What about Sony Ericsson Walkman phones?

I've found three Mac OS X-native methods for using a Sony Ericsson phone with iTunes. Can anyone comment on their experiences with these?

1) SyncTunes:

http://www.nesfield.co.uk/synctunes/

2) iTuneMyWalkman (a beta-level iTunes script):

http://ilari.scheinin.fidisk.fi/itunemywalkman/

3) Dreamsicle, an iLife-like shareware app that integrates these phones with iTunes, iPhoto, and video clips:

http://www.kaisakura.com/dreamsicle.html

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Before I hear comments along the lines of "give up and buy a Motorola iTunes phone," let me state the following, which are my experience-derived OPINIONS:

· I dislike the fact that everyone and their mother has a RAZR (or SLVR, to a bit lesser extent).
· I greatly dislike Motorola phones for their mentally-challenged interfaces, dumbed-down Bluetooth implementation, and weak iSync/Address Book integration.
· I more greatly dislike having artificial limits placed on the number (25-100 depending on market and irrespective of memory capacity) and bitrate (128 kbps? why?!?) of the songs I put on my phone.

1.25GHz G4 Desk Lamp iMac, fully loaded, Mac OS X (10.4.7), 60GB Color iPod (4G) x 2

Posted on Aug 11, 2006 7:21 AM

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Sep 17, 2006 10:05 AM in response to Helicon Twist 2008

Thanks for your comments, I bought the V3i and now that iTunes quit playing songs and only shuffles through them, the phone is worthless as a music player. Also, it does not have the capabilities for bluetooth stero headphones and I am stuck with the crappy Moto ear buds that won't stay in my ear, so I am selling my V3i on eBay and buying the Sony Erricson. At least I appreciate your help!
CW

Oct 24, 2006 8:47 AM in response to Helicon Twist 2008

I would like to exhange my new SLVR for a Sony Ericsson W810i for some of the same reasons you stated: clumbsy UI, weak iSync integration, and song limit.

As long as you can mount the Sony Ericsson's Micro SD memory card on your Mac OS X Desktop via USB, you should be able to use any of the three iTunes options you mentioned, for transfering and listening to non-DRM iTunes files.

I'm hearing conflicting reports. Can anyone please confirm that the Micro SD card mounts via USB and is writable in OS X??

Thanks.

PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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