Soocial Followup Review

Written by Alan Wednesday, 11 August 2010 08:00

A while back I wrote a review of Soocial.  At the time I was using it with Gmail and a Windows Mobile 6.1 phone.  But now that I am on the verge of switching phones to an Android I got to thinking about moving over my contacts and making sure everything goes as smoothly as possible.  And, given that, I figured maybe I should really put some of the services Soocial offers through their paces.  After all, I have Outlook installed, although I don’t really use it, and I have a Windows Live account, which I do use.  So I thought I would take a second look at the service and see how well it can link up with the other programs I use.

First, it seems that they have not added anything new since my previous review.  There may a few stray phones added that I didn’t notice, but for the most part it seems pretty similar.  But, then again, what more is there to add?  Well, maybe…ANDROID!  From what I have been able to learn, they are testing an Android app and it works fine.  Although it appears to be a third-party app, it was recommended on their forums by a Soocial rep – you can find it here.

As for syncing with Outlook and Windows Live, it went quite smoothly.  I had no contacts in my Outlook previous to this test.  They were all in Gmail and backed up via Microsoft My Phone and Soocial.  The Windows Live sync went just as well.

I am happy to report that my contacts now exist in five different locations so I feel safe in their redundancy.  I last looked at this service when it was pretty new on the scene and I am happy to find it alive and thriving.  With any luck it will soon natively support Android.  And once that hurdle has been jumped it will be, perhaps, the best contact backup service on the web.

Alan

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2 Comments

1. Stefan Fountain   |  Wednesday, 11 August 2010 at 9:24 am

   Thanks for the review Alan, great to see you enjoyed Soocial. The Anroid client is coming and hope to have you syncing natively on that device with Soocial soon.

   Let us know how things go (via Twitter or GSFN).

   Cheers!

   
2. Stefan Fountain   |  Tuesday, 23 November 2010 at 7:22 am

   Just a heads up that our Android client is out. You can find it on your connections page after login!