Datapilot Cell Phone Data Transfer Suite Universal Description:

Datapilot Cell Phone Data Transfer Suite Universal review:
3 stars (Better than entering data by hand) - The software basically works but it is quirky and not much fun . . . but, yeah, it is a whole lot better than entering the data by hand.



Not much was supported on my new phone but all I wanted was to import my phone directory rather than have to enter several hundred numbers manually -- and importing the directory was one of the functions supported. I was not able to export data from my old cell phone, an LG 5200, however. It is supposed to be supported, but I was not able to connect to it using their cable (I did not contact support and have no idea whether it was a faulty cable or problems witht the software -- personally, I suspect the cable). Instead, I imported my data from Outlook.



I discovered the hard way that line breaks in the data (the comments field) cause the software to fail the download without any meaningful error messages. After much trial and error, I discovered the problem and had to clean my data externally as there was no convenient way to do so from within the software. My next attempts failed after downloading only a few numbers as it kept reporting that the phone's memory was full. I finally figured out (again, by trial and error) that despite indications to the contrary, the software was not clearing out memory before attempting the download (though none of the old numbers could be seen in the directory). Once I cleared the directory manually from the phone, I was able to download the new directory fine.



Like I said, the software is quirky, but it did work. Frankly, I doubt that they get much assistance from the phone manufacturers; most of what they accomplish they probably do by reverse-engineering the phones, so something like the memory problem is probably understandable. If your cell phone directory is large, reentering it by hand would be a real drag -- this is not that expensive and, at least in my case, it worked well enough to be worth the cost.
1 stars (Complete disappointment ~) - This product was suppose to solve the problem of retaining my cell phonebook. It turned to deliver more problems than solve them. I've spent the last 30 days trying to get resolution as to why this product does not work. Finally I am returning this product because it simply doesn't do what it says it will do. Don't recommend the purchase of this product! With as much time as I have spent trying to get this product to work I could have input all of my phone entries manually saving me time!
1 stars (Garbage) - I can't remember ever making a worse purchase. Only one of the promised features works at all (the phonebook transfer), but that is both inconsistant (not every number transferred, some of them transfered in duplicate) and inconvenient (the "synch" makes the user do a lot of tasks that other programs like this automate).