Abacus Consulting, LLC

Why have a Blackberry when you can have Blackberry Pie?

Would you like to synchronize your Treo 650 or Treo 700P Over-The-Air with Time Matters while on the road?  No need to be jealous of Blackberry users and their remote sync capabilities.  It is actually quite simple to hotsync your treo remotely.  This tip will show you how about $30 in software can bring this capability to your Treo smartphone.

Over the Air HotSync for $29.99

Treo 700P users have the finest Smartphone on the planet, yet they long for the high-end synchronization capabilities of the Blackberry coupled with the Blackberry Enterprise Server.

Most are aware of the various methods to receive push email with the Treo 700P, but OTA (Over The Air) methods of synchronizing the calendar, date book, task list, notes without using Outlook/Exchange still remain a great mystery.

Well, not only is it simple to OTA sync your Treo 700P with Time Matters, but it is inexpensive as well. OTA sync can be achieved for as little as $29.99 with no recurring monthly charges other than your data access plan. OTA sync will allow you to update both your Treo and Time Matters when you are traveling and unable to get to the office to Sync.

The OTA HotSync described herein was tested with botha a Treo 650 and a Treo 700P on the Verizon Wireless network using the Mergic VPN client to connect to a Windows 2003 Server behind a NAT router. This represents, what we feel would be a fairly typical scenario for the average Time Matters user.

The OTA HotSync described here is not 'push' or automatic, but is initiated by using the HotSync application on your Treo. It is, however, a simple one click process once it is set up, and this on-demand OTA HotSync should suffice for most users.