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Sync Your iPhone, iPod Touch Over Wi-Fi
Posted by Jason Chen at 6:00 AM on December 4, 2007
If the Zune can wirelessly sync over your home network, why can't your iPhone? A developer's made an automatic GUI syncing tool that essentially rsync's a folder on your computer to a folder on your iPhone/iTouch. That by itself is pretty lame and quite limited - especially compared with a full sync you get when you dock your iPhone regularly - but future features are coming that will let you sync your iTunes library, your photos and your contacts. Now that's something we want to see. [Google Code via Everything Cafe via Appletell - Thanks Marcus!]
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Tehrab
Posted 3:24 PM 3/12/07
I generally gush quite effortlessly at Apple's every move but this whole wireless sync thing is too sexy, too easy to implement and too "it just works". For Apple *not* to be doing this is a mind boggler.
Bill Buckner, meet Apple.
Tehrab
bobdobbs
Posted 3:06 PM 3/12/07
@Adam Pash, LH Senior Editor: Thanks, Adam, but this is something that should be doable without jailbreaking.
bobdobbs
snitch29
Posted 2:49 PM 3/12/07
well if you have not notice the iphone and the ipod touch already have Bonjour files installed that will let you sync over WiFi around your house or pretty much anyware in the world back to your PC or mac over the internet. files are there i just don't know why its not working yet, but my guess is that there coming soon
snitch29
ClemClone
Posted 2:37 PM 3/12/07
This does not work for me
ClemClone
spaceman37
Posted 2:21 PM 3/12/07
What would be cooler and probably more useful is to be able to do this the other way around. Have an app on the iPhone/iPod Touch which you can use to trigger a wireless sync with your computer.
Pretty much how a network Hotsync on Palm devices work.
spaceman37
Belief
Posted 2:17 PM 3/12/07
I'm so dissapointed with Apple. I can tell you, stuff like wireless sync probably isn't n their agenda. They probably just think of making more money with their second generation of iPhone.
Forget the wireless sync.. where is my multiple delete?? spam filter.. these are such a basic and main feature and functionality but they probably just could care less.
Belief
BenjiClayton
Posted 2:16 PM 3/12/07
@mullingitover:
If not I can guarantee that he has the dev kit and has REAL 3rd party apps on it.
BenjiClayton
Adam Pash, LH Senior Editor
Posted 2:15 PM 3/12/07
@bobdobbs: You can with a little effort. Just try this.
Adam Pash, LH Senior Editor
bobdobbs
Posted 2:11 PM 3/12/07
I'd be happy if they just allowed me to play synced music from my iphone on my work PC like I can with my ipod.
bobdobbs
St3v3
Posted 2:09 PM 3/12/07
Weak. Apple needs to step it up and develop this functionality like yesterday..
St3v3
Kaiser-Machead
Posted 2:07 PM 3/12/07
Hey Apple, here's an idea, why don't YOU do it instead? :p
Kaiser-Machead
mullingitover
Posted 2:07 PM 3/12/07
Damn, there are new reasons to jailbreak your phone every day. I bet El Jobso has unlocked his.
mullingitover
Penchum
Posted 10:03 AM 4/12/07
Ow, wireless syncing, now there is an original idea.........NOT!
Penchum
EMoShunz
Posted 3:04 PM 4/12/07
what happened to just working. oh well, still just works better than any of my other os's
EMoShunz