Mark/Space says its Missing Sync for HTC Touch synchronizes notes, calendar, and phone book data on a smartphone or PDA with Macintosh applications including Address Book, iCal, Entourage 2004, and others. It also synchronizes Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other files, the company adds.
Mark/Space's new application is said to use the same synchronization engine as the company's
Missing Sync for Windows Mobile, which runs on other Windows Mobile devices and is now available in version 4.04. The company provided no specifics about differences between the two applications, but Missing Sync for HTC Touch is likely a facelifted version designed to harmonize with HTC's
TouchFLO and
TouchFLO 3D user interfaces, found on a variety of the manufacturer's phones. According to Mark/Space, the app runs on the HTC
Touch,
Touch Cruise,
Touch Diamond,
Touch Pro, and
TyTN.
Version 4.04 of the Missing Sync for Windows Mobile, released in November 2008, added support for synchronization with Microsoft's Entourage 2005 and 2008, including contacts, calendar events, and tasks, and stamped out a variety of minor bugs, according to Mark/Space. the company says. Ironically, that release was also said to have worked around problems with HTC's TouchFLO 3D and contact photos, among other fixes.
Missing Sync's main screenVersion 4.0 of the application, released in August 2007, added support for Windows Mobile 6.0 devices. It also added video encoding/decoding capabilities: using a drag-and-drop interface, the application can transcode Quicktime videos into a format suitable for playback in Windows Media Player Mobile 10, then move them to the phone. Conversely, any videos taken with the device can be moved to the Macintosh automatically.
Missing Sync's call log access screenAlso new in 2007 was a logging feature for calls and SMS messages (see above). Other features, carried over from
previous releases, include photo and music transfer. The application can transfer iPhoto albums onto the phone for display, or automatically move newly-taken photos from the mobile to the Macintosh. In addition, podcasts or unprotected music can be copied from a user's iTunes library to the phone, says MarkSpace.
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4.0.3 update, released in June 2008, provided no new features, but offered better performance and fixed a variety of problems, according to Mark/Space. For example, the application newly supported password-protected Windows Mobile 6 devices, and allowed devices to be mounted on the Macintosh desktop. In addition, compatibility with the firewall in "Leopard" (OS X 10.5) was improved, the company says.
Further informationAccording to Mark/Space, The Missing Sync for HTC Touch is available now for approximately $40. For further information, see the company's web site,
herem.
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