Samsung T609 Compatibility

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Samsung T609 Compatibility

Has anyone got the GSM Samsung SGH-T609 to work with iSync, either through the USB cable or Bluetooth?

It works fine through Bluetooth File Exchange, and iSync sees the phone, but says "iSync cannot connect to this device". Also, Address Book will let me send vCards to the phone just fine, and it says it's connected via Bluetooth, but the Call Info Display (where it tells me who's calling when my phone rings) doesn't pop up when I receive a call, even when I'm well within Bluetooth range of the computer.

I wonder how long it's gonna be before Apple adds T609 support to iSync... but until then, has anyone found a way to make it work with iSync and any Address Book features other than sending vCards? And maybe for apps like BluePhoneElite to recognize it?

Thanks,

-Aran

PowerMac G5 Dual 2.7, 1GB, 250GB, X850 XT, Mac OS X (10.4.7), Bluetooth, Airport Express

Posted on Aug 30, 2006 9:44 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 31, 2006 1:40 AM in response to Aran Crowe

Unfortunately, as stated in list, no Samsung phones are iSync compatible.

I believe that this is because Samsung chose to use their own proprietary syncing protocol rather than the industry standard SyncML, or in phones that do support SyncML, their version of it is quite rubbish.

From what I read, it is very unlikely that Apple will be able to support proprietary syncing methods, so unless Samsung aligns itself with the rest of the industry, you're going to be out of luck for iSync.

Some of these links may help, however:

http://fusion94.org/blog/2006/04/22/howto-sync-a-samsung-a920-with-mac-osx/
http://www.onmadesoft.com/pgs/mobiles_samsung.html
http://www.vincenzoazzone.com/en/megacell/megacell.html

You'd have to contact the authors of the last two to ask about your phone specifically.

As this is such a common question here, I just wonder why so many people choose and buy a mobile phone, before researching its Mac-compatibility?

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Answer 2

Aran Crowe Author

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Sep 1, 2006 12:23 AM in response to Julian Wright

That first link just describes how to send vcard contacts to the phone via bluetooth, which I can already do... I'm more looking to be able to have my mac pop up caller ID on incoming calls, or dialing numbers/sending sms messages via address book.

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Answer 3

Aran Crowe Author

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Sep 15, 2006 10:32 AM in response to Aran Crowe

Anyone...?

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