Microsoft MyPhone
For years Microsoft have had a great service service for Windows Mobile users... Microsoft MyPhone. This is a backup and cloud storage service that really is good, you set up the service and just let it sync every so often. Unlike many similar offerings it not only backs up your contacts and calendar it also does your photos, videos, notes and even text messages. It can also lock your phone and erase all your personal info (photos, texts, emails etc) at the press of a button should your phone get lost or stolen.
Now, I am an habitual fiddler... I install different ROMs, beta software and occasionally get in and edit my registry, this means that from time to time a hard reset is required. I have always done this safe in the knowledge that a few button presses and a 20 minute sync later my phone would pretty much be back; all my texts, contacts, emails, photos, music etc etc.. would all be back, all I would need to do is set my ringtones and desktop backgrounds and I am good. As you can imagine I like Microsoft MyPhone!
A while back I got an email from Microsoft telling me the service would be discontinued and the new SkyDrive service take over... That is bound to bigger and better I thought...
Sadly not it seems. SkyDrive is just a cloud storage system with no way (that I can find) to sync your phone... no text messages, no contacts, no emails, no photos etc... anything I want to store has to be transferred manually. All in all pretty bloody useless for mobile users compared to MyPhone.
Sorry Microsoft, this is the last Windows phone I am getting, next one's a Droid!
'later,
Drew.
Posted by Andy Marsh
