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Best Phone To Sync with OS X
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Senior User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Palo Alto, CA
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We're in the market for new phones for our company. Does anyone one have any recommendations on phones that sync well with OS X. Ideally we could sync address book & entourage contacts and easily SMS from desktop to keyboard and back
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: San Francisco
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I've been wildly happy with the Handspring (now Palm) Treo phones, despite some minor hardware misfires.
From what I've heard from early Treo 600 buyers they're pretty happy too.
Syncs easily with iSync, although I don't go near Entourage (so you'll have to look elsewhere for that).
Good luck.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Allston, MA, USA
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I just got my Treo 600 and I love it. Works great with my PowerBook G4.
I need to check to see if I get a BlueTooth adapter if I can sync it through that. That would make it perfect.
However, it is expensive if all you need is a phone (I need a Palm and a phone, so I went in this direction).
-- Jason
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Senior User
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Sitting in front of computer
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My Sony Ericcson T610 works great.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NY²
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i have the Sony Ericsson T616 (T610 for AT&T iirc) and it is great. and it has the added bonus of working with salling clicker
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Front of my Intel iMac 20"
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I have a Nokia 6600. works perfectly with iSync via Bluetooth. Bluetooth file transfer works like a charm too.
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iMac Intel Core Duo 2.0 Ghz 20", 1.5 GB RAM, 250GB
iMac G5 2.0 Ghz 17", 512 MB RAM, 160GB
iPod Video 5G 60GB White
Mighty Mouse sucks - "Bought the Logitech 518 Gaming mouse"
USB 2.0 Hard Drive Sucked - "Bought a Firewire Hard Disk"
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: in front of the keyboard
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Second the T610...cool phone and works perfectly (in my experience) with iSync and Bluetooth
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signatures are a waste of bandwidth
especially ones with political tripe in them.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Sony Ericsson - hands down the best for OS X with Bluetooth support.
T68i, T610/616, T630, etc.
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Senior User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Palo Alto, CA
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Another question... I want to keep phone/Entourage/Address Book in sync any suggestions software-wise... especially between phone/Entourage.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: California
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I love my Z600 from Sony-Ericsson. The BT implementation in the SE phones is really almost seamless with OS X. I was amazed at how quickly it was set up to iSync contacts and my iCal stuff. And using my BT phone as a modem for my Powerbook is awesome on the road. Very reliable.
The only bummer I have run into is with iCal, the SE phone will not get the "all day" events from iCal. Not a big deal.
I don't know how it would work with Entourage.
If you go to SE's page, you will see that they are introducing all kinds of really nice new phones.
You can get T610s for really cheap, like negative $$$. Not bad. They actually pay you to get the phone!
Check out amazon.
Good luck!
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MacBook Pro
Mac Mini
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Professional Poster
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Switzerland
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I used to use a T610. Worked great, and with Romeo was really useful for presentations and stuff.
However, I'm now on my 3rd actual phone now though (in 6 months), as the T610 seemed to spontaneously break after a month or so of my usage!
Just downgraded to a non-bluetooth Nokia to see if I can lower my attrition rate...
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: 'round the corner
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: PDX
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T68i here. Works flawlessly. But I don't think this phone is offered anymore, so... nevermind me. 
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: California, USA
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Originally posted by Nebagakid:
what about for Verizon?
I was told there are no bluetooth phones available with Verizon. Does anyone know if that's ture?
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Admin Emeritus  Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
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See the Peripherals forum, please.
tooki
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