My Phone Beta for Windows Mobile is officially open!
If you missed out on one of the elusive beta codes when Microsoft’s My Phone sync service when it was first released, lament no more. It’s finally become available for everyone, and with the latest update to the mobile client, it’s really starting to look like a viable option for syncing your phone, sans PC.
Whilst the web portal still seems problematic, I always find it takes an interminable amount of time to log on to the site, where I can manage my synced info, I seem to be syncing successfully from the phone.
The mobile app is now fully functional, syncing storage cards as well as phone PIM info. One thing to note here is the settings for storage card sync are pre defined in the app, it looks for media of any kind to sync. Therefore, any thing on the storage card that is perceived as media by the app is synced.
I install a lot of applications on the storage card on my Tilt, and lots of those apps have libraries of icons and sounds. So My Phone wants to sync them all, all 1700 plus, and then there are application notification sounds, sheesh. The initial sync when selecting storage card in sync options, timed out. I had to do it incrementally, but the need to delineate between media you want to sync and media you don’t want to sync, will hopefully eventuate.
Anyway, give it a try, and let me know what you think?
PS: I’ve had the web portal log on process running whilst I’m writing this, 15 minutes, still not logged on. I know it’s still a beta, but Microsoft should be able to host a server for this service that works!


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May 21, 2009
Peter, I wonder if your login problems are related to your location. I have never had that problem here in the states. I have been using MyPhone for a while now and found it to be functional. I’ve also used Dashwire. I really prefer the customizable interface which Dashwire offers. The only problem is that unlike MyPhone, Dashwire does not sync calendar, appointments and tasks. Give me that and I will have no more need for MyPhone at all…
Peter Murphy
May 21, 2009
I often think it’s location based Doug, but Microsoft have an amazing reach, why is this not as accessible as Hotmail, or other windows live services? My location shouldn’t matter with a multi mega super computing corp such as Microsoft! If they put a service online, it should work, regardless of location!!!
dgoldring
May 21, 2009
I agree with you that it SHOULD work. And I have no idea why it doesn’t. It could just be the server you are accessing is having a problem. Or, the tiny gnomes that carry your information to the InterTubes are just not as fast as mine,.
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