While I don’t have an iPhone (yet), I’m very glad to see that Mark/Space has released the first edition of The Missing Sync for iPhone. I currently own an AT&T 8525, which runs Windows Mobile, and use The Missing Sync to connect it to my MacBook Pro. If and when I do switch to the iPhone, it looks like TMS for iPhone will let me move all of my data fairly painlessly - and far better than the OEM software.

I like The Missing Sync enough to post Mark/Space’s press release in its entirety:

MARK/SPACE RELEASES THE MISSING SYNC FOR iPHONE

The Missing Sync for iPhone offers powerful migration tools for smartphone switchers and adds useful synchronization capabilities not provided by Apple.

LOS GATOS, Calif. – December 31, 2007 - Mark/Space, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of The Missing Sync for iPhone. The Missing Sync for iPhone helps migrating smartphone users switch to the iPhone, and enhances current iPhone users synchronization features. Now SMS, call logs and notes data will no longer be trapped on the iPhone.

Mark/Space has, for some time, provided a lifeline for Mac users that want to use smartphones and other devices. Now that Apple has an attractive alternative to those devices, Mark/Space now lets those people migrate their data easily with The Missing Sync for iPhone. It also adds features for iPhone users that need to capture useful data created on the iPhone, like SMS messages, notes and call logs.

As Windows users are also switching to the iPhone, Mark/Space is also working on a Windows version of The Missing Sync for iPhone to be released in the coming months.

Brian Hall, Mark/Space CEO, said “Our business is based on connectivity and freedom of choice for consumers. So it makes perfect sense to develop a product that helps users migrate their data from one mobile platform to another. The Missing Sync for iPhone does just that, and it joins our other Missing Sync products in making sure that Mac users get a comparable, and often an improved, experience to Windows users using any smart mobile device.”

Migration made easy

The Missing Sync for iPhone supports migration from most smartphones using Palm OS, Windows Mobile or BlackBerry OS. The Migration assistant is a step-by-step utility that makes getting contacts, calendars and phone camera photos a simple task. Even if users never synced with their Macs before, The Missing Sync for iPhone makes it easy to transfer data from the old phone and load the information onto the iPhone in minutes.

1001 uses

The iPhone keeps only 1000 SMS messages, both incoming and outgoing, which means at some point users will start to lose older information. But The Missing Sync for iPhone collects that data so messages are safe no matter how prolific a texter you are. It also lets users view and search the SMS messages in a threaded view on their Mac, just like on the iPhone.

You rang?

Incoming calls aren’t always from people in the address book, and often they’re useful numbers to have. Syncing the call log means users can browse new contact numbers and add the useful ones to the Address Book on the Mac. It also means that incoming, outgoing and missed calls are logged, which is great for business users that need to keep track of costs. Need to claim expenses for that hour long business call to Paraguay? No problem, just check the call log.

A note about notes

The Notes application on the iPhone is a useful scratch pad for ideas, plans and to-do lists. But often those notes are more useful elsewhere, perhaps with other notes you have on your computer. The Missing Sync for iPhone will sync the iPhone notes, so you can read them in Microsoft Entourage, Yojimbo from Bare Bones Software, or Mark/Space Notebook, which comes as part of the package.

Pricing and availability

The Missing Sync for iPhone is available immediately as an electronic download from the Mark/Space Online Store for $39.95. A CD-ROM version will be available shortly at $49.95. Upgrades from qualifying Mark/Space products are $24.95.

Compatibility and system requirements

The Missing Sync for iPhone will run on any Mac with Mac OS X v10.4.9 or newer, native USB support, and an internet connection. Data migration supports devices with native USB capability running Windows Mobile 2002/2003/5/6, BlackBerry 4.0 or higher, Palm OS 4 or Palm OS 5. For detailed product requirements, visit www.markspace.com/iphone.

