Skip to Content

Mark/Space to release Missing Sync for iPhone

When I saw that Mark/Space was planning to release a version of Missing Sync for iPhone my first reaction was: what for? But as it happens I think they've hit upon some needed features that are actually missing from the out-of-the-box iPhone experience. First is a Migration Assistant for moving contacts, calendar entries, and photos from a Palm, Windows Mobile, or Blackberry device onto your Mac and thence to the iPhone. It also syncs your SMS messages and call log to your Mac so you don't lose information when you hit the storage limits on the iPhone. Best of all, perhaps, is Notes syncing, which will allow you to view iPhone notes in Yojimbo, Entourage, or Mark/Space's Notebook application. Unfortunately, however, it appears that it's only one-way, from the iPhone to the Mac, and not vice versa. This lack two-way Notes syncing remains a puzzling lacuna as far as I'm concerned, and I'm looking forward to somebody, whether it be Apple or Mark/Space, filling this obvious hole in the iPhone feature set.

Missing Sync for iPhone won't be available until the 4th quarter and will sell for Mark/Space's normal price of $39.95, but crossgrades will be offered from other Missing Sync products.

[via MacNN]

Categories

Software iPhone

When I saw that Mark/Space was planning to release a version of Missing Sync for iPhone my first reaction was: what for? But as it happens...
 

Add a Comment

*0 / 3000 Character Maximum

17 Comments

Filter by:
Noah Iliinsky

As with so many other folks, I'll never buy another markspace product again. Their missing sync for sidekick was incredibly bad, destroy your calendar and addressbook bad (make backups!), unreliable, with a bad UI and bad documentation. Instead of fixing it they discontinued it.

I wouldn't suggest anyone trust them with data until their quality improves significantly.

October 18 2007 at 3:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ed

I had a horrible experience with Calendar syncing calendars on my Tungsten using Mark Space and, after dropping the $40 on their product a few months ago, they wanted almost (if not) full price for the latest version. I hope I will never have to buy another product from them. Duplicated calendar events, duplicated alarms in events.. it was just a nightmare.

October 18 2007 at 10:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Eric Carroll

Aaron W. #9, you are 100% correct. I also hope that Leopard bring some kind of "To Do" syncing...

September 26 2007 at 2:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mini-me

I've been using missing sync for windows mobile for the last couple of years - no problems - I for one am a happy camper

September 26 2007 at 7:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mikael

Bwahahaha! MarkSpace really puts the missing into MissingSync. Dont expect it to sync with your iPhone in the next year, by which you will have to pay $25 for an "upgrade" to yet another beta version of their software.

September 25 2007 at 6:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Harry Noel

Mark Space software was a serious waste of ones and zeros not to mention cash. Their PPC version product never worked as they claimed it did. They left those features on their web site so that new customers would get suckered into buying the product even after admitting that some 'features' were broken, including in the latest version. That's just plain lying to prospective customers.

September 25 2007 at 5:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
byron church

I also have had great experience with missing sync . If you use a mac and a Treo you're missing out on a great synergy ! I had a glitch or two over the years but always got great help and feedback . I don't know about Samsung or blackberries . I'm glad to have them on board . We need all the help we can get .

September 25 2007 at 5:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gene

This is another example of Apple's secrets causing havoc. Someone brings out a piece of software to plug a gap in Apple's system... in this case, Notes synchronization. But iPhone Notes will synchronize in Leopard, which comes out in a few weeks.
A lot of people spend a lot of time working on these things only to discover that Apple will make their efforts moot in short order. But they didn't know because Apple is so tightlipped about what they are planning.

September 25 2007 at 5:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Aaron Willis

I would think that the "Notes" feature on the iPhone would sync with the upcoming "Notes" in Leopard's Mail.app. Right? That's what I'm hoping for, come October.

September 25 2007 at 4:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Elam

My experiences with Mark/Space have been great. I'm using a Treo650 and have had to restore two separate phones that had hardware issues. The restores went off w/o a hitch, my backups have worked w/o issue and I've never had a problem with errors in syncing.

The reason I bought MissingSync was to fix the iSync problem that is still not resolved [that I'm aware of] when using iCal/iTunes/iPhone.

I have 6 calendars and need to see them all as distinct entities, just as iCal tracks them - separate colors, names, etc. iSync would not transfer the Calendar names [OR location info] to the Treo and everything would end up in one calendar...all taking place nowhere. Missing Sync fixed this for me...here's hoping Apple fixes this before I buy my iPhone [just waiting for the current mobile contract to end].

September 25 2007 at 4:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Buy an ad here

Hot Apps on TUAW

Tweets

© 2012 AOL Inc. All Rights Reserved.