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Janak Parekh
08-10-2006, 05:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.parallels.com/en/news/id,9454' target='_blank'>http://www.parallels.com/en/news/id,9454</a><br /><br /></div><i>"At Day 2 of Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco, Parallels announced that it has released a beta update of Parallels Desktop for Mac, the first solution that enables users to run Windows and other OSes at the same time as OS X on any Intel-powered Mac without rebooting. The update, which is free for all Parallels Desktop users, includes several important upgrades, including... USB support for Windows Mobile 5 and a much broader list of supported devices."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/parekh-20060809-Parallels.gif" /><br /><br />I've seen a fair number of Mac users on this forum ask about solutions for syncing WM5 devices. While tools like Mark/Space's <a href="http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_windowsmobile.php">Missing Sync</a> work quite well, they still don't enable users to install .EXE apps (for example). Well, now the Intel Mac users have another option: Parallels now supports WM5 devices, so you can run ActiveSync in a VM in your Mac. :D

Darius Wey
08-10-2006, 05:54 PM
It'll be interesting to see if VMware (http://www.vmware.com/news/releases/mac.html) plans to offer similar sync support later this year. I like a bit of competition. It breeds innovation. :)

Janak Parekh
08-10-2006, 11:17 PM
It'll be interesting to see if VMware (http://www.vmware.com/news/releases/mac.html) plans to offer similar sync support later this year. I like a bit of competition. It breeds innovation. :)
I'd expect it. It's not "sync support" per se, but rather good USB support.

--janak