PocketMac Blackberry updated for Intel Macs

PocketMac "Pro" 3.51 PocketPC edition certainly sucks worse than any software I've ever used. So best of luck to anyone who needs this edition.

So what then is the best "smartphone" compatible with Macs? Wanting to dump my old Treo 600...

From what I can tell there has been no update (and based on my testing on a MacBook Pro it still doesnt work). See:

http://www.pocketmac.com/updates.html#Intel

Most recent update states:

01/23/2006: The new Mac Intel Duo machines running OS 10.4.4 have changed the way they relate to the USB ports on the computer. This change was made after we had already vetted the software on the transitional test machines that were available to developers prior to the big release. The machines they shipped, however, have a defect in the software that manages communications with the USB, and no update is available yet. In addition, GoBetween for Entourage does not display in iSync due to another unannounced change.

PocketMac has a rep of working for some people, but not others.

You cannot sync blackberry via bluetooth on the mac, only on PC. So you have to use the USB cable. In general the blackberry has awful Mac support. You can't upload software or firmware from your mac to your blackberry, you need to find a windows machine to do that.

This update is not "universal" it just addresses issues with Intel systems and USB. I still find that clicking on the status icon provides you with a nice long wait due to Rosetta. It'd be nice to get a real universal binary release...

So has anybody figured out how to sync google calendar with a blackberry using pocketmac? This is killing me!

~adrian

One question though - can you sync via Bluetooth using PocketMac/iSync?

And for those that may not have caught RIM and IAA's press release a few months back, PocketMac is now free to BlackBerry owners.