iPhone iSync: the beginnings of WiFi syncing

So when are we getting an ipod touch workalike for the Nintendo DS? With WiFi syncing it would be an awesome application.

i have been doing this on my ubuntu/gtkpod from day 1 since i got the iphone. VERY OLD NEWS.

Ok, first off, I'll tell you exactly why Apple never included wi-fi sync for the itunes library. Although i used rsync with the ssh -c blowfish modifier, which is the fastest possible option, I still had to wait 5+ hours for my 12GB itouch playlist to get synced from scratch, this depleted my battery life like there was no tomorrow...

Thats not to say that its not feasible doing limited song sync (

"What advantage does wifi sync bring? Not being a cynic, I'd genuinely like to know."

I for one use a laptop and rarely find the energy to attach it to external devices which makes syncing the iPod an extra burden. As a result I often find that I have no fresh podcasts in the device while on the go. What is more, I do not have a dock for the iPod but a speaker set that I use for charging but that doesn't have a USB connection.

It would be truly awesome if I could just let the iPod stay in its speaker dock and let the content flow in without paying attention.

Man, I would love to see this nicely implemented by Apple. That would be all that it would take to get my to pickup a touch. It would completely change the iPod. Storage space wouldn't really even matter anymore. You would only need a few GB to store whatever movie or album you happened have synced at the time, and whenever you are ready for something new just hop on to any of the numerous WiFi hotspots in your home, work, school, coffee shop, and get some new stuff. Hell, they could even enable streaming from your home computer. Apple absolutely needs to do this sometime soon to compensate for the lack of storage space on their most usable iPod.

My biggest problem with the whole thing is trying to wrap my brain around why Apple WOULDN'T want to wirelessly sync the iPhone. Seriously, just because Microsoft allows it on the Zune doesn't mean it's something that should be entered into willy-nilly. I mean hell, Microsoft's numerous ports of entry into the Windows OS would be a great thing if indeed they weren't also security holes.

I agree with the fact that Apple could implement this quite easily since they've already got the code from the AppleTV, but the rules change drastically when you're carrying the device around in your pocket. I'd really like to see a security expert post his/her two cents on the ramifications.

That said, I'd also like to see someone hack apart some AppleTV software and get that sh*t running on the iPhone. I mean, whaddaya need, right? Bonjour, check. Password, no problem. WTH else is needed? Maybe a failsafe for cancelling sync if a call comes in, or if the device drifts outside the wifi cloud.

If Apple TV can sync wirelessly with iTunes, there should be some underlying technological framework for other devices to wirelessly sync with iTunes as well?

awesome!! i can't wait until the final version is released!!