From darknerd2k at yahoo.com Sat May 1 17:45:58 2004 From: darknerd2k at yahoo.com (Joaquin Menchaca) Date: Sat May 1 16:46:08 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Missing Sync for Pocket PC 1.0.4b2 NowAvailable (Dave Koziol) In-Reply-To: <200405011603.i41G2pII006365@penguin.markspace.com> Message-ID: <20040501234558.80178.qmail@web13012.mail.yahoo.com> Wow. I hope I was of a help for that issue. \(^).(^)/ Out of curiosity, what's the low down on that bug. What happened? How was it fixed? (Adventures in engineering land ;-) Oh yeah. Great job by the way!!! :-) > -Issue 1517 - Fix problem with handling of Japanese > and other non > European characters in Notes and Address fields. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover From darknerd2k at yahoo.com Sun May 2 19:48:26 2004 From: darknerd2k at yahoo.com (Joaquin Menchaca) Date: Sun May 2 18:48:29 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Enhancement Request: Managing WMA files In-Reply-To: <200405021600.i42G0LII012431@penguin.markspace.com> Message-ID: <20040503014826.19549.qmail@web13010.mail.yahoo.com> Hi. Now that iTunes 4.5 has some functionality to convert WMAs inot other formats, would it be possible to view WMA files in the Pocket_PC source within iTunes and have the option to convert these? If so, this would be a nice feature. - Joaquin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover From kswafford at earthlink.net Sun May 2 22:51:24 2004 From: kswafford at earthlink.net (Kent Swafford) Date: Sun May 2 19:51:35 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Enhancement Request: Managing WMA files In-Reply-To: <20040503014826.19549.qmail@web13010.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040503014826.19549.qmail@web13010.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I thought WMA features in iTunes were Windows only. Kent Swafford On May 2, 2004, at 8:48 PM, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: > Hi. > > Now that iTunes 4.5 has some functionality to convert > WMAs inot other formats, would it be possible to view > WMA files in the Pocket_PC source within iTunes and > have the option to convert these? If so, this would > be a nice feature. > > - Joaquin > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From dkoziol at markspace.com Mon May 3 12:30:28 2004 From: dkoziol at markspace.com (Dave Koziol) Date: Mon May 3 08:32:08 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Enhancement Request: Managing WMA files In-Reply-To: References: <20040503014826.19549.qmail@web13010.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On May 2, 2004, at 10:51 PM, Kent Swafford wrote: > I thought WMA features in iTunes were Windows only. You are correct. See the Key Features section on this page: > On May 2, 2004, at 8:48 PM, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> Now that iTunes 4.5 has some functionality to convert >> WMAs inot other formats, would it be possible to view >> WMA files in the Pocket_PC source within iTunes and >> have the option to convert these? If so, this would >> be a nice feature. Dave Koziol Mark/Space, Inc. From dkoziol at markspace.com Mon May 3 12:56:04 2004 From: dkoziol at markspace.com (Dave Koziol) Date: Mon May 3 08:57:24 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Missing Sync for Pocket PC 1.0.4b2 NowAvailable (Dave Koziol) In-Reply-To: <20040501234558.80178.qmail@web13012.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040501234558.80178.qmail@web13012.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <61CDFA92-9D1A-11D8-8A87-000393830242@markspace.com> On May 1, 2004, at 7:45 PM, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: > Wow. I hope I was of a help for that issue. \(^).(^)/ You get full credit for find the bug, providing data files to track it down, reproduce it and fix it. Thank you! Consider this your virtual gold star :-) > Out of curiosity, what's the low down on that bug. > What happened? How was it fixed? (Adventures in > engineering land ;-) Prior to 1.0.4b2 we sometimes converted notes and address fields to a European encoding, resulting in the loss of any data which could not be represented in that encoding. Now we keep things in various Unicode encodings which should prevent any data loss. > Oh yeah. Great job by the way!!! :-) If you use Japanese data, please give Yomi/Phonetic First and Last names a try, they should now sync between Address Book and the device. >> -Issue 1517 - Fix problem with handling of Japanese >> and other non >> European characters in Notes and Address fields. Dave Koziol Mark/Space, Inc. From dnanian at shirt-pocket.com Mon May 3 13:18:36 2004 From: dnanian at shirt-pocket.com (Dave Nanian) Date: Mon May 3 09:20:20 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] MissingSync for Pocket PC Alarm bug Message-ID: <8783DDAB-9D1D-11D8-8072-000A9599D7A2@shirt-pocket.com> I've noticed that any appointments or ToDo entries, entered on the Pocket PC, that have an associated alarm end up with *two* alarms when synced to iCal: one that is a "Message with sound", and another that's just a "Message". Any particular reason for this? -- Dave Nanian From dkoziol at markspace.com Mon May 3 16:19:16 2004 From: dkoziol at markspace.com (Dave Koziol) Date: Mon May 