Comments on: TIP: Synched Address Books

By: angki

angki — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:23:13 +0000

i use google to sync with my blackberry calendar and contacts.
as long as you can trust the google privacy policy, i think it’s the best FREE solution

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:06:34 +0000

If you both write to it at the same time you could end up with a conflict. Dropbox will help take care of that for you, so it might work if you can set your addressbook to be in the drob box directory.

By: Whereismal

Whereismal — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:07:25 +0000

Why not try storing the address book on dropbox.com and then pointing both user accounts to use the same dropbox files? I do this with my 1password files and it works fine.

By: bmaltaverne

bmaltaverne — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:47:24 +0000

You can use their portal & register at: http://my.funambol.com – an alternate solution is http://www.scheduleworld.com as stated above that has the advantage to be free. myFunambol used to be free (and remains free for people, like me, who signed up a long time ago…).

By: Angela Melick

Angela Melick — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:24:07 +0000

Very interesting idea! My husband and I both use Windows Mobile devices and while they are synced to each of our Outlooks, I never thought of syncing them to each other.

One thing that has proven invaluable to us, however, is syncing our devices with facebook. Most of our friends keep Facebook and their mobile number current, it’s come in handy many times!

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:01:28 +0000

I have looked at Funambol, but it looks like it is for providers not end consumers. Did I misunderstand how it works?

By: bmaltaverne

bmaltaverne — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:15:50 +0000

Why not give funambol a try? http://www.funambol.com/solutions/portal.php One of the benefit is that they have clients for a lot of mobile devices & desktop clients (outlook, thunderbird…). It allows you to back-up your address book online or to transfer from 1 device to another… To sync it with the address book on my Macbook I rely on iPhone sync via iTunes, since I sync my iPhone with the cloud via funambol app.

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:19:25 +0000

You could use the same account for your contacts? Also you could setup Plaxo on both computers to keep it synced between the two accounts. (Backup before you try this because I haven’t actually done this.)

By: J.D. Meier

J.D. Meier — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:54:27 +0000

Synchronization is a good thing when you make it work for you. It sounds like you found the right approach.

By: Exlease

Exlease — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:14:41 +0000

you can try this one for Mac: Spanning Sync or Sync´em. It is very nice App. Sorry for my English!

By: ANdy

ANdy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:04:59 +0000

What about using google sync. It now supports a TON of phones. I sync my Mac Address book with Google and my Iphone. In fact I even have my wifes contacts on my phone.

By: astrotsarina

astrotsarina — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:21:00 +0000

We have the same issue, but we each have our own .Mac accounts, so it doesn’t quite work. We use BusySync for the calendar part. Any suggestions for the contact part?

By: magnus

magnus — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:39:15 +0000

I would go for: http://www.scheduleworld.com

” Synchronizes and integrates with more devices and software than any other service.”
Syncs events, todos, contacts and notes

By: ageekymom

ageekymom — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:26:17 +0000

We also use Airset and I use it to sync with my Palm. I like the fact that everyone in the family can access the contact list, as well as the calendar. I can schedule things and specify whose calendars they appear on. I can get calendar reminders sent to my cellphone and/or email. I have groups set up for our car club and Euchre group as well.
Since it’s web-based (and FREE) I can access it anywhere.
I love it!

By: Michael Sampson

Michael Sampson — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:46:03 +0000

Here's another option, for cross-platform sharing and synchronization ... but at a monthly or annual cost ... http://blog.xcnetwork.com/index.php/about/