Sony is now beginning to support Mac users with its Android XPERIA smartphones by making a version of its synchronization software available to OS X customers. Though Mac users can mount their phones as a drive and drag and drop content into their phones, Sony’s new Bridge software will give an iTunes-iOS-like environment where Android [...]
Apple already includes its Thunderbolt port, created as a collaboration with Intel, on its MacBook and iMac, but the standard may also be going mobile as well. The iOS-maker has recently filed for patents to use Thunderbolt on mobile devices, including the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. At the very least, Thunderbolt would be able [...]
If you want an alternate browser on the iPhone or iPad, one of the top choices is the Dolphin Browser. This week it got even better, especially for users who are switching from an iPhone to an Android or users who have an Android smartphone and an iPad as their tablet. The new iPhone and [...]
The Ford Evos is making its North American debut at CES 2012 next year. Ford’s concept car is a technology showcase that goes far beyond giving driving directions or pairing with your mobile phone. The Evos integrates driving performance with cloud computing and social networking. Ford already offers autos loaded with Sync and is in [...]
The popular Dolphin Browser got Android just for a major upgrade today that takes your favorite browser to the cloud. The Dolphin Browser is a replacement for your standard Android browser that allows you to customize gestures, change your browser from mobile to desktop so that you can get your full browsing experience when you [...]
The new iCloud replaces MobileMe, Apple’s previous tool for syncing personal information data like email, contacts and calendars. While I would recommend using something more feature-rich like Google Apps, which has all three and adds Google Docs and much more, you still might want to use the new iCloud feature to have a second copy [...]
Ford and Spotify demonstrated exactly how what I’d like to have in my car at the TechCrunch Hackathon. Using Ford’s SYNC API, Spotify was able to integrate its iOS app into a Ford’s SYNC demo unit. Spotify is a music service that streams music on demand. Like competitors Pandora and Slacker, you can search by [...]
The only thing more frustrating than leaving a file at home when you really need it is being unable to send a file to a co-worker or family member because it is too big for email. If you commonly encounter these problems, you need to check out SugarSync and enter our SugarSync Back to school giveaway for [...]
If you are a Google+ user who wants to put your posts there and on Twitter and/or Facebook, the tool for you is Publish Sync: a Chrome-only extension. There are not many options for cross-posting your updates to Google+ as well as the other social networking services. This one seems to do the job. You will only [...]
iCloud won’t include one of the most useful MobileMe features – OS X Settings synchronization. Things like the layout of your OS X Dock icons, keychain passwords and user names and all of your email accounts will not be synced between devices via the new iCloud service. When I first made the leap to the [...]
Touchscreens aren’t new to cars, but just like on our phones and tablets, the screens are getting larger and the user interfaces are getting better. The new MyFord Touch system is an evolution of the voice controlled SYNC system which we reviewed last summer, adding in a touchscreen and easy access to smartphone apps like [...]
Google announced an update to their sync service for iOS devices like the Apple iPhone and iPad bringing three welcome feature updates. The ability to search all email – not just locally stored Calendar events invitation handling Send Mail As which lets you send messages with a different return address than the one being used [...]
After Apple had announced its next-generation iOS 5 software and the iCloud photo, documents, and music synchronization engine with the cloud, Microsoft is revealing more information about its SkyDrive document and photo synchronization service as part of the Windows Phone 7 Mango update that’s slated to come this fall. SkyDrive is a cloud-based service that [...]
Research in Motion, makers of the BlackBerry smartphone, has announced that it has acquired Tungle, which integrates with existing social networks and cloud-based calendaring systems to share their appointments, events, and calendar regardless of platform. In its blog, RIM says, “The Tungle team is bringing their expertise in cloud-based, cross-platform, calendar management to the BlackBerry [...]
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The HTC Thunderbolt is a pretty amazing phone, but the first 4G LTE phone on Verizon’s network has at least one major issue — it can drain a standard battery in 4 hours while browsing in a 4G network area. While many will see their Thunderbolt last longer, since they won’t be browsing the web [...]
Angry Birds Sync is coming this summer, which will be good news for Angry Birds fans who play the game on multiple devices as the service will allow, for example, you to pick up your game on an iPhone where you left off on the iPad or Mac. This way, you don’t have to start [...]
It seems as if we just looked at a brand new MacBook Pro and the iPad 2, but we are already turning our sights to the next apple refresh which is likely to be a new MacBook. We also round up a collection of outdoor notebook accessories, point you to some new Sony VAIO and Samsung notebooks [...]
