I’m annoyed. Ever since I got my MacBook Pro several months ago I held out some hope that iSync in Leopard would support my BlackBerry 8800. Nope. Still unsupported.
I would imagine that Apple has kept the support out because of the iPhone. It’s obvious that RIM is in direct competition with Apple’s iPhone.
Oh well. I’ll continue to use mising sync for blackberry.
Having used a Blackberry for about half a year, any competition is highly welcomed. But yes, it’s annoying they (Blackberry, not Apple) continue to ignore Apple as a platform to support their devices on.
Comment by James Harrison — October 27, 2007 @ 23:06
Although Leopard is am impressive build, im more inclined to say the problem is Apple on this one. They clearly want to take the easy root and eradicate too much competition (and integration) over the iPhone. Shame its on such a bad tarrif in the UK and ill have to sell my right arm to buy it…..
Comment by Josh Nesbitt — October 28, 2007 @ 16:26
Actually, RIM is supporting Apple by giving away PocketMac for the Blackberry, and is even providing toll-free support for it. Check it out in the RIM website.
Comment by John Sears — December 2, 2007 @ 00:55
I tried PocketMac to sync my Blackberry 8310 with my MacBook Pro but it’s absolutely hopeless and not what I expect from RIM at all. RIM just don’t seem to be interested in supporting Apple users at all. Of course I could always boot into XP and sync it there but that defeats the point of having a Mac. I finally got a mac after about 15 years of swearing at windoze and attempting to get my head around linux so I don’t relish the thought of having to go back to using it again! ‘The missing sync’ seems to work absolutely fine, although my trial has just expired and it costs $40 to buy. If the missing sync was free and supported by RIM that would be ideal but PocketMac just isn’t an option as it messes up data and confuses some contacts numbers etc. I would love to be able to use my Blackbery but as it stands I think I will be tempted to buy an iPhone, rather than spend $40 on a bit of software that should be provided to Blackberry users for free.
Comment by Andrew — July 23, 2008 @ 11:08
iSync, as far as I understand, uses an open source method of syncing called Sync ML which many phones also use. RIM Blackberry does not use this method and therefore cannot be synced by iSync. The problem lies with RIM not bothering to support apple users!
Comment by Andrew — July 23, 2008 @ 11:29