3 12:20:35 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Missing Sync for Pocket PC 1.0.4b2 Now Available In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Apr 30, 2004, at 2:55 PM, Ashwin Ram wrote: > Please please please fix the speed problem - it takes several minutes > (up to 30 minutes!) to do a sync because it has to copy all the > records (addresses, calendar entries, etc) instead of updating just > the ones that have changed. The current releases read all of the records from the device, and copies changed records back to the device. After the 1.0.4 release, we are making changes that will allow us to only read the changed records, which should speed up the sync. Dave Koziol Mark/Space, Inc. From dnanian at shirt-pocket.com Mon May 3 16:32:04 2004 From: dnanian at shirt-pocket.com (Dave Nanian) Date: Mon May 3 12:33:05 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Missing Sync for Pocket PC 1.0.4b2 Now Available In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8ED582AE-9D38-11D8-8072-000A9599D7A2@shirt-pocket.com> Boy, if words could express my delight... excellent, Dave! Totally looking forward to it. On May 3, 2004, at 3:19 PM, Dave Koziol wrote: > The current releases read all of the records from the device, and > copies changed records back to the device. After the 1.0.4 release, > we are making changes that will allow us to only read the changed > records, which should speed up the sync. > -- Dave Nanian From porkchop_d_clown at mac.com Tue May 11 23:57:41 2004 From: porkchop_d_clown at mac.com (Michael Heinz) Date: Tue May 11 19:57:52 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] MissingSync for Pocket PC Alarm bug In-Reply-To: <8783DDAB-9D1D-11D8-8072-000A9599D7A2@shirt-pocket.com> References: <8783DDAB-9D1D-11D8-8072-000A9599D7A2@shirt-pocket.com> Message-ID: <2238B59A-A3C0-11D8-A049-000A95A513D8@mac.com> Dave, I've noticed the same thing. On May 3, 2004, at 12:18 PM, Dave Nanian wrote: > I've noticed that any appointments or ToDo entries, entered on the > Pocket PC, that have an associated alarm end up with *two* alarms when > synced to iCal: one that is a "Message with sound", and another that's > just a "Message". > > Any particular reason for this? > -- > Dave Nanian > > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk From kruper at unext.com Wed May 12 10:47:41 2004 From: kruper at unext.com (John Kruper) Date: Wed May 12 07:47:52 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] connecting, mounting, but no iSyncing? Message-ID: <51DA5CD4-A423-11D8-B2EB-003065BF3432@unext.com> Anyone have any ideas on how to troubleshoot the following? My Jornada540 successfully connects to, and is mounted by my MissingSync, and initiates an iSync. However, iSync fails to actually sync calendar, contacts, and to-do items (i.e., anything; see iSync log below). I know the PocketPC device is connected/mounted (I can browse the PPC directories from my Mac finder, transfer files, etc.), so it looks like something specific to the iSync PPC conduit? Details: -Jornada540 running PPC2002 (w/ service pack1 installed) -MissingSync1.04 -iSync 1.4 -containing .Mac and PocketPC conduits Thanks in advance for any help/insight anyone can provide! -jk- iSync log: 9:27:21 AM Reading your .Mac configuration 9:27:25 AM Connecting to .Mac 9:27:29 AM Synchronizing bookmarks 9:27:29 AM Getting changes from .Mac 9:27:29 AM Getting changes from Safari 9:27:30 AM Completed synchronizing bookmarks 9:27:31 AM Connecting to Pocket_PC 9:27:31 AM Warning Can't synchronize contacts to Pocket_PC: device is not available 9:27:32 AM Synchronizing contacts 9:27:32 AM Getting changes from Address Book 9:27:32 AM Getting changes from .Mac 9:27:33 AM Completed synchronizing contacts 9:27:34 AM Warning Can't synchronize calendars and To Do items to Pocket_PC: device is not available 9:27:39 AM Synchronizing calendars and To Do items 9:27:39 AM Getting changes from iCal 9:27:42 AM Getting changes from .Mac 9:27:55 AM Completed synchronizing calendars and To Do items 9:27:57 AM Synchronization complete From kfreeman at markspace.com Wed May 12 10:06:41 2004 From: kfreeman at markspace.com (Ken Freeman) Date: Wed May 12 09:06:54 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] connecting, mounting, but no iSyncing? In-Reply-To: <51DA5CD4-A423-11D8-B2EB-003065BF3432@unext.com> References: <51DA5CD4-A423-11D8-B2EB-003065BF3432@unext.com> Message-ID: <5B76AE3A-A42E-11D8-B058-000A9570181E@markspace.com> The current profile in iSync is not associated with your actual handheld. This can happen if you change the handheld name. Try deleting the current Pocket PC device from iSync and then add it back. To remove the device from iSync: 1) Open iSync. 2) Select the device. 3) Choose "Remove Device" from the device menu. To avoid duplicates on the first sync: If you Mac (iCal and Address Book) has the latest data do this: 1) After adding the device back to iSync, choose "Erase data on device then sync" from the "for first sync" menu option. 2) Now sync with the handheld If your handheld has the latest data do this: The plan is to backup your iCal and Address Book data, then delete it and then sync (so that you pull all the data from the handheld to the Mac). 