Comments on: Microsoft’s My Phone Beta Extended to All http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/05/microsofts-my-phone-beta-extended-to-all/ Mobile News, Reviews, and Views. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:14:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: William Spoolhoff http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/05/microsofts-my-phone-beta-extended-to-all/comment-page-1/#comment-16656 William Spoolhoff Sat, 23 May 2009 12:43:57 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2009/05/microsofts-my-phone-beta-extended-to-all/#comment-16656 Has anyone had any experiences with privacy and security of personal information with storing information on a "public" site even if passworded??? Has anyone had any experiences with privacy and security of personal information with storing information on a “public” site even if passworded???

]]> By: Pony99CA http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/05/microsofts-my-phone-beta-extended-to-all/comment-page-1/#comment-16637 Pony99CA Wed, 20 May 2009 23:48:58 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/2009/05/microsofts-my-phone-beta-extended-to-all/#comment-16637 I downloaded the application (<a href="http://myphone.microsoft.com/install" rel="nofollow">http://myphone.microsoft.com/install</a> and it installed very easily. Set up and synchronization was also easy (I already had a Windows Live ID). Once I did that, I could log into the MyPhone Web site and see my stuff.<br><br>One potential issue is that you can't choose what types of information you want to sync until after you sync (at least if you choose Automatic syncing). They probably should allow you to select those things before your initial sync.<br><br>I do wish that you could give a name to each device that syncs with MyPhone, though. So far, it seems like you can only set a phone number for a device. That's good enough for phones, obviously, but what about PDAs like the iPAQ 210? Allowing a nickname and phone number would be better.<br><br>Another nice feature would be allowing users to only sync certain categories of information. For example, they warn you in the Terms of Service that, if you use your device for work, certain data of your employer could sync. If the system allowed syncing by category, you could set employer information with an Employer category and then not sync that category.<br><br>Steve I downloaded the application (http://myphone.microsoft.com/install and it installed very easily. Set up and synchronization was also easy (I already had a Windows Live ID). Once I did that, I could log into the MyPhone Web site and see my stuff.

One potential issue is that you can't choose what types of information you want to sync until after you sync (at least if you choose Automatic syncing). They probably should allow you to select those things before your initial sync.

I do wish that you could give a name to each device that syncs with MyPhone, though. So far, it seems like you can only set a phone number for a device. That's good enough for phones, obviously, but what about PDAs like the iPAQ 210? Allowing a nickname and phone number would be better.

Another nice feature would be allowing users to only sync certain categories of information. For example, they warn you in the Terms of Service that, if you use your device for work, certain data of your employer could sync. If the system allowed syncing by category, you could set employer information with an Employer category and then not sync that category.

Steve

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