Iomega Superhero saves the day for iPhone users

David Swan
Wednesday, 05 January 2011 14:09

Your IT - Mobility

The Iomega SuperHero actually could save the day'”or at least your photos and contacts. It's an iPhone dock that syncs your info, saving you the trouble of plugging into your computer every night.

The SuperHero will be available this month for $US70. Sure, you could save yourself the cash by sucking it up and syncing with iTunes every night. But if you're either extra-cautious or extra-lazy or both, it may just be worth it.

Just how much of a burden that is currently is between you and your (smartphone) maker, but Iomega's solution is a convenient one for those who don't want to sync to iTunes every single time they charge.

The device comes with an SD card slot (and included 4GB SD card), and an app lets you decide what info gets synced every time you charge.

Users can also name their iPhones with the SuperHero app so that multiple iPhones can be charged and their contacts and photos backed up with the same SuperHero Backup and Charger.

A progress bar lets you know when your backup is complete. After the initial backup of an iPhone's contacts and photos, future backups only include incremental contacts and photos.

SuperHero and is compatible with iPhone 4, 3GS and 3G, as well as third and fourth generation iPod Touches.