Comments on: When did you last backup your handset contacts? http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/01/when_did_you_last_backup_your_handset_contacts.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:14:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sevendotzero http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/01/when_did_you_last_backup_your_handset_contacts.html/comment-page-1#comment-214066 Sevendotzero Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:59:41 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/01/when_did_you_last_backup_your_handset_contacts.html#comment-214066 A few months back ZYB managed to lose over a hundred of my contacts. It failed to upload them during a sync and then deleted them from the handset on the next sync. Fortunately I had a copy of them in Outlook, otherwise they would have been gone forever. I raised the issue, plus some other bugs I spotted, with ZYB but no one bothered to respond. A few months back ZYB managed to lose over a hundred of my contacts. It failed to upload them during a sync and then deleted them from the handset on the next sync. Fortunately I had a copy of them in Outlook, otherwise they would have been gone forever. I raised the issue, plus some other bugs I spotted, with ZYB but no one bothered to respond.

]]> By: njar http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/01/when_did_you_last_backup_your_handset_contacts.html/comment-page-1#comment-214010 njar Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:47:23 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/01/when_did_you_last_backup_your_handset_contacts.html#comment-214010 zyb is excellent.. Normal people don't sync their phones with outlook/datacables/n9% autosettings etc (yet).. therefore full credit to these guys for making it relatively easy to use.. zyb is excellent..

Normal people don’t sync their phones with outlook/datacables/n9% autosettings etc (yet).. therefore full credit to these guys for making it relatively easy to use..

]]> By: Jeb http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/01/when_did_you_last_backup_your_handset_contacts.html/comment-page-1#comment-213979 Jeb Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:06:41 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/01/when_did_you_last_backup_your_handset_contacts.html#comment-213979 May I suggest that everybody steer clear of Plaxo as backup software. I have had terrible experiences with it. May I suggest that everybody steer clear of Plaxo as backup software. I have had terrible experiences with it.

]]> By: Alan Third http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/01/when_did_you_last_backup_your_handset_contacts.html/comment-page-1#comment-213967 Alan Third Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:57:56 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/01/when_did_you_last_backup_your_handset_contacts.html#comment-213967 I've got Shozu set to backup my contacts, but it doesn't seem to work quite right on my N95 8GB... I lost one or two folk and it started doubling others up... I’ve got Shozu set to backup my contacts, but it doesn’t seem to work quite right on my N95 8GB… I lost one or two folk and it started doubling others up…

]]> By: psionandy http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/01/when_did_you_last_backup_your_handset_contacts.html/comment-page-1#comment-213963 psionandy Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:13:30 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/01/when_did_you_last_backup_your_handset_contacts.html#comment-213963 5 times a day via outlook sync.... and overnight with an automatic encypted backup to the SD card... 5 times a day via outlook sync…. and overnight with an automatic encypted backup to the SD card…

]]> By: Jared http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/01/when_did_you_last_backup_your_handset_contacts.html/comment-page-1#comment-213950 Jared Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:39:58 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/01/when_did_you_last_backup_your_handset_contacts.html#comment-213950 my n95 syncs up twice per day, provided i enter the proximity of my powerbook. i use ProximitySync, a plugin for Salling Clicker. i think the whole setup cost me about $30 a few years back - i've definitely been running it on the last couple laptops i've owned, as well as on at least 3 different mobiles. my n95 syncs up twice per day, provided i enter the proximity of my powerbook. i use ProximitySync, a plugin for Salling Clicker. i think the whole setup cost me about $30 a few years back – i’ve definitely been running it on the last couple laptops i’ve owned, as well as on at least 3 different mobiles.

]]> By: MarkW http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/01/when_did_you_last_backup_your_handset_contacts.html/comment-page-1#comment-213926 MarkW Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:21:12 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/01/when_did_you_last_backup_your_handset_contacts.html#comment-213926 I've got really paranoid about this in recent times, despite the fact I've never lost a phone (okay, now I need some wood to touch, as it were). Haven't tried Mobyko but I have got a Zyb account and also one at MyMobileVault. I find the latter the best at keeping the format of your contacts in-tact. I actually think the best of all so far is <a href="http://www.bloove.com" rel="nofollow">Bloove</a> because not only does it sync your contacts and SMS, you can archive old contacts, send SMS and initiate calls through it, over the web. Fabulous. That's the one I've opted for on my wife's 6120c - and she "gets" it! Brilliant - because she HAS lost phones. Next addition to her handset is the excellent <a href="http://www.txt2lock.com/" rel="nofollow">Txt2lock</a>, so when she does lose it, I can shut it down. That gives you a real sense of security! I’ve got really paranoid about this in recent times, despite the fact I’ve never lost a phone (okay, now I need some wood to touch, as it were). Haven’t tried Mobyko but I have got a Zyb account and also one at MyMobileVault. I find the latter the best at keeping the format of your contacts in-tact. I actually think the best of all so far is Bloove because not only does it sync your contacts and SMS, you can archive old contacts, send SMS and initiate calls through it, over the web. Fabulous. That’s the one I’ve opted for on my wife’s 6120c – and she “gets” it! Brilliant – because she HAS lost phones. Next addition to her handset is the excellent Txt2lock, so when she does lose it, I can shut it down. That gives you a real sense of security!

]]> By: Jeb http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/01/when_did_you_last_backup_your_handset_contacts.html/comment-page-1#comment-213925 Jeb Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:20:55 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/01/when_did_you_last_backup_your_handset_contacts.html#comment-213925 I have gotten that phone call a bunch of times, "I lost my phone, what do I do Jeb?" I always ask if they backed up and inevitably they say no. It is one of the easiest things to do, why don't people learn. I have had my number for many many years now and will sometimes get a call from a friend who lost their phone, they start asking me for other friends numbers and I ask how they still had mine. I get the same answer each and every time, "you've had your number since back in the day when we still memorized numbers, before everyone had a mobile". I have gotten that phone call a bunch of times, “I lost my phone, what do I do Jeb?” I always ask if they backed up and inevitably they say no. It is one of the easiest things to do, why don’t people learn.
I have had my number for many many years now and will sometimes get a call from a friend who lost their phone, they start asking me for other friends numbers and I ask how they still had mine. I get the same answer each and every time, “you’ve had your number since back in the day when we still memorized numbers, before everyone had a mobile”.

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