Microsoft Phone Data Manager Gives Symbian Phones That Syncing Feeling
Doesn’t sound like a big deal, does it? However, Microsoft have been stubborn for the last…well, forever, preventing anything other than Windows Mobile handsets from using their Phone Data Manager syncing software.
Their newest update is currently in beta, and they seem to have had some kind of spontaneous change of heart and allow it to be compatible with Symbian S60 operating systems, the preferred OS for Samsung and Nokia handsets. Whaa?!
It’s true! This version allows owners of these previously shunned phones to back up all valuable data to the PC in a quick and easy manner via Bluetooth or USB, but not without a classic Microsoft caveat…
The program requires use of Windows Live Contacts to move data around. Oh, you don’t have an account? Then sign on up! It makes the process a little more time-consuming, but who doesn’t have an old Hotmail account kicking around that they can bring up to date with a contacts list?
It does offer the choice of saving everything to the computer as well an orbiting space station that can be accessed anywhere Apple’s MobileMe-style, and it is a move towards some kind of unified method of doing things rather than the fractured mobile market we currently have. Well done Microsoft!
Is it a genuinely altruistic act, or is Microsoft trying to rally forces in the face of Google’s Android? Either way, give it a free download and see if you prefer it to your current syncing solution…
Source: Symbian Freak
