There is also a service called Synkia, available at http://www.synkia.com. They recently announced cooperation with Plaxo – users can sync between Synkia and Plaxo accounts. It is also wireless, cross-phone backup and synchronization.

Soocial syncs with OS X Address Book, most phones, Highrise and GMail.

That claim is false. US Cellular’s My Contacts Backup, AT&T’s Mobile Backup, Cellbackup.com, and several other services have been providing this features for a good while now (over 3 years in the case of Cellbackup.com).

- Do I buy it from the operator?
- How much would it cost?
- What about DRM protected files I downloaded?

Lou
Nexthaus

First and foremost, we are not trying to build a social network. The service is personal in nature and as such is designed to simplify mobile data management by providing a simple web access to your mobile data.

Second, as RD noted above, we believe that the data you create on your phone belongs to you. Not to the mobile operator/carrier and not to device manufacturer. Hence one of the basic functions is to allow you, as a user, to move your data between different phones regardless of the phone type or network you are using.

Third, the service does not require any cables or Bluetooth to mirror your data to the web site. Everything is done over the air. Simply, automatically and, most importantly, seamlessly. Once you configured your client, all you need to do is continue using the phone as you do every day.

In the end of the day, we think that it is much easier to reply to SMS or compose MMS, manage your calendar, or update your mp3 play list from the web than from your mobile phone.

We are sorry for the delays but registration is manual at this stage…

IE happily sees everything and allows you to register.

btw: I bit archaic their registration page. there’s no direct referral field (where to save the TechCrunch pass , looks like all invitations are processed manually

hmm…

Actually, I think you were thinking of the “Biohazard Symbol”
http://images.g...G=Search+Images

I’m hoping this can be used to ditch MS Exchange and I can use Google Apps that will completely sync with a windows mobile phone. and when I a new iPhone comes out w/ 3g it can sync to that.

Anyway, Ive had no issues using nokia and samsung phone-supplied software with bluetooth sync for contacts for the last 6 years.

Sometimes I have to use oulook express as a “middleman”, but I guess they call it “not for the faint of heart

The part Zyb is missing, and Syncy will also likely be missing is the “wireless” sync. The native app that sits on the mobile device and sync your “stuff” to the server without wires.

Once people understand that there are wireless automatic sync options available, connecting your phone to your pc with a wire everyday turns quite tedious.

I think Zyb understands this, which is why they send people looking for wireless sync with their service our way, and I would assume Syncy would do the same.

Hopefully I get in the beta and try it out…

Lou
Nexthaus.com
Nexthaus.com/iphone

My biggest drawback for buying different manuf phones is the hassle of cross transferring data between them.

I put in a submission for an account. I’ll definately be using it.

Someone should just make this software and resell at this poing–it’s doubtful that synchy, zyb, newact or whoever they are will want to do that, since they think they can go for it and make the super big bucks. However, it would be a highly monetizeable b-2-b service.

James
from
FaceySpacey.com, Your One Stop Social Media Shop

PS. Their logo looks like a radioactive sign:
http://images.g...sa=N&tab=wi

Its’ based on the Funambol open source sync solution, meaning that you can install this app on your own server:
http://www.funambol.com/

You can check the number of interesting plugins which have been developed by the community:
http://www.funa...ce/projects.php

Japan also has lots of interesting products, but a much lower percentage is high tech. I think there will be more and more high tech coming out of Japan in the future.