Well, folks, here's the bad news - Starfish Software's reply to my TrueSync
inquiry. I think he may have misunderstood me - I was suggesting a
third-party developer solution. However, here's the reply, followed by my
original letter. You can draw your own conclusions.
KAI
----- Original Message -----
From: Tom O'Brien <tom@starfish.com>
To: <isley@crosspaths.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 8:45 PM
Subject: RE: Newton TrueSync support
> Keith,
>
> Thanks for asking about Newton. At this point, I know of no tool that will
> allow TrueSync to with Newton. TrueSync is a member of SyncML
> (www.syncML.org) In the future, it might be possible to do this via SyncML
> compliant specs, however, this is something a 3rd party developer would
need
> to pursue.
>
> Tom O'Brien
> Director of Marketing
> Starfish
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith and Sharon Isley [mailto:isley@crosspaths.net]
> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 4:01 PM
> To: liz.benson@starfish.com
> Subject: Newton TrueSync support
>
>
> Hello!
>
> I am a devoted Newton user, and a question about your TrueSync technology
> recently surfaced on the NewtonTalk listserv. Essentially, the question is
> this: what would it take to write a TrueSync add-on which would allow the
> Apple Newton Messagepad to sync contact/notes/to do/calendar information
via
> TrueSync?
>
> Although the Newton is a marvelous PDA, its primary drawback is a lack of
> synchronization with the ease and quality of the Palm or PocketPC
platforms.
> In addition, the most recent PIM apps - such as Outlook 2000 - are
supported
> poorly or not at all. TrueSync seems to hold a possible answer to this.
>
> I am only an amateur programmer, but there are people on the NewtonTalk
> listserv who have the programming horsepower to make this happen, I
believe.
> If this is a possibility, I would be happy to post your reply to the
> listserv.
>
> Thank you for your attention.
>
> Keith Isley
> newt@crosspaths.net
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