By: www.mountainviewcellphones.com 7/17/2008
Sprint’s Mobile Sync on NDC (Nextel Direct Connect) phones is a great bonus to these devices. Mobile Sync provides the capability to manage your contact lists online and with a computer sync to Outlook. This gives great protection to your contacts and to your company in managing several phones and contact lists.
Mobile sync provides several cool features. Of course, these come at NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE. Another great value advantage for Sprint. Currently the models supported are the Sanyo Pro 700 & Pro 200, Samsung Z400, and LG LX400.
1. Network back up of your contacts is not standard on these phones. A great way to ensure you don’t lose your contacts if you lose your phone or change phones.
2. If you get a new phone with Mobile Sync, you can download the contacts from the network to your phone. A great benefit to companies that need to manage several or several hundred phones.
3. Sync with Outlook on desktops is included. A small application is included that allows this.
4. Import or export of your contact list to the phone from correctly formated files for mass upload / downloads.
5. You can create and save your Team or Group Connect lists.
For administrators of many phones, there are additional useful features.
1. You can create and manage a shared address book with all the phones and the company phone list.
2. You can assign particular numbers and push numbers to the phone from the online site. This is a great tool for sending numbers to phones in a group setting (i.e. added an important vendor everyone needs the phone number of).
3. Lastly, you can assign call restrictions/access to all NDC radio functions to users. So, if you only what particular users to call and receive calls from a small set of people, then you can now control that from online.
Sprint’s Mobile Sync is a great innovation and adds tons of value.