07-14-2007, 02:08 PM

Hey - so I'm currently cell phone shopping and I've all but decided on this phone, but I can't yet commit. Here is the issue: I'm still on 10.3.9 and all the Apple support for iSync indicates that my iSync 1.5 is going to need to be upgraded to 2.2 and for that I need OS 10.4. I'm really only getting this phone for security reasons and I didn't intend to do a full upgrade until about a year from now when I move from Mini to iBook, so what are my options, if any for syncing? My Mini doesn't have Bluetooth as well, so I have to do it via USB.

Any thoughts? I could use some suggestions. (Keep in mind, if you're going to recommend another phone I live in Canada and we don't have the same selection....otherwise I'd be getting a Helio Ocean in a heartbeat!!)

07-14-2007, 04:40 PM

Which 810? W or K?

07-14-2007, 04:48 PM

It's the "i" actually, but the rep referenced it as "W" as well. So I assume "W."

07-14-2007, 05:08 PM

Yeah I have the W810i myself, but im using OS X 10.4, so Im not sure about the 10.3 support... I wish I could test it for you.. there are other scripts out there also for ericsson's that could potentially help out in that area, just check macupdate.com for those scripts.

07-14-2007, 05:26 PM

W180i and K810i are very different phones, you should probably remember that when you talk about your phone in the future.

07-14-2007, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by smurfy

W180i and K810i are very different phones, you should probably remember that when you talk about your phone in the future.

It isn't my phone. I haven't bought one yet, I'm only doing some leg work to see if it is feasible to buy one, but thank you, I'll be sure to keep that in mind.

07-14-2007, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by Murlyn

Yeah I have the W810i myself, but im using OS X 10.4, so Im not sure about the 10.3 support... I wish I could test it for you.. there are other scripts out there also for ericsson's that could potentially help out in that area, just check macupdate.com for those scripts.

Thanks a bunch, no worries, I suppose I'll have to do more plodding around. I didn't realize this would be quite so difficult. Every phone store representative I've spoken with since I began looking for a phone has gone silent and slack-jawed when I inform them I use a Mac. With so many people who own cell phones it amazes me that they don't have just a smidge of product knowledge in the stores.

07-14-2007, 08:58 PM

There's no native iSync support for your phone, and I'm not sure that you'll get it to work just by hacking a plist file (which worked for me on 10.4.10 with a K810). I've looked through the iSync 1.5 supported devices list, and there are no newer SE phones there. You might luck out, and you might not.

07-14-2007, 09:13 PM

Here's something that might help you out:
http://www.hellfroze.net/blog/archiv...5-Panther.html

07-14-2007, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by hclincha

Here's something that might help you out:
http://www.hellfroze.net/blog/archiv...5-Panther.html

Thanks a bunch, I'm still on the fence with this phone, but knowing that there might be a way is great.

07-15-2007, 07:04 AM

Another thing - if the W810i works, you should get every other Sony Ericsson phone to work with iSync, if you hack around a bit, except the M and P series