Not sure why people want phones under Parallels
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Aug 9, 2006, 10:43 AM
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sgmiller Junior Member Join: Aug 2006 Posts: 3 |
Not sure why people want phones under Parallels I admit I am brand new to the Mac but I was frustrated with trying to get my Sony Erricson k800i to show up in Parallels. I wanted to do two things-- synch my contacts/calendar and use the phone as a broadband modem. I was able to solve the synch problem with a plugin that I found that works great until there is an OS update to support the k800i. The second problem seemed unsolvable because I kept trying to install the Sony Connection software in Parallels XP (its not Mac compatible) but I never got anywhere because I got the dreaded "another device is interfering message" even with the new beta. Turns out I didn't need to do this because when I got the bright idea to just to try hooking the USB cable up to the phone and putting the phone in "Phone mode." The built in Ethernet port showed up in the Mac OS networking preferences and I just filled around a bit and it works fine. I get about 45k/sec transfer which I think is about equivalent to a 300kb connection (excuse my bad measures) which is about an ISDN speed which is what I think it is supposed to be. Anyway, I was impressed with how well the Mac setup the network connections without me having to do anything and maybe my experience will help somebody struggling to hook up the phone. |
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Aug 9, 2006, 12:05 PM
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Jerry Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 75 |
Using bluetooth & USB to connect the mac to the internet works well. Using iSync to get contacts & calendar synced also works well (albeit some phones need a hack or extra plugin for iSync). It's backing the whole phone up that is the problem. Only the phones own PIM software will do this, and it's here where the Parallels problem comes in. When one upgrades your firmware, you loose all your data - unless you've got a back-up. That's the problem. Funny enough, the SE P910i works perfectly with syncing, backing up, even updating the firmware via the internet, all within Parallels. So what ever SE does (or doesn't do!) works with Parallels. Other phones, like the V3, V3i, Nokia 9300, Nokia N91, etc can not sync or backup due to the Parallels error. Very frustrating. |
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Aug 10, 2006, 07:01 AM
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Jerry Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 75 |
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Aug 10, 2006, 08:37 AM
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sgmiller Junior Member Join: Aug 2006 Posts: 3 |
Ok...never thought about Smartphones. BTW, I was way over optimistic on the 3G speeds I am getting. Turns out that it is about 120 Kbit/s which is nowhere near the 384 kBit/s that is promised and compared to the 2000 kBit/s I get on my landline. Its just about double a 56k modem. I can't believe all the hype about 3G if this is all I can get. I have heard that providers cap voice customers at 100 kbit/s so I will try to find out about this. Goodluck to everybody on their USB problem. I know it must be terribly frustratinhg. |
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Aug 11, 2006, 09:27 PM
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MatthewR Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 45 |
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Somehow I've never felt compelled to install any software on my phone aside from the iSync agaent which installs itself in the 3 years I've had it, and it is one of the smartphones too. Funny considering I write software for phones now, though a different platform than my personal phone. The phone should back itself up to a MMC/SD/miniSD/whatever data card through a utility in the phone, but that would make sense, so we'll never see it implemented. |
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