SPB Migration Tool Aids Windows Mobile and Symbian Transition to Android

SPB Software has released the SPB Migration Tool which can help ease the migration of your data from your Windows Mobile or Symbian PDAPhone / Smartphone to a new Android device. Over the last year, there have been increasing numbers of users taking this route, so the Migration Tool should be welcome news for them. SPB, a long time leading developer of Windows Mobile software decided to develop the product after a user survey they completed in 2010 showed a need for the tool.

Whenever you buy a new PDAPhone, its always requires a big trip around the internet looking for the best way to make the transition with minimal frustration and re-entry of data manually. I have actually had to go through transferring data through an intermediate PDAPhone at times to do this, which was a big pain to deal with. SPB has posed these questions for potential buyers - "Ask yourself a question: do you always save all of the important phone numbers to the contact list or maybe some of them are kept in the call history? When moving to the new phone these unsaved numbers can be lost without any opportunity to restore. Will you remember all of your favorite links without your old phone? Won't it be frustrating to lose the text messages with valuable information or cherished messages from the beloved ones?"

SPB Migration Tool comes as a total solution, which allows copying your personal information like call history, text messages, contacts, and bookmarks to a new Android PDAPhone. What makes SPB Migration Tool unique is an easy-to-use and convenient interface. The migration can be made in several simple steps without the need to go through your desktop or laptop to save the data first.

The Android platform is currently the fastest-growing mobile platform, and is neck and neck with Apple's iOS devices for the market share lead. According to IDC, 4 of top 10 Android-based PDAPhone vendors recorded year-on-year growth rate upwards of 100% and also that there is a growing presence of Android-based PDAPhone suppliers. CES 2011 last week was dominated by Android devices. SPB felt that this was an opportunity for them to fill a need and also increase their on footprint in the Android Marketplace.



SPB Migration Tool allows the user to choose between two data transfer methods. One approach use a MicroSD slot (if it exists on both the old and new devices), and the other is for users who prefer to use mobile internet on both devices. Migration can be done easily by means of inserting the MicroSD card into the old device and copying all the information there. The internet approach is reportedly just as easy to use, but it would be important to perform this task before the old device was disabled. If the internet based approach is used, the data is encrypted before being placed on SPB's server, and is completely deleted within 12 hours.



Key features of SPB Migration Tool include:

• Copies text messages, contacts, call history and bookmarks
• Migration with storage card
• Migration through web without registration
• Data protection and encryption
• Easy to use wizard interface with complete explanation

The tool can be used to transfer data from: Symbian S60 3rd edition and up, Windows Mobile 5 and later Professional edition. The target platform supported: Android 2.1 and up. The SPB Migration Tool is available for 9.95 USD from Android Market. For more information, please check the SPB Migration Tool Product Page.