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Here's a review from a Mac.sis reader (thanks Dave, sorry it took so long to publish – somehow the message got buried in my inbox over my vacation).

Mac:
MacBook Pro running Leopard (10.5.3)

Phone:
Nokia E61

- Installer works nicely, creating a folder in Applications that has a custom icon - nice touch!
- Launching app for first time prompts to register or use demo - app 'phones home' on port 80 and 443
- confirms license type and advises reading user guide for more details, and you'd better read it!
- connection center discovered phone after brief delay
- prompted to back-up iCal and Address Book data before syncing - great advice!
- user interface is not as 'Mac like' as it could be and it is inconsistent.
- it was easy for me to get the program stuck into a loop where I had no option but to force quit it.

Organizer - Contacts
- had FoneLink running and left computer. When I returned, FoneLink wouldn't re-connect to phone. Quitting app and restarting was solution.
- Addresses for contacts are on phone, but are not recognized by TomTom. I don't know why this happens, but it is a MAJOR issue for me.
- Addresses duplicated in Address Book and on phone - removing from Address Book did not remove from phone
- Fonelink displays addresses in wrong order and missing details.
In my instance: Street address, Postal Code, City, Country.
It should be: Street Address, City, Province, Postal Code, Country
- Some descriptions for phone numbers are displayed incorrectly in FoneLink. e.g. home fax number is labelled "Home privat"

Organizer - Events & Tasks
- Notes for iCal events are duplicated.
- displaying every iCal event is a waste. I don't need to see every birthday for every year since a person was born! It is a repeating event that started many years ago. All I need to know is that it is on my phone.

Organizer - Notes
- worked exactly as expected
- sync warnings when making changes can be annoying, I don't have many notes on my phone so I was always exceeding the 5% threshold.

Organizer - SMS
- SMS messages sent from FoneLink are not listed in Sent folder on phone. Am I supposed to remember every SMS I send from FoneLink when I'm away from my computer?
- messages deleted from FoneLink remain on phone. What does this do for us?
- Scanning phone every few minutes for messages is redundant. The phone has to be within Bluetooth range of computer, so it is close enough that you already know that you have a new message unless your phone is in a silent profile and is hidden from view.

Media Center - Sync iTunes
- does not automatically launch iTunes

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At this point I had to give-up on this software and return to using iSync. The inconsistencies, data corruption and issue with TomTom are not worth any other benefits or features that the program may offer. This software has promise, but it simply is not ready for serious use yet.