[CUBE] Syncing Cube to PocketPC

[Rick Rodman]

I'm using PocketMac 3.1 on a Cube (1GHz, 1GB, 40GB HD, Panther) with an 
Audiovox Thera (PocketPC 2002) PDA phone.  It's very slow; ActiveSync 
under Windows takes maybe 30 seconds, PocketMac takes 7+ minutes.  
PocketMac is very thorough and seems to work fairly well.  File syncing 
is the slowest part, sometimes it locks up and you have to start it 
over.  BTW I am using Entourage as the PIM; I have over 200 tasks in a 
number of categories, about 300 contacts, and about 70 files in my 
documents folder.  If you don't have as many tasks, contacts or files, 
syncing will be faster.

PocketMac does not convert Pocket Word documents to Word format.  
However, it does give you an application to edit them.  I haven't tried 
Pocket Excel.

If you're mainly doing addresses, and you're not using the task list 
feature, iCal and Address Book may be OK for you.  I haven't tried 
syncing with them, as I tried that with the T68i (and the Newton) and 
iCal was just too crude for my purposes.

I guess in summary, PocketMac isn't as mature as ActiveSync, but it 
does the job well enough.  I didn't get Missing Sync because it doesn't 
sync to Entourage.  I'm not crazy about paying for downloads with no 
manual or disk, but that seems to be the modern trend.

Feel free to email me if you have any specific questions.

On Nov 17, 2003, at 6:12 PM, Hal wrote:

> I know that this borders on heresy, but I have to ask...
>
> Does anyone here have experience syncing their Cube (or other Mac) to 
> a Pocket PC or WinCE device?
>
> I just acquired a Cassiopeia E-125 in a swap and it's pretty cool. 
> Officially, it's not supported by Missing Sync, but it is listed as 
> supported by PocketMac. Anyone use either one of these sync programs?
>
> Any info is appreciated.
> -Hal