1) Make backup copies of your data first by copying the folders Home/Library/Application Support/Address Book, and Home/Library/Calendar). 2) Then delete the original Address Book and Calendar folders. Now when you launch iCal and Address Book they will be empty. 3) Now sync with the handheld. Ken On May 12, 2004, at 7:47 AM, John Kruper wrote: > Anyone have any ideas on how to troubleshoot the following? > > My Jornada540 successfully connects to, and is mounted by my > MissingSync, and initiates an iSync. However, iSync fails to actually > sync calendar, contacts, and to-do items (i.e., anything; see iSync > log below). > > I know the PocketPC device is connected/mounted (I can browse the PPC > directories from my Mac finder, transfer files, etc.), so it looks > like something specific to the iSync PPC conduit? > > Details: > -Jornada540 running PPC2002 (w/ service pack1 installed) > -MissingSync1.04 > -iSync 1.4 > -containing .Mac and PocketPC conduits > > Thanks in advance for any help/insight anyone can provide! > > -jk- > > iSync log: > > 9:27:21 AM Reading your .Mac configuration > 9:27:25 AM Connecting to .Mac > 9:27:29 AM Synchronizing bookmarks > 9:27:29 AM Getting changes from .Mac > 9:27:29 AM Getting changes from Safari > 9:27:30 AM Completed synchronizing bookmarks > 9:27:31 AM Connecting to Pocket_PC > 9:27:31 AM Warning Can't synchronize contacts to Pocket_PC: device is > not available > 9:27:32 AM Synchronizing contacts > 9:27:32 AM Getting changes from Address Book > 9:27:32 AM Getting changes from .Mac > 9:27:33 AM Completed synchronizing contacts > 9:27:34 AM Warning Can't synchronize calendars and To Do items to > Pocket_PC: device is not available > 9:27:39 AM Synchronizing calendars and To Do items > 9:27:39 AM Getting changes from iCal > 9:27:42 AM Getting changes from .Mac > 9:27:55 AM Completed synchronizing calendars and To Do items > 9:27:57 AM Synchronization complete > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From kruper at unext.com Wed May 12 15:01:20 2004 From: kruper at unext.com (John Kruper) Date: Wed May 12 12:01:27 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] connecting, mounting, but no Message-ID: Yep! That did it! Works like a charm now. Thanks a million Ken. -jk- From andy_park at nospammail.net Thu May 13 01:25:40 2004 From: andy_park at nospammail.net (Andy Park) Date: Wed May 12 16:25:18 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Missing Sync vs Pocketmac, objective opinions? Message-ID: Hi, Could anyone who has tried recent versions of both software please post some opinions on what is better? My experience with Missing Sync has been fairly grim, with all sorts or problems trying to sync Outlook at work, iCal at home and an iPaq to go, ranging from incorrect times for meetings created in a different time zone, all my iCal / Address Book categories being messed up, a lot of duplication and loss of events, same events getting duplicated across the different machines, practically all my iCal events not showing up on Outlook, all my contact information getting jumbled up so my contacts end up with other people's phone numbers etc. Not to mention things like like 2-3 bluetoothToTTY processes showing up on my ps list, copy to the webdav mount taking an age to close files etc - I'd hardly call it post-beta. All this stuff happens like russian rulette, so writing proper bug reports are damn hard as well. The most disappointing fact is that I couldn't find out these 'limitations' by using a demo, and spending the money to register Missing Sync was rather a gamble, on which I think I have lost out. Before I shell out another $30 or so for more grief, I'd like to know if there are any 'switchers' to PocketMac 3.0 for a better experience. I do know that PocketMac also seemed pretty pathetic in the 2.0 stage; if PocketMac 3.3 is similarly beta-quality, I might as well not bother. I cannot however simply take the word of naive happy customers on VersionTracker... Yours, Andy Park From kruper at unext.com Wed May 12 22:13:37 2004 From: kruper at unext.com (John Kruper) Date: Wed May 12 19:13:42 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] lost functional PocketPC calendar after iSync? Message-ID: <24FBFFDA-A483-11D8-B124-0003936CA9B4@unext.com> Has this happened to anyone: after iSyncing (using multiple calendars; initial sync set to to completely overwrite device), the PocketPC calendar program is non-functional -- in attempting to launch the calendar program, the task menu flashes "program," then some funky ASCII characters/symbols, then returns back to the start menu, with no calendar launched or running. There seems to be calendar data on the PocketPC (subsequent iSync logs show "reading entries;" and using ActiveSync back on the PC brings a bunch of (iSync sourced) calendar entries that register as conflicts (which can't be resolved). Sorry to lean on the list for tech-support, but I've exhausted my ideas. If I can get the calendar functional, I'll have a complete solution... meaning that my cries for help will cease and desist. :) Thanks in advance... -jk- From kfreeman at markspace.com Wed May 12 22:50:41 2004 From: kfreeman at markspace.com (Ken Freeman) Date: Wed May 12 21:50:46 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] lost functional PocketPC calendar after iSync? In-Reply-To: <24FBFFDA-A483-11D8-B124-0003936CA9B4@unext.com> References: <24FBFFDA-A483-11D8-B124-0003936CA9B4@unext.com> Message-ID: <15E2986C-A499-11D8-9860-000A9570181E@markspace.com> Which handheld do you have and what version of Pocket PC is it running? I've heard of people having this problem and then it's fixed after getting the latest end user update (ROM update) for their device. For general purposes you may want to see if any Pocket PC End User Updates are available for your device. The updates are available from your device manufacture, not Microsoft. The URLs below are good sources to find out more about such updates. