Through Ultramobileblog, I’ve just found out about a new syncronisation solution tailored for UMPC’s. UltraSync from Imagine LAN
Back in Feb I was asking questions about how the UMPC’s would syncronise data and this looks like the perfect solution.
UltraSync™ software from imagine LAN provides comprehensive digital content synchronization (files, music, pictures, video, Outlook® email, and browser favorites) between an Ultra-Mobile PC and its companion PC.
There’s a press release here.
What I’d like in a sync solution is a ‘random selection’ mode where it will copy xGB of random files from a given directory tree once per day/week so that I always have a new selection of music/videos whenever I take the UMPC away. It would be nice to have a UMPC in the car that woke up in the morning, did a wifi sync and went back to sleep again, freshly loaded with new content.
Ultimately though, one wouldn’t need any data on a UMPC. If you’re connected 24/7 via 3G cellular data, all your media can be downloaded or streamed (I’m already storing my MP3′s offline using Slimserver), emails stored offline (IMAP), bookmarks, rss, maps, books etc etc etc. In fact, why bother with the applications when you could use a WebOS. One day. Perhaps.
Steve / Chippy.
