Data cable and software for Nokia 6030

Maybe someone can learn from my research, and someone else can help me
find what I'm looking for:

The data cable is known as a CA-45, or an FBUS cable. They are
available on the net;
I ordered one from a place in HongKong. I'd tell you the company but
it came with cracked
software, so I don't want to give them any business.

One place in the U.S. where you can get it (for maybe a bit too much)
is www.boxwave.com

The chipset(?) of the cable is a PL-2303. The basic driver is
available at:
http://www.prolific.com.tw/eng/downloads.asp?ID=31
and
http://focus.ti.com/docs/toolsw/fold...usbwinvcp.html

I couldn't get the first one to work and haven't tried the second; I
used the driver that
came with the cable.

It was installed on a Dell C600 laptop running Windows XP.
The driver can be seen in the Device Manager under Ports, as 'Prolific
USB-to-Serial Comm
Port (COM4)'

The first management software I tried was Nokia's free PC Suite. Both
version 5.8 and 6.83
did not communicate with the phone. If anyone knows a hack to make it
work, that would be
awesome.

I found two commercial software applications that will communicate
with the phone; each
company has a few different choices, and both had trial downloads.

Oxygen Phone Manager II (Russia)
http://www.oxygensoftware.com/en/products/opm2/

Logo Manager (UK)
http://www.logomanager.co.uk/php/myp...=6030&x=31&y=7

Both programs connected to the Nokia 6030 with relative ease; COM4
might have to be
specified as the connectivity port.

Oxygen Phone Manager II manages most of the phone's attributes, and
has a nice left-hand
Phone explorer.

The Logo Manager products seem more multimedia oriented. The trial
download of Mobius Phone Explorer had contact and I think text
messaging interfaces, but no calendar and other
features that Oxygen had. It is also modular; the Media Browser was a
separate
program...not all together like Oxygen.

Neither program had a way to add Notes in the Organizer section--which
can be 3000
characters long. I would have liked that. I was looking to use it as
a pseudo-PDA, thrifty
guy that I am.

Both programs were about $40, which is $10 more than I paid for the
phone.

If anyone knows of any comparable lower-priced or even free products,
please post!
Even a simple utility to enter and backup the phonebook would make the
cable worthwhile; otherwise short of $40 more I can't really use it.

Also, feel free to comment if you know why Nokia won't support cables
and connectivity on
this phone. (My guess is that it drives people to get the more
expensive models.)