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Apple Announces iSync 1.1 and QuickTime 6.3
chrisbw writes "According to this press release, Apple has announced iSync 1.1 and Quicktime 6.3. iSync adds support for more phones (including USB), as well as syncing Safari bookmarks!" Software Update has QuickTime 6.3 now, and iSync 1.1 is available via the web site.
Just worked for me. Also included is now a Bluetooth Software download, upgrade to 1.2.1, which wasn't mentioned by the original article poster in this Apple Update.
Informatus Technologicus
Bluetooth 1.2.1 provides enhanced stability and support for the following Symbian OS based mobile phones: Nokia 3650, Nokia 7650, and Sony Ericsson P800. Bluetooth 1.2.1 is recommended for use with iSync 1.1.
I was hoping that this update would fix some annoying features of iSync. In order to get iSync to work with your Palm, you need to install Palm Desktop before iSync then do the hokey pokey and ... well I forget how it goes. I first thought it would replace Palm Desktop but it does some sort of conduit interfacting with PD. I wanted to see this revision drop the complexities of getting iSync to work with my Palm but it looks like this has not happened. ...bummer.
Does anyone know whether this will be bi-directional? i.e. Can I use bookmarks on one machine... and on another and add to each of them in between syncs? That would be awesome!
By the way, is there any easy way to do this with Mozilla? Especially, with mozilla on different OSs?
(from the AP press release)
[The new Quicktime is] the industry's first mainstream solution to support the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard and to deliver a foundation for the creation, delivery and playback of rich multimedia content over wireless networks.
More coming from Apple and that DoCoMo partnership I guess? I would love to have QT capabilities on my cel.....
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I just found some specifics....
.3gp file format support."
"QuickTime 6.3 delivers extensive support for the 3GPP standard, including Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) and Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) audio, MPEG-4 and H.263 video, 3G Text (TX3G) and native
Of course AAC support and MPEG-4, but what the hell is 3G text?
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If true, perhaps this means a new iPod firmware ought to be coming out very soon? I know Apple promised an update for USB 2.0 under Windows in June. But my primary concern is that we get an update that fixes the bugs in the 2.0 firmware (most notably the clicking between tracks).
But then I'm straying a bit off topic here... Hopefully the AAC encoder in QuickTime 6.3 works as well as or better than QT 6.2 for encoding from iTunes. I did a quick comparison before leaving this morning, and while there are byte differences between a 6.2-encoded AAC and a 6.3-encoded file, they are both the same size and I couldn't tell any audible difference (improvement or otherwise) at 160 kbps. The blurb on the website about 6.3 has plenty of marketing-speak about AAC but no real technical details telling whether anything of substance changed.
Just some random thoughts, back to work!
Say hello to zMac.
You've checked out Missing Sync, right?
-- clvrmnky
iSync is a generic synchronization platform. It uses SyncML to keep databases together across multiple devices.
It's an important part of Palm use with a Mac, but in truth using iSync with a Palm is a little messy. That's because Palms don't support SyncML. So you still have to use their piece-of-shit "hotsync" software, although iSync handles all the ins-and-outs of getting your data in and out of your applications. Hotsync still has to do the heavy lifting with your Palm.
With Bluetooth phones, on the other hand, iSync is all you need. Just pair the phone to the computer and click "Sync Now." Poof. All your contacts and calendar items are in your phone. It's pretty nice.
What version of Bluetooth in the P800 are you users on? (To find out, do this: Go to Applications (4 dots), menu: View, then System Information. When the System Infomation panel is open, click the arrow (go to the second page).
My Bluetooth verison is CXC12529 R5A
It's been updated TWICE in the past 2 months (once at CeBIT and once recently in the mass update). SE has really messed-up the Bluetooth implementation so that the Auto mode doesn't work with headsets (and possibly the Mac, when the phone rings for example). It only supports the most basic OBEX Push for Bluetooth.
We might soon either have a workaround from Apple, or a new revision for compliance from SonyEricsson.