Windows Phone Thoughts: SyncMate 2.5 is Released: AutoSync and Real-Time Sync Options Added

"With SyncMate 2.5 all Mac users can sync their Macs with Windows Mobile devices or Nokia phones, other Macs or Windows PCs, Sony PlayStation® Portable, USB flash drives, Google accounts and special online storage provided by Eltima! New version provides additional sync options."

SyncMate is available in both Free and Expert editions. The free edition allows you to sync only calendar, contact and and SMS data, while the Expert edition ($39.95) adds the ability to sync iTunes & video, iPhoto, bookmarks, folders, mail, notes and more. Read the press release for full list of features after the break.

"Bellevue, WA, USA: Eltima Software, global software Development Company, has released SyncMate version 2.5. SyncMate 2.5 enables all Mac users to synchronize Mac with Windows Mobile devices, Nokia S40 phones, Android phones (via Google account only), Windows PCs, other Mac computers, Google accounts, Sony PlayStation® Portable (PSP), USB flash drives and allows to backup Mac data online. (http://mac.eltima.com/sync-mac.html )

Among the new features added are the following ones:

• Ability to sync your Mac with Windows Mobile devices via Bluetooth (USB and Wi-Fi connections are also supported);
• Autosync option (lets you set various automatic sync options for any of supported devices: sync when device is available, sync every X minutes, etc.);
• Real-time synchronization (available for USB flash drive, other Macs, Sony PSP, Windows PC synchronization and syncs data immediately);
• Video conversion to AVI, MPG, MP4, WMV, ASF, 3GP formats in iTunes&Video plugin;
• Safari bookmarks synchronization with Windows PC browsers (Opera, Firefox, Chrome);
• Ability to sync iTunes & Video and iPhoto among several Macs;
• Ability to search through SMS messages and Calls history (by name, phone number, etc.);
• Ability to export SMS messages into TXT, CSV, HTML formats;
• Ability to add definite USB devices into ignore list if you don’t want to sync them now.

SyncMate is offered in two versions, Free and Expert.

SyncMate Free Edition enables you to sync Address Book and iCal entries in your Mac with their analogues in supported devices and back up these data to Online Storage Account. Google Contacts and Google Calendar synchronization options are also available. With Free Edition you can also read your SMS messages right from Mac OS X computer, share Internet between Mac and Windows Mobile devices and visually analyze detailed information of Windows Mobile devices connected (battery state or memory usage).

SyncMate Expert Edition provides all users with a full access to all synchronization features. Sync iTunes&Video, iPhoto, Safari and Firefox Bookmarks, Entourage and Mail Notes, ToDo's, Mail and even separate folders between your Mac and supported devices, create, send or delete SMS right on your Mac computer. With Expert Edition all users can install any .cab files to Windows Mobile devices right from Mac computer.SyncMate CompatibilitySyncMate is compatible with Mac OS X platform (Mac OS X 10.4 and higher, Mac OS X 10.5, Mac OS X10.6). Device compatibility: Windows Mobile Pocket 5, Windows Mobile Smartphone 5; Windows Mobile 6 Standard, Windows Mobile 6 Classic and Windows Mobile 6 Professional; Windows Mobile 6.1, Windows Mobile 6.5; Nokia S40 devices; PSP (running Firmware 2.7.1 or higher); MS Windows 2000, XP, Vista.

Additional information about SyncMate, along with detailed technical documentation, online help, changelog, upgrade policy as well as free installation package can be found at: http://mac.eltima.com/sync-mac.html(A free registration key for a review is available upon request. Contact Alex Taylor (alex.taylor at eltima.com) for more information or to request a registration key.)"