[missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Will I still need a Pee Cee for reasons other than syncing..?

[Patrick Scott]

Frank - how about using some of your inside contacts at Microsoft to 
help make this happen?

On Saturday, Jun 14, 2003, at 16:41 US/Eastern, Frank McPherson wrote:

> Application install is going to be a problem even with the 
> Missing-Sync product. The challenge is to get the software providers 
> to provide a download version of their app in a Mac compressed format. 
> The problem is that the installer applications provided with the 
> development tools create executables that bundle all of the install 
> files. Missing-Sync posted here that they aren't providing anything 
> special for extracting the install files from the setup.exe, instead 
> they are working with the software distributors like Handango to make 
> Mac versions of the setup files available. I am skeptical that they 
> will succeed. However, I think that the PocketMac provides a CAB 
> extractor for the setup.exe. All you would need to do is extract the 
> CAB file and then copy it to the Pocket PC. Once it is on your Pocket 
> PC you can then install it from there. The CAB files "execute" 
> directly on the Pocket PC to install the app.
>
> On Saturday, June 14, 2003, at 04:17 PM, Ken Gantz wrote:
>
>> Howdy,
>> I'm contemplating the purchase of the T-Mobile Pocket PC phone now 
>> that I will be able to sync it to my iLife applications but I'm 
>> wondering if I will still need the assistance of a PeeCee sometimes 
>> anyway. I've never owned a Pocket PC (only Palm stuff) and am 
>> wondering will I need access to a PC to do systems software updates 
>> (if Microsoft even has any) or to load software on the Pocket PC, 
>> etc. I'm strictly limited to my firewire 800 G4 and do not have 
>> access to a Pee Cee anywhere (unless you count virtual PC running 
>> Windows 98).
>>
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