How to synchronize Outlook with your cell phone

As more people use their phones as digital agenda, a problem always comes up sooner or later: how to synchronize an Outlook Calendar and a cell phone? Tech Tag explains 2 ways to synchronize Outlook with a cell phone using a synchronization standard called syncML.

First, you need a few things:

1. syncML compatible phone
2. WAP connection (GPRS, 3G)
3. A syncML account (scheduleworld, zyb)
4. Outlook

Then, there are two Outlook plugins you can use:

• Funambols syncML plugin. This plugin is free, but according to Tech Tag, it has a few issues but they managed to make it work and they explain how to.
• Nexthause’s Outlook plugin. It is available in a 15 days trial version or a $29 paid version.

This how-to sounds pretty simple and is very well detailed. Follow the steps and your synchronization should be up and running in no time!

Mobile GMaps
Mobile GMaps is a free java application that can be downloaded to your cell phone. It allows you to view Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, Windows Live Local and Ask.com Maps on your cell phone screen. You can also connect a bluetooth-compatible GPS to your cell phone and receive accurate positioning!

The Mobile GMaps software supports a limited number of phones though. These phones are fully supported:

• Series 60, 80, 90 Nokia phones (N-Gage, 3230, 3250, 3650, 3660, 6600, 6260, 6620, 6630, 6670, 6680, 6681, 7610, 7650, 7710, 9300, 9500, E60, N70)
• Most MIDP 2.0 Nokia Series 40 phones (3220, 5140, 5140i, 6030, 6101, 6170, 6230, 6230i, 7270, 8800)
• MIDP 2.0 Sony-Ericsson phones (J300, K300, K500, K600, K700, K750, P900, P910, S700, S710, V800, W800, Z500, Z800, Z1010)
• Motorola (A780, A925, A1000, E398, E680, E680i, E1000, M1000, MPx220, RAZR/V3, V505, V551, V600)
• Blackberry (7100, 7290, 7510, 7520, 7920)
• PocketPC/WindowsMobile phones (using the IBM J9 as J2ME VM)
• Sanyo (s750, MM-5600, MM-7400)
• LG PM325
• Siemens (CX65, S65, SF65, SK65, SXG75)
• Sharp 902
• Sagem (myX5-2, myX8)

Google Maps Mobile
Google now also offering Google Maps Mobile for free. While Google Maps Mobile doesn’t support GPS positioning, it provides cell phone specific features such as ‘click to call’. Here’s a list of supported phones.

Now you can leave your home without the fear of getting lost ever again. I guess.

Source:Google Maps goes mobile

“Its new Vizrea Snap service can automatically move pictures among a phone, PC and the Web. No heavy lifting required. You just need to load software on a computer and compatible phone.

Images from the phone show up on your PC and the Net. And you can use your phone to peek at pictures stored on your hard drive.

Vizrea also organizes pictures, audio and video clips and blog text into “collections” that can be shared. Under that scenario, Vizrea has copied images onto its own servers.”

Article at: Cell-phone photos in your PC

Vizrea Snap is free during the trial phase. Check it out if you have a compatible phone. I don’t see cellular phones as big competitors to digital cameras though. The quality just isn’t there yet, and as digital cameras are becoming cheaper and cheaper, I’d think people would use the digital camera on their phone only to send a quick snapshot to another phone.