After purchasing my new hot i-Mate JasJam and hacing it to run Windows Mobile 6 (more on that new post) I needed a way to sync my Macbook with my phone. Originally I was running VMWare with Windows XP and just syncing it in there but it came a time when I wanted to control my contacts and use Mail and other applications to access it, so it was time for a native application.
I wanted to use Missing Sync for Windows Mobile 6 but their store lacks the PayPal purchasing option, so thus I discovered PocketMac which ended up detecting my device during setup but refusing to detect it further while the application was running: what a waste of 30 Australian dollars.
So I browsed the XDA Developers forum and found out about SyncMate, this beta but free application uses iSync to talk to all the Mac services but slips in its own agent on the desktop and mobile device to initiate the sync. It takes a bit of plugging and unplugging but afterwards it provides Contacts, iPhone, iTunes, Calendar, Notes, Time, Folders and CAB installation all in one FREE app. The application will also query your SMS and storage devices, something I believe PocketMac lacks.
Head over to http://www.eltima.com/products/syncmate/ to check out the FREE beta, if this ever goes to stable I will no doubt buy it. Without it I would be sucking down valuable RAM with VMWare.
