Larry, Thanks for your answer, it is great to get some feedback!
Just to clarify, rather than having a software component on the iOS device, my suggestion would be to have a synchronisation service on the cloud (for example available on the Google App Marketplace similarly to Spanning Backup). This service would once a day (or more) synchronise data between Google and MobileMe without any device being involved. It this was working, all the Apple devices (Mac OS or iOS) would just need to be logged-into MobileMe to automatically receive all the sync updates. Thanks to this The synch between the Apple and Google systems is completely transparent to the user and is only using Apple tools which are built-in the operating systems (but it requires the Spanning Sync service to do the magic in the background drom the Google Apps servers). With rumors of Apple giving away free basic MobileMe subscriptions, I think it would make even more sense. With the Spanning Backup code probably you already have a lot of the work done, but the question is: is it possible to plug it to MobileMe data (which because we are talking about Apple I am afraid is probably a tough one ...). As for Exchange, yes agreed with you there is nothing better you can do compare to what already exists (and anyway the Exchange data model it one of the reasons of my problems that you probably couldn't work around). Any, it is good to see this topic is generating some interest :-) Regards, Boris On Jun 8, 3:28 am, Larry Hendricks <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Boris, > > Thanks for the thoughtful post. We studied the question of OTA syncing > intensely over a period of a few months and came to the conclusion > that it's not feasible for mere mortals (i.e. not Apple and not > Google) to do iOS OTA syncing commercially. The reasons are both > technical and fiscal. > > Technical because: > > a) Until iOS 4 Apple doesn't allow apps to run in the background. > b) Even with iOS 4 there are limits to what apps can do in the > background. > c) Apps can't change calendar data (this might have changed with iOS > 4; I'm not sure). > > That leaves only one technical avenue for non-Apple devs to sync the > iOS, and that's ActiveSync which brings us to the big fiscal issue: > Commercial ActiveSync licenses are expensive. Microsoft doesn't > publish licensing details, but we eventually concluded that the cost > was beyond our means. > > I think for this to become a possibility Apple will have to open the > Apple Sync Services API in iOS to developers. Maybe that's in the > works, who knows... > > Thanks > -- > Larry Hendricks > [email protected]http://spanningsync.com > > On Jun 6, 9:47 am, Boris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > I have happily been using Spanning Sync for a while but I am not > > frustrated with the fact that because has to run on my computer its > > field of action is limited. It is able to give me almost real time > > synchronisation between my Mac and the Google services, but my iPhone > > and iPad are lacking behind: if I had a contact in gmail it will only > > go to my iPhone when Spanning Sync has synchronized it from my Mac and > > then uploaded it to MobileMe. None only this has a lot of machines in > > the middle, but also it is not working if my computer is turned off. > > > What I would very much like to see is an online app on the Google Apps > > marketplace which would automatically synchronize my Google and > > MobileMe contacts and calendars without the need to run any software > > on my computer (ie this would also work when my computer is turned > > off). Basically that you be a spanning sync running on Google's > > servers which would wake up regularly and keep my Google and MobileMe > > data in sync without any intervention form me. > > > That way my Mac/iPhone/iPad can just subscribe to MobileMe and they > > will automatically get all the data from Google (and I don't have > > anything to install on either device). > > > Is it an idea Spanning Sync would consider as a future product > > evolution? (I think it would be a good differentiator compared to the > > many synchronizign options available today) > > Do you know if there is some kind of API for Mobile me data which > > would make this feasible? > > > Thanks a lot, > > Boris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Spanning Sync" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spanningsync?hl=en.