ABOUT MARK/SPACE, INC. 
Founded in 1990, Mark/Space, Inc., develops and markets mobile and wireless software, including SyncTogether and the award-winning Missing Sync products that connect a Mac computer to handheld devices from HP, HTC, i-mate, Motorola, Palm, RIM, Samsung, Sony, T-Mobile, Apple and others.

mediatemple, which expertly hosts all of the WebbleYou Blog Network sites, has launched a cruel new product, which only adds to the temptation to buy an iPhone:

That’s right - ever the geek’s darling webhost, mediatemple now has an iPhone-compatible control panel, so that shiny piece of glass can now be considered a business expense.

I don’t have an iPhone, so I won’t be using this particular feature, but it goes to show how (mt) is always staying on the cutting edge.

They also just launched their new Nitro ($750/month) dedicated physical virtual (WTF?) servers, if you’re in the market for some power.

mediatemple is the reason WebbleYou no longer offers webhosting - they do it so well, they make the rest of us look bad.

As hundreds of thousands of people buy the iPhone and delight in its fabulous user interface, I predict that the following will happen:

• People will be disappointed with the network speed, as some have already reported
• People will love the UI and will show it off to friends. Some of them will drop their $600 gadget while showing it off. Big + shiny = easy to drop.
• Some people will think it’s made of iridium and not get a case. They will end up with a scratched iPhone.

  

• People will get irritated that other devices don’t have such good UIs. Enrollment in college courses focusing on user interface design will soar.
• Supply will remain strong, though some areas will sell out.
• People will gradually start to realize that half a dozen websites have iPhone-disassesmbly photosets, so they’ll stop trying to be the first to destroy theirs.
• Someone will figure out how to unlock it, so you don’t have to use AT&T
• The hundreds of auctions on eBay for the iPhone (currently ranging from $850 to $2,500 for the 8GB model) will result in a lot of people getting ripped off, just as we saw with the PS3 and Wii. eBay will start requiring the username to be written on a sheet of paper and included in the auction photos, but it’ll be a bit too late.
• eBay will have to shut down a lot of ridiculous iPhone auctions, like this one for $21,000,000 (which isn’t really fraudulent, since you can use the “make an offer” feature to pay a less-absurd-but-still-crazy price, but people will put in bogus bids).
• The torrent of ridiculous iPhone accessories will last until at least Christmas
• The next iPhone will be even better, and people who wait for the 2nd iteration will not be sorry that they did.

Other iPhone predictions as people take them home and start using them?

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Here are the details. Basically, you need a Cingular/AT&T 8525 Windows Mobile 5 smartphone, a USB cable, and a laptop.

Most wireless companies also offer a wireless broadband service (such as EVDO), but they require you to have a separate account for the wireless card (which has its own SIM card) or require you to use the SIM card from your phone. I will say that the claim of “broadband” speeds hasn’t been met in my experience, so don’t expect too much. In a wi-fi-less pinch, though, this could be a really nice feature to have.

I don’t know if you can use the phone for voice and data at the same time, as I haven’t tried it, but I’m guessing you can’t (though it did come with a splitter to connect the headset and the computer to the 8525 at the same time).

Again with the link to how to do this

Also in 8525 news:

• 8525.info will be launching soon as part of WYBN
• There is another Windows gadget called the 8525 - a very different 8525

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PalmOne, the beleagured, oft-renamed PDA company, has licensed its OS to LG, maker of every kind of electroniks from refrigerators to cute little flip phones. We’re guessing LG is planning to make a PDA Phone rather than, say, a PDA fridge, but that’s purely speculation. Link, via

I for one am hoping for some smartphones with the Palm OS that cost less than the $400 or so you have to drop for a Treo650. LG seems to be able to make good stuff pretty cheap. I would go for a 3-year contract if they’d give me one; I’d even sign a contract on a new fridge as long as I get free roaming and an icemaker.

Siemens’ sweet SX66 Pocket PC phone is available now:

Full specs available here. Some highlights:

• Plays WAV/WMA/MP3 Stereo
• Bluetooth, WiFi, USB, and IR connectivity
• Runs Windows Mobileâ„¢ 2003 Second Edition
• Integrated QWERTY slide-out keyboard