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Absolutely. People keep asking me what software I use to sync my Nexus One with my Mac. I usually tell them that, while DoubleTwist lets me organize media onto
by generalk 16y ago
Absolutely.
People keep asking me what software I use to sync my Nexus One with my Mac. I usually tell them that, while DoubleTwist lets me organize media onto the device easily, you really don't need to hook it up to a computer: application backups and system updates are run over the net, for instance. It's usually confusing to them at first, because the iPhone requires a computer running iTunes at such a fundamental level.
- jsz0 16y agoI do really like that iTunes keeps a complete backup of my phone. It could probably be done over the cloud someday but it backs up everything even the read/unread status of text messages, icon placement, settings, etc. Everything.
- megaduck 16y agoMy Palm does that, only I don't need a computer: it does it over the net onto Palm servers. The only thing that doesn't get backed up is media files. However, apps, settings, contacts, notes, etc. are all invisibly backed up daily. Really, there's no excuse for needing iTunes. If Palm can get this right with their miniscule resources, Apple certainly has the capacity to do cloud-based backups. They just haven't made it a priority.
- rimantas 16y agoHow much data can you have on your Palm? 16GB, 32GB? Backing that amount of data puts some requirements on the network too, not only on Apple capacity.
- bobbyi 16y agoGoogle is treating this as something that should exist now rather than "someday". You can go to the store today and buy a new Android phone and when you put in your Google Voice credentials, it will have all of your text messages with their read status. There is no reason a USB cable and laptop need to be involved in that process.
- lkjhgfhjk 16y agoExcept you don't give Google $2000 to sync your Android phone - from somebody's point of view that could be regarded as a huge failure!
- cubicle67 16y agodoes this include application data? When my wife upgraded her iPhone a year ago, iTunes did a "restore from backup" and her new phone was then (an hour or two later) set up exactly like her previous one, including all applications and their data, saved games, in progress games, options, settings, the lot.
- roel_v 16y agoFull backup (of data of applications that don't sync with online services) can be done on the SD card, which can then be moved to another phone. Not as nice as if it were all done online, but it works for now. Slightly related, I wish Android would stop using the SIM card's internal memory. Just import the information on there when a new card is detected and forget about it from there on. I had to fiddle for half an hour to get my wife's data from her SIM card into the normal Android contacts. Half of that was because the UI to do so isn't very obvious. (most of the other part was sorting out the duplicates).