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Mac Sync Finally Comes to the Danger SideKick
drenalin writes "After many months (years for some early adopters) of waiting, users are finally able to see the light of day for Markspace's, MissingSync for the HipTop. This is an iSync conduit which allows users to sync their calendar and address book over the Internet to their SideKick from T-Mobile. For many Mac users this is the one feature that now finally makes the SideKick a nearly perfect device."
Synchronization is the one feature that kept the Sidekick from being a just-about-perfect device. I switched from a SonyEricsson P800 to the Sidekick and it was painful not to have synchronization.
I just downloaded and ran this program, and it works like a charm. It's even easier than syncing the P800 because I don't have to fool around with the Bluetooth connection. I only need an internet connection.
It's well worth the $30.
the KillerB
I had a sidekick for about 2 years. Good and bad with it. It was one of those impressive gadgets for a while, flip it open and people said "whoooooa". But then the screen wouldn't light up when it flipped open. Sometimes it feels like a brick. I could SSH and chat on it, but no real other applications and of course no sync. Of course I got a blackberry a few months ago, and now they announce this. I wouldn't go back to a sidekick again. The blackberry is nice, but I long to be able to write with a stylus. And if you want to buy a program, everything is like 50 bucks! What happened to the $5 apps I used to buy for my handspring!!
The "T-Mobile Internet" plan, which is required for the SideKick, is Unlimited data for $29.99 / month.