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/resources/downloads/pocketpc/ http://www.cewindows.net/faqs/pocketpc2002sp3.htm http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html Ken On May 12, 2004, at 7:13 PM, John Kruper wrote: > Has this happened to anyone: after iSyncing (using multiple calendars; > initial sync set to to completely overwrite device), the PocketPC > calendar program is non-functional -- in attempting to launch the > calendar program, the task menu flashes "program," then some funky > ASCII characters/symbols, then returns back to the start menu, with no > calendar launched or running. > > There seems to be calendar data on the PocketPC (subsequent iSync logs > show "reading entries;" and using ActiveSync back on the PC brings a > bunch of (iSync sourced) calendar entries that register as conflicts > (which can't be resolved). > > Sorry to lean on the list for tech-support, but I've exhausted my > ideas. If I can get the calendar functional, I'll have a complete > solution... meaning that my cries for help will cease and desist. :) > > Thanks in advance... > > -jk- > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From kruper at unext.com Thu May 13 11:08:32 2004 From: kruper at unext.com (John Kruper) Date: Thu May 13 08:08:42 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] lost functional PocketPC calendar Message-ID: <66351606-A4EF-11D8-AF9C-003065BF3432@unext.com> Thanks for the links Ken... my device is a Jornada540 running PocketPC 2000. The only "update" I've found for this device/OS combination is a MS Service Pack 1 for PPC2000 (containing Webview.dll, Wininet.dll. Inreplce,dll, Ntlmssp,dll, and Schannel.dll). The Microsoft mobile website has only the Service Pack update (from what I can find). The cewindows.net site doesn't offer any updates/downloads, or info. The HP site offers only the original HP Jornada540 and ActiveSync CD ROMs (plus a picture viewer cab) All of which means I'm still stuck. :( -jk- > Which handheld do you have and what version of Pocket PC is it running? > > I've heard of people having this problem and then it's fixed after > getting the latest end user update (ROM update) for their device. For > general purposes you may want to see if any Pocket PC End User Updates > are available for your device. The updates are available from your > device manufacture, not Microsoft. The URLs below are good sources to > find out more about such updates. > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/resources/downloads/pocketpc/ > > http://www.cewindows.net/faqs/pocketpc2002sp3.htm > > http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html > > Ken > > On May 12, 2004, at 7:13 PM, John Kruper wrote: > > > Has this happened to anyone: after iSyncing (using multiple > calendars; > > initial sync set to to completely overwrite device), the PocketPC > > calendar program is non-functional -- in attempting to launch the > > calendar program, the task menu flashes "program," then some funky > > ASCII characters/symbols, then returns back to the start menu, with > no > > calendar launched or running. > > > > There seems to be calendar data on the PocketPC (subsequent iSync > logs > > show "reading entries;" and using ActiveSync back on the PC brings a > > bunch of (iSync sourced) calendar entries that register as conflicts > > (which can't be resolved). > > > > Sorry to lean on the list for tech-support, but I've exhausted my > > ideas. If I can get the calendar functional, I'll have a complete > > solution... meaning that my cries for help will cease and desist. :) > > > > Thanks in advance... > > > > -jk- From kfreeman at markspace.com Thu May 13 09:42:10 2004 From: kfreeman at markspace.com (Ken Freeman) Date: Thu May 13 08:42:17 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] lost functional PocketPC calendar In-Reply-To: <66351606-A4EF-11D8-AF9C-003065BF3432@unext.com> References: <66351606-A4EF-11D8-AF9C-003065BF3432@unext.com> Message-ID: <18ED7930-A4F4-11D8-93FF-000A9570181E@markspace.com> I suspect the problem is that your device is running Pocket PC 2000. The Missing Sync requires Pocket PC 2002 or higher. Sorry! Ken On May 13, 2004, at 8:08 AM, John Kruper wrote: > Thanks for the links Ken... my device is a Jornada540 running PocketPC > 2000. The only "update" I've found for this device/OS combination is a > MS Service Pack 1 for PPC2000 (containing Webview.dll, Wininet.dll. > Inreplce,dll, Ntlmssp,dll, and Schannel.dll). > > The Microsoft mobile website has only the Service Pack update (from > what I can find). > The cewindows.net site doesn't offer any updates/downloads, or