Microsoft reveals 'My Phone' backup, sync

Microsoft has launched a website promoting its new 'My Phone' backup
and sync service. According to the information now posted to the site,
users of My Phone will be able to back up contacts, calendar
appointments, text messages, photos and other information online;
share those photos with others; update the information from a computer
using a Web-based interface; and use the stored data to restore a
phone transfer it to a new device.
Earlier, Engadget Mobile reported that the My Phone site was live at
the getskybox.com domain. Later, Microsoft acknowledged the screw-up.
"Today, Microsoft's My Phone Web site went live prior to its scheduled
debut," the company said, several sites reported. Currently,
getskybox.com -- a reference to the "SkyBox" code name of the service
-- shunted users to the My Phone site.

Microsoft said it would give each user 200MB of storage space, but
warned that only phones powered by Windows Mobile 6 or later would be
compatible with the service. In fact, it hedged: "Most phones that run
the Windows Mobile 6 operating system are compatible with My Phone
service," said the service's site.
Unlike MobileMe, My Phone looks to be a mobile-only service and only
affords 200 MB of remote storage. While that might be enough for
mobiles it probably wouldn't last 10 seconds on a PC. This begs the
question… Why? Why isn't Microsoft offering the whole enchilada? Maybe
we'll see a complete sync service offered under a different name but
Windows Mobile users hoping SkyBox would be Microsoft's answer to
complete sync / backup competitors are apparently going to be
disappointed.