Pumatech Software and Solutions Review

Sync Your PDA With the Greatest of Ease
Intellisync 4.0 Synchronization Software

February 2001 issue: PC World magazine

When the owners of many Palm, Pocket PC, and Windows CE handhelds try to sync with their desktop personal information manager, they discover that their PDA supports only Microsoft Outlook.

Intellisync 4 from Pumatech can synchronize your handheld with more than a dozen major PC applications, including Outlook, and it caters to people who happen not to work in a Microsoft-only world.

The new version ($70) supports Lotus Organizer 6 for the Palm and Pocket PC/Windows CE platforms as well as Lotus Notes R5 and Act 2000. The package also gives you access to a free version of the Browse-it utility; this program lets you download Web pages for offline viewing on Palm OS handhelds and permits real-time online browsing with Palms that have wireless or wired modems (the utility doesn't work on CE/Pocket PC devices, however).

People who own Symbian-compatible handhelds, such as the Psion Revo or Series 5, can look forward to syncing up with Intellisync 4 in the first half of 2001. Check the company's Web site for updated information on the download.

Installing my shipping version of Intellisync 4 was no problem--I immediately obtained full synchronization with my Lotus Notes calendar, e-mail, contacts, to-do's, and memos, as well as getting one-directional uploads (device-to-PC or vice versa).

Like its predecessors, version 4 lets you mix and match the various apps you want to sync with--say, the calendar of Lotus Notes, the contact address book of Act 2000, and the to-do's in Outlook.

Currently Pumatech's Intellisync is the only PC/handheld-synchronization software to work seamlessly with both Palm and Win CE/Pocket PC platforms and their wide spectrum of desktop applications. This invaluable accessory should routinely be included with these devices.