blackberry and mac

i love my blackberry pearl (although i would sorely love a curve!), and i definitely love my macbook, but the pocketmac software provided by blackberry for syncing their phones with apple machines has to be about the worst software i have ever come across, and i don’t say that lightly.  it is absolutely terrible – ridiculously inept piece of programming, and i just find it incredible that RIM would have countenanced it as their official sync software for macs.  

it’s a bit of bind for me, because i love both of these devices and i desperately need for them to talk to each other.  i’m currently using mark/spaces’ “missing sync” product, and so far so good, although i’ve experienced a few quirks with that too.  but, so far, at least it hasn’t completely crashed my mac like pocketmac did – ridiculous software…

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7 Responses

  1. Yeh I tried both programs too for my Pocket PC and found Missing Sync was better, although as you say, not without problems. For a week or more it just decided to cease recognizing my phone at all, and it’s also had a constant error with contact syncing since the second week I had it. My problem with the Mac is I still find it hard to troubleshoot when things go wrong.

    Baggas - February 4th, 2008 at 6:55 am

  2. I find the problem with macs is a 10% market share and they suck ;)

    Deftoned - February 4th, 2008 at 7:12 am

  3. 10% and growing… you’ll get one soon enough, and then you’ll why you didn’t back in 2007 when OB gave you the tip… :-)

    ob1 - February 4th, 2008 at 7:28 am

  4. What are you doing up this early, here i am thinking i can troll a blog in peace, remember give Deano some flack about buying a mac, i will tell him you are looking for him when i see him today

    Deftoned - February 4th, 2008 at 7:42 am

  5. He’s a pastor, no doubt he is up early….off to golf maybe? :)

    Mark E - February 4th, 2008 at 9:40 am

  6. yeah, right… nope, golf isn’t what got me up… it’s called “the-beginning-of-school-again”…

    ob1 - February 4th, 2008 at 11:17 am

  7. well – 10% market share just proves the smart ones are always the minority……
    I’ve had my mac for several onths now and I’m very impressed… just bought my good lady a macbook pro – very nice…

    Barry. - February 5th, 2008 at 11:56 am