.