Google is re-igniting its war with Facebook, but this time the war is fought much closer to home on the Android home front. With the recently deployed Android 2.3 Gingerbread over the air update to rectify some of the Nexus S‘s many problems, Google is removing the Facebook contacts synchronization feature that would allow Android [...]
Microsoft has released its Windows Phone 7 Connector software, which has now existed beta, on the Mac App Store, which will allow users of the company’s Windows Phone 7 platform and Zune devices to synchronize multimedia content from their iTunes library to the Microsoft-powered devices. The Windows Phone 7 Connector will also allow users to [...]
With HP having already teased that it will launch a webOS-based tablet in the near future, we now have more information about its Topaz codenamed tablet, of which the company has filed for the Touchpad trademark. Along with the hardware specs for the tablet and its ability to sync wirelessly with the cloud, PreCentral has [...]
Research in Motion has launched updates to its BlackBerry Desktop Software for Windows and Mac. The Mac update now supports synchronization with BlackBerry 6 devices, like the newly launched BlackBerry Torch on AT&T or the BlackBerry Style on Sprint, and will allow users to switch devices and synchronize media–including music–over WiFi. Mac users can grab [...]
The following GottaBeMobile readers have won a full license to Eltima Software’s SyncMate, a program that enables easy syncing between Windows Mobile devices and Mac OS X: Bito, Nike, R, Michael Anderson, and tivoboy. Check out this post to learn more about SyncMate and read the winning comments. We appreciate Eltima Software’s participation [...]
Remember that today is your last opportunity for a chance to win Eltima Software’s SyncMate software which syncs your Windows Mobile device with Mac OS X. Hit up this GBM post for full details and to enter. Leave your comments suggesting new features for future versions of SyncMate, and you could walk away [...]
Perhaps you remember my previous review of Eltima SyncMate, the software solution for syncing your Mac and Windows Mobile device. Our friends from Eltima Software are preparing to release a new version, but before they do, they’d like to offer GottaBeMobile readers an opportunity to win a few licenses for version 1.4! Click [...]
Wow – Google is now offering FREE Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync syncronization for Calendars and Contacts. Mail is not currently supported. iPhone, Windows Mobile, and other various phones are supported. Head over to m.Google.com/sync to learn more, and the devices supported. Heads up – setting up sync will wipe all calendar and contact data on [...]
Ovum, a tech analyst consulting firm, is recommending that enterprises take a cautious approach to Cloud Computing, citing outages from Amazon and Google, as well as management challenges, as examples. “Enterprises are right to be cautious about relying on such consumer/SME-oriented suppliers for anything resembling a mission critical application or service,” said research firm Ovum [...]
We broke the news several weeks ago about Windows Live Sync replacing Foldershare, and the transition has officially begun. Download the new Windows Live Sync here.
I had a lot of fun testing out Ford’s Escape Hybrid and their Microsoft SYNC technology. As I expressed in my posts and demoed in my videos, my kids and I had some struggles with the speech recognition aspect, though. During my evaluation, I was surprised to find out that Nuance ( the company behind [...]
Cue up The Police. Microsoft just sent out an email advising all Live Foldershare users that a new product will be announced in December called Windows Live Sync. It will replace Foldershare and will include the following enhancements: More folders and files—sync up to 20 folders with 20,000 files each. Integration with Windows Live ID—no [...]
Windows Live Mesh is one of those products whose reach will be felt for a long time to come, especially as Microsoft begins to roll out sync features that tie in their applications (think OneNote, etc). DaveTN, a respiratory therapist about to enter graduate school, has penned a great article on why he likes Live [...]
In this final installment of my look at the Ford Escape and SYNC, my kids offer up their take on the car. Click through to the Read More link to see the video and be sure to check out the previous coverage:
I caught my neighbors trying out the mood lighting in the Ford Escape Click through to the Read More link to see the video and be sure to check out the previous coverage:
In day 5 of my adventures with the Ford Escape Hybrid and SYNC, I give Warner a call and we talk about the weather, gas prices, engines, and generally just have a good time. Video after the Read More…
Check out this great video demo that shows how Ford SYNC works. It is very well done and quite entertaining. Click through to the Read More to see the video.
Day 4 with the Ford Escape found me taking my son to a doctor appt. Trying to plan ahead, I stored the doctor’s contact info on my phone so it would be immediately available to me on the SYNC. I had hoped to use that address book info as part of the GPS navigation, but [...]
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These days whenever someone mentions the word “Tablet” visions of the iPad or something similar dance in their heads. Not that long ago a tablet was something quite different: a Windows-based slate computer. Since the rise of the new idea of the tablet there have been a few Tablet PCs trying for relevance in an [...]