info. > The HP site offers only the original HP Jornada540 and ActiveSync CD > ROMs (plus a picture viewer cab) > > All of which means I'm still stuck. :( > > -jk- > >> Which handheld do you have and what version of Pocket PC is it >> running? >> >> I've heard of people having this problem and then it's fixed after >> getting the latest end user update (ROM update) for their device. For >> general purposes you may want to see if any Pocket PC End User Updates >> are available for your device. The updates are available from your >> device manufacture, not Microsoft. The URLs below are good sources to >> find out more about such updates. >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/resources/downloads/pocketpc/ >> >> http://www.cewindows.net/faqs/pocketpc2002sp3.htm >> >> http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html >> >> Ken >> >> On May 12, 2004, at 7:13 PM, John Kruper wrote: >> >> > Has this happened to anyone: after iSyncing (using multiple >> calendars; >> > initial sync set to to completely overwrite device), the PocketPC >> > calendar program is non-functional -- in attempting to launch the >> > calendar program, the task menu flashes "program," then some funky >> > ASCII characters/symbols, then returns back to the start menu, with >> no >> > calendar launched or running. >> > >> > There seems to be calendar data on the PocketPC (subsequent iSync >> logs >> > show "reading entries;" and using ActiveSync back on the PC brings a >> > bunch of (iSync sourced) calendar entries that register as conflicts >> > (which can't be resolved). >> > >> > Sorry to lean on the list for tech-support, but I've exhausted my >> > ideas. If I can get the calendar functional, I'll have a complete >> > solution... meaning that my cries for help will cease and desist. >> :) >> > >> > Thanks in advance... >> > >> > -jk- > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From oblique at graffiti.net Fri May 14 00:49:18 2004 From: oblique at graffiti.net (Ron ) Date: Thu May 13 08:49:21 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] syncing getting worse Message-ID: <20040513154918.2774723EF6F@ws5-4.us4.outblaze.com> We all know syncing takes a LONG time. But in the last few syncs, I have seen the number of items to be synchronised expand to 12000+! I don't know how to find these spurious items -- I don't see duplicate entries, etc. Perhaps this is why the 128MB on my Pocket PC is almost used up! Any advice? Thanks, Ron -- _______________________________________________ Graffiti.net free e-mail @ www.graffiti.net Check out our value-added Premium features, such as an extra 20MB for just US$9.95 per year! Powered by Outblaze From darknerd2k at yahoo.com Thu May 13 18:01:22 2004 From: darknerd2k at yahoo.com (Joaquin Menchaca) Date: Thu May 13 17:01:28 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Missing Sync vs Pocketmac In-Reply-To: <200405131901.i4DJ0fH3019559@penguin.markspace.com> Message-ID: <20040514000122.34412.qmail@web13012.mail.yahoo.com> Hi. I hope it is ok to talk about competitive product. I can give you some limited feedback, but I am saving much later for a more comprehensive review of both products. I will let everyone know when/where the review is published. I have to maintain unbias, so I can't say which is better, only in that they are different. If you would like, I would be curious to help you diagnose your problem, and see if we can find the nature of the problem. About PocketMac. The software launches a visible background program to handle sychronization, in addition to the PocketMac iSync plug-in. This background application, then launches several other visible background applications, one per different type of synchronization. The software does not seem stable, as I can find several ways to crash the various components. Once you know where the land mines our, you can avoid them and get decent functionality, even more so than MissingSync, i.e. Entourage support, notes support, etc. Given the visibility of the crashes and other "features", the software does have a beta quality feel. Even the documentation on the gold master, states that it is beta. I don't know if they'll offer free upgrades to future stable versions or not, and so far they haven't been responsive on the several bugs that I reported and sent in their direction. In constrast MissingSync folks, even fixed some of the bugs in a surprising rapid turnaround. -- joaquin > work, iCal at home and an iPaq to go, ranging from > incorrect times for > meetings created in a different time zone, all my > iCal / Address Book > categories being messed up, a lot of duplication and > loss of events, > same events getting duplicated across the different > machines, > practically all my iCal events not showing up on > Outlook, all my > contact information getting jumbled up so my > contacts end up with other > people's phone numbers etc. Not to mention things > like like 2-3 > bluetoothToTTY processes showing up on my ps list, > copy to the webdav > mount taking an age to close files etc - I'd hardly > call it post-beta. > All this stuff happens like russian rulette, so > writing proper bug > reports are damn hard as well. The most > disappointing fact is that I > couldn't find out these 'limitations' by using a > demo, and spending the > money to register Missing Sync was rather a gamble, > on which I think I > have lost out. > Before I shell out another $30 or so for more grief, > I'd like to know > if there are any 'switchers' to PocketMac 3.0 for a > better experience. > I do know that PocketMac also seemed pretty pathetic > in the 2.0 stage; > if PocketMac 3.3 is similarly beta-quality, I might > as well not bother. > I cannot however simply take the word of naive happy > customers on > VersionTracker... > Yours, > Andy Park __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861 From jkarpen at lisco.com Fri May 14 16:18:51 2004 From: jkarpen at lisco.com (Jim Karpen) Date: Fri May 14 13:19:20 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Missing Sync vs Pocketmac In-Reply-To: <200405141910.i4EJAHH3006810@penguin.markspace.com> Message-ID: This was exactly my experience--and exactly the point I made in my review for Pocket PC magazine. I really like the stability of Missing Sync compared to PocketMac. And I especially like its ability to mount on the desktop. But, as noted, PocketMac has more features. Also, syncing is faster. Jim > Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 17:01:22 -0700 (PDT) > From: Joaquin Menchaca > Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Missing Sync vs Pocketmac > To: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Message-ID: <20040514000122.34412.qmail@web13012.mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi. > > I hope it is ok to talk about competitive product. I > can give you some limited feedback, but I am saving > much later for a more comprehensive review of both > products. I will let everyone know when/where the > review is published. > > I have to maintain unbias, so I can't say which is > better, only in that they are different. > > If you would like, I would be curious to help you > diagnose your problem, and see if we can find the > nature of the problem. > > About PocketMac. The software launches a visible > background program to handle sychronization, in > addition to the PocketMac iSync plug-in. This > background application, then launches several other > visible background applications, one per different > type of synchronization. The software does not seem > stable, as I can find several ways to crash the > various components. Once you know where the land > mines our, you can avoid them and get decent > functionality, even more so than MissingSync, i.e. > Entourage support, notes support, etc. > > Given the visibility of the crashes and other > "features", the software does have a beta quality > feel. Even the documentation on the gold master, > states that it is beta. I don't know if they'll offer > free upgrades to future stable versions or not, and so > far they haven't been responsive on the several bugs > that I reported and sent in their direction. In > constrast MissingSync folks, even fixed some of the > bugs in a surprising rapid turnaround. > > -- joaquin > >> work, iCal at home and an iPaq to go, ranging from >> incorrect times for >> meetings created in a different time zone, all my >> iCal / Address Book >> categories being messed up, a lot of duplication and >> loss of events, >> same events getting duplicated across the different >> machines, >> practically all my iCal events not showing up on >> Outlook, all my >> contact information getting jumbled up so my >> contacts end up with other >> people's phone numbers etc. Not to mention things >> like like 2-3 >> bluetoothToTTY processes showing up on my ps list, >> copy to the webdav >> mount taking an age to close files etc - I'd hardly >> call it post-beta. >> All this stuff happens like russian rulette, so >> writing proper bug >> reports are damn hard as well. The most >> disappointing fact is that I >> couldn't find out these 'limitations' by using a >> demo, and spending the >> money to register Missing Sync was rather a gamble, >> on which I think I >> have lost out. >> Before I shell out another $30 or so for more grief, >> I'd like to know >> if there are any 'switchers' to PocketMac 3.0 for a >> better experience. >> I do know that PocketMac also seemed pretty pathetic >> in the 2.0 stage; >> if PocketMac 3.3 is similarly beta-quality, I might >> as well not bother. >> I cannot however simply take the word of naive happy >> customers on >> VersionTracker... >> Yours, >> Andy Park > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' > http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861 > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can be found > at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > > End of missing-sync-pocketpc-talk Digest, Vol 16, Issue 7 > ********************************************************* > From plainsong at mac.com Sun May 16 04:17:00 2004 From: plainsong at mac.com (Kimberly Ruohio) Date: Sat May 15 17:19:41 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Pocketmac - Missing Sync In-Reply-To: <200405151907.i4FJ7KH3025642@penguin.markspace.com> References: <200405151907.i4FJ7KH3025642@penguin.markspace.com> Message-ID: <59668C48-A6CE-11D8-BF63-000393A207AA@mac.com> I suppose it was the opposite for me. At first Missing Sync was great, but it went downhill for me after 1.02. With my 2210 I