Documentation for developing non-syncML iSync plugins

Hi there,
I'm interested in developing a third-party iSync plugin/conduit for a phone that, for reasons unknown, doesn't support SyncML; I have the graces of its developers in order to do so, and I will shortly be supplied with adequate documentation for the protocol used. However, nowhere on developer.apple.com can I find any pertinent information of how to instigate a different exchange method rather than SyncML. If anyone has any pointers, I'd really appreciate them!

However, nowhere on developer.apple.com can I find any pertinent information of how to instigate a different exchange method rather than SyncML.
There isn't any other exchange methods that iSync can use - it's all SyncML based. SyncML is the industry standard, so if the phone doesn't use it, you'll have to write a proprietary application to sync it, which would work independently of iSync.
Once you've read data off the phone into the proprietary application, you could interface with SyncServices (the Mac OS X framework that handles all system-wide syncing) to get that data into Address Book and iCal.
http://developer.apple.com/macosx/syncservices.html
To be honest, supporting proprietary syncing protocols is a dead-end cause and even Apple abandoned it with the release of iSync 2.
Depending on how much you value your time at, it would be many times cheaper just to buy a SyncML enabled phone that would work with iSync from the outset.

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: : Leslie (guest) wrote:
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