If there is a service more prescient than CyberSynchs’, I’d love to see it. Because for 8 of the past 10 days I’ve been without my cell phone and all the important information that resides in it. And for the past 2 days we’ve been getting reacquainted, I’ve done so in mind boggling fashion trying to understand why I was holding a phone where the only numbers in it were the ones on the keypad. Was I promised it would be returned back to me data intact? Check. Do I have the latest version of Microsoft Activesync (a service that syncs information from Windows mobile devices to Window PCs)? Check. Did any of that make a difference? Proffer a guess.

Amos Winbush III, CEO of CyberSynchs.com

I was able to speak with the CEO of CyberSynchs, Mr. Amos Winbush III, and he shared with me that the impetus for starting the CyberSynchs service was eerily similar to my ordeal over the past week. “The idea for CyberSynchs.com came to me when my mobile device crashed. I went into my wireless carrier’s nearest location hopeful that I would be able to retrieve my lost mobile content. To my surprise and horror I was told that there was nothing they would be able to do for me. I felt deep down inside that there had to be a better way. So I set out to develop an idea, and that idea blossomed into CyberSynchs.com.” Interestingly enough, Mr. Winbush does not have a technology background. He just knew he had a problem and figured he could also come up with a solution.

And this is where CyberSynchs’ service comes in. The service aims to be the care-free solution to mobile communication – by not requiring the mobile device. All information including phone numbers, addresses, emails, texts, appointments, photos and notes, and even GPS location are securely backed up to a mobile device owner’s PC wirelessly and on a schedule determined by the user. If I’d had this service last week I could have had access to my information before I sent my phone in for repair. Better yet, I could have synced my phone and PC while my phone was being shipped to the manufacturer. More features will certainly be coming soon, and I suppose those will include [the backing up of] music. No SIM cards, MicroSD or storage cards are needed. All platforms are welcome (Java, iPhone and Symbian coming shortly). All the user does is download CyberSynchs’ proprietary software once and CyberSynchs takes care of the rest. For $2.99/month that’s pretty hard to beat. All info on one’s mobile device is made accessible by password and unique mobile ID number through CyberSynchs’ site. In addition, if the mobile device is lost CyberSynchs can transmit the information to any replacement phone running on any platform. Through GPS, CyberSynchs can also notify the owner of the exact location of a lost or stolen device. Think of it as a Lo-Jack to catch mobile hacks.

And if you’re wondering if your cellphone company doesn’t already offer a simliar service and maybe the promotional email extolling it they sent you ended up in your SPAM folder – they don’t and it didn’t. CyberSynchs is currently in negotiation to license their service with multiple mobile phone companies. Mr. Winbush was also quick to point out that security is a primary concern, and that is why information is synched to one’s PC but is not accessible in a collaborative fashion through work teams or multiple user passwords. And they plan to further security enhancements by, “debuting a service that allows the user to send a text message to their [lost or stolen] mobile device that would lock the phone and erase the content so…no one would be able to access the device.” This is much safer than how I currently safeguard my mobile phone’s information. My phone is set so it requires a password every few minutes in order to access any function, but if it were ever stolen the information would still be in the phone and a criminal would just need the right key to unlock it. With CyberSynchs’ service, even after they have the key to the vault – it’s already empty.