couldn't sync over bluetooth at all. It would hang isync so badly that I'd have to cold boot, and of course the isync db would become corrupted. All-day events never would sync to the correct day, and when I asked for support, I was told it was my iPaq and Mac that was faulty. I put up with this through a few versions of 1.03. So I went to Pocketmac. All my problems were solved. No more bluetooth dropouts, events sync to the right day, isync no longer gets corrupted. Everything is stable and works. When I've had questions, the Pocketmac support have actually been very nice and helpful. *shrug* There were some others on the mailing list that privately emailed me and told me that Pocketmac would fix the problem. I guess they're still lurking now, or have left the list. From pcharles at chartermi.net Sun May 16 00:38:13 2004 From: pcharles at chartermi.net (Paul Charlesworth) Date: Sat May 15 20:38:58 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Pocketmac - Missing Sync In-Reply-To: <59668C48-A6CE-11D8-BF63-000393A207AA@mac.com> References: <200405151907.i4FJ7KH3025642@penguin.markspace.com> <59668C48-A6CE-11D8-BF63-000393A207AA@mac.com> Message-ID: <7602B0B0-A6EA-11D8-AE86-000393B6585E@chartermi.net> We are still here because I think that Missing Sync is a much more elegant and stable application. However, it appears to be somewhat limited by its reliance on iSync. It is the only explanation why you get problems converting categories in Missing Sync and not in PocketMac. PocketMac is, however, very far from perfect. It does seem to quit more often on my powerbook and the way it handles flash cards in horrible, but other than that it is. On May 15, 2004, at 8:17 PM, Kimberly Ruohio wrote: > I suppose it was the opposite for me. At first Missing Sync was great, > but it went downhill for me after 1.02. With my 2210 I couldn't sync > over bluetooth at all. It would hang isync so badly that I'd have to > cold boot, and of course the isync db would become corrupted. All-day > events never would sync to the correct day, and when I asked for > support, I was told it was my iPaq and Mac that was faulty. I put up > with this through a few versions of 1.03. > > So I went to Pocketmac. All my problems were solved. No more bluetooth > dropouts, events sync to the right day, isync no longer gets > corrupted. Everything is stable and works. When I've had questions, > the Pocketmac support have actually been very nice and helpful. > *shrug* > > There were some others on the mailing list that privately emailed me > and told me that Pocketmac would fix the problem. I guess they're > still lurking now, or have left the list. > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From TDefriez at cs.com Sun May 16 11:13:07 2004 From: TDefriez at cs.com (TDefriez@cs.com) Date: Sun May 16 07:13:59 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Pocketmac - Missing Sync Message-ID: Both rely on sync! Pocketmac only uses it for connection and like Palm desktop then it uses its own conduits, Missing Sync seem to rely totally on iSync (it can only talk to Apple programs). I like you adopted Missing Sync early and have now progressed to PocketMac. Neither are perfect (far from it but then MS Activesync has issues as well) and the level of support is similar - easy problems are fixed difficult ones take time to be fixed. I notice the response from PocketMac is much more friendly and whilst sometime its a shrug its a nice shrug - sometimes Missing Sync responses are far from this. My main reason for using PocketMac for it support of Entourage and its other functionality. From cebrandao at uol.com.br Sun May 16 12:25:20 2004 From: cebrandao at uol.com.br (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Carlos_Eduardo_Brand=E3o?=) Date: Sun May 16 07:25:52 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] entourage Message-ID: Pocket PC doens't connect with the mail, so messages that are in outlook express does'nt go to mail when the connection is made. There is a manner to do that? If not is tere perhaps a manner to connect the pocket Pc I mean te Ipaq with ENTOURAGE the comunication program that comes with office:mac? Thank you for your attention. Carlos From cebrandao at uol.com.br Sun May 16 12:42:32 2004 From: cebrandao at uol.com.br (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Carlos_Eduardo_Brand=E3o?=) Date: Sun May 16 07:42:43 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Entourage Message-ID: <43C107BE-A747-11D8-BF5B-000A95CA4792@uol.com.br> i can't connec the e-mails that are in my pocket to my powerbook, (Mail), using Missing Sync, Does anybody know how? I have a communication program named Entourage that comes with office:mac, and I'd like to use entourage instead of Mail. Can anyone help me out with it? Thanks. Carlos From TDefriez at cs.com Mon May 17 11:13:19 2004 From: TDefriez at cs.com (TDefriez@cs.com) Date: Sun May 23 10:58:46 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Entourage Message-ID: <27676D77.2C5462CC.007A6775@cs.com> Missing Sync provides no support for Entourage - there is no easy way to do what you want with Missing Sync - PocketMac does offer the capability Carlos Eduardo Brand?o wrote: >i can't connec the e-mails that are in my pocket to my powerbook, >(Mail), using