What is the Best Smart Phone?

What is the best way to sync a Smart Phone with a Mac? Whats the best combo of phone and software to do this?

• I am a recent convert to Mac and am looking at contract renewal time ( Verizon) and want to Sync a Smart Phone with my computer. Seems that only Palm Treo natively syncs with the Mac. Hate having my choices limited. There are several third party software choices out there that can let me Sync with a Windows Mobile device. I really like Outlook better than Entourage...So.... My choices seem to be to buy Parallels and Outlook on my computer and sync it with a windows phone OR...buy a palm and sync it with my Mac and be resigned to using Entourage. Anyone else had this quandry and thought through all of the issues and come up with a coherent answer. Probably need to get Parallels anyway but hate to start up the whole multiple software products to keep the system clean routine. Wondering if Palm/Mac is worth it just for keeping a clean system. May be the only person in America who really doesnt want an I-Phone. Use it for business only and dont care about music. Thanks!

• Answer:

  I work in advanced tech support for Sprint and this is a common problem we see. Sometimes you can get it to work, but most carriers will probably not troubleshoot it for you (I know for sure Sprint doesn't). It all comes down to that you are trying to take a Windows based device and trying to sync it with Microsoft's biggest competitor! They don't want it to work! It wasn't designed that way. Microsoft and Mac are not compatible! It's a disappointing situation, but unfortunately, there's not a great fix for it. Believe me, we have tried! I've been screamed at by so many customers wanting me to wave my magic wand and make it work, but just save yourself some time and headache and stick with all Microsoft or go with something proven to work with Mac!