I’ve been using a lot of mobile devices lately and it struck me today somewhat obviously actually, but I am a massive data user — far more than voice. Consider this – since getting the N80ie yesterday the only phone number I’ve added to it was actually my YouMail voicemail number — not the Cingular number (or my phonebook) stored on the SIM. Instead of even thinking about syncing my addressbook over, I instead focused on getting my core apps installed so the device would be familiar to the way I’ve been using all the N-Series devices. Here’s the basic list of apps I use everyday:
- GMail Mobile
- Handy Taskman
- Handy Weather
- Handy Clock
- Shozu
- Birdstep Smartroaming — with WiFi you want to be able to use a single access point and let the device find the quickest available wherever you are.
- GooSync sync profile so I can sync my calendar from Google…
I get text alerts from Google Calendar for when I need to be somewhere and YouMail also sends a callerID text for voicemails which is quite nice.
Does GooSync work well?
It does – with some caveats. You have to initiate it manually and currently repeat events do not show on your phone, but if you have GCal sending you SMS notifications, you’ll still be kept on track. The other fairly major issue is that you need to set up a sync profile manually … for some reason most US users on Symbian are not getting the config message courtesy of carrier blocking the binary message.
It’s free and worth a shot…