After my recent fiasco with Nokia’s backup service, i went in search for alternatives to backup my phone contacts. I found some great free services that do just as good(if not better) a job.
Mobical
This is probably the best backup solution for out there. The beautiful Ajax interface puts Nokia’s backup solution to shame. Whats more? It even allows you to export all your contacts with a single click. The only reason why i choose not to use this service is because i might need to access my backup at some cybercafe, and they do not really have the latest of browsers or hardware.
O-Sync
This website claims to work with all phones that have support for SyncML. On first run, it comes across as a simple and effective and no-frills solution. The layout is designed to give as much information as possible in a single look. Another thing noteworthy is that it uses an https protocol. It simply works and its free!
Another handy feature provided by these guys is “Update Me”, where in you can choose to send a message to your contact, who can then visit a web page to update his or her details. This way, you dont have to go filling up all the details for all your contacts. Whats more, you can maintain serveral seperate devices each with their own contact lists and calendar entries.
Additional paid features include, but not limited to, client software, which you can purchase and download at a small fee, for use with non-SyncML aware sources such as Outlook / Express, BlackBerry, PDA, Smartphone, etc to sync with O-Sync.
ZYB
Zyb packs in quite a punch with features such as profile pictures, auto updating of contact details, location tagger etc. However, for some weird reason, i was not able to sync my phone with ZYB.
SyncML Server
This is not really a free service. The demo mode possesses all functions of the system with some limitations as to the quantity of data - you can control only 20 contacts, tasks, notes and events. The period of its validity is not limited in time.
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