Missing Sync, >Does anybody know how? >I have a communication program named Entourage that comes with >office:mac, and I'd like to use entourage instead of Mail. Can anyone >help me out with it? >Thanks. >Carlos > >_______________________________________________ >missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list >missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com >Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can be found at: >http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From kfreeman at markspace.com Mon May 17 14:21:05 2004 From: kfreeman at markspace.com (Ken Freeman) Date: Sun May 23 10:59:19 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Entourage In-Reply-To: <43C107BE-A747-11D8-BF5B-000A95CA4792@uol.com.br> References: <43C107BE-A747-11D8-BF5B-000A95CA4792@uol.com.br> Message-ID: New in the "Missing Sync User's Manual" for Missing Sync 1.0.4 are steps on how to synchronize your email with the Pocket PC Inbox application. Review the steps in Chapter 8 in the section titled "Send and Receive Email Using Inbox." Enjoy! Ken On May 16, 2004, at 7:42 AM, Carlos Eduardo Brand?o wrote: > i can't connec the e-mails that are in my pocket to my powerbook, > (Mail), using Missing Sync, > Does anybody know how? > I have a communication program named Entourage that comes with > office:mac, and I'd like to use entourage instead of Mail. Can anyone > help me out with it? > Thanks. > Carlos > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From plainsong at mac.com Wed May 19 03:27:00 2004 From: plainsong at mac.com (Kimberly Ruohio) Date: Sun May 23 10:59:28 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Still can't sync recurring events! :( Message-ID: Hi guys, after all the great praise I read here on the list and elsewhere about the version 1.04 of TMS, I decided to unload Pocketmac and give it a go. Well the good news is so far, no more bluetooth dropouts. It's slower than Pocketmac, but not hugely so, but at least no more huge crashes, that's a good thing. But come on, we're to the latest beta of 1.04 now and it still can't do all-day recurring events very well. Before installing, I went through and removed all my old calendars (searched using Finder), and reinstalled ical and isync. My computer and mac are both at GMT +3, and still we can't get this right. I mean, come on. After every sync now, all the events in my Finnish Holidays ical (subscribed from Apple) is one day ahead. In order to correct it, I have to refresh the calendar. The last time I brought this up, I was told my mac was to blame. Well, if that's the case then why did Pocketmac seem to get this bit right? :( Guess I'll be migrating back.. I sort-of need events on the correct days. I'm picky that way. :( Kimberly Ruohio ps - sorry to come off as harsh, but a sync program should be able to sync to the correct days. From porkchop_d_clown at mac.com Thu May 20 07:41:18 2004 From: porkchop_d_clown at mac.com (Michael Heinz) Date: Sun May 23 10:59:33 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] entourage In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <39FD1B9A-AA4A-11D8-A172-000A95A513D8@mac.com> Carlos, Check your e-mail program - I was able to configure mine so that it gets mail directly from my exchange server. On May 16, 2004, at 10:25 AM, Carlos Eduardo Brand?o wrote: > Pocket PC doens't connect with the mail, so messages that are in > outlook express does'nt go to mail when the connection is made. There > is a manner to do that? If not is tere perhaps a manner to connect the > pocket Pc I mean te Ipaq with ENTOURAGE the comunication program that > comes with office:mac? > Thank you for your attention. > Carlos > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk From torsm-list at broadpark.no Thu May 20 18:11:33 2004 From: torsm-list at broadpark.no (Tor S. Mehus) Date: Sun May 23 10:59:33 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Two bugs Message-ID: <1ge3gfh.f8nt9xds7h34M%torsm-list@broadpark.no> Hi I've found two minor bugs: 1) The iPhoto plug-in doesn't export photos to the PPC if the foldername (on the PPC) contains non-ASCII characters; eg. the Scandinavian letters ?, ? and ?. From iPhoto it looks like the files are copied to the handheld, but they are not. The folder on the PPC reamins empty. 2) Non-ASCII characters in the note field in Address Book are not transfered correctly from the mac to the PPC. -- Tor S. Mehus From PPC at frontiertreks.com Sat May 22 17:04:47 2004 From: PPC at frontiertreks.com (Matt Brandon) Date: Sun May 23 10:59:57 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Entourage or not? In-Reply-To: <43C107BE-A747-11D8-BF5B-000A95CA4792@uol.com.br> Message-ID: Ok we have been using MS now for sometime. What is the word, the real poop, are going to see MS work with Entourage or not? I am so sick of using iCal and iAddress. I only use it so I can sync with my PPC. Just shoot straight what is the ETA? Matt From jabarig at mac.com Sun May 23 19:12:46 2004 From: jabarig at mac.com (Jabari Garland) Date: Sun May 23 15:12:49 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] iPaq out of order Message-ID: <51C0BFC2-AD06-11D8-91C2-000393D57956@mac.com> I use a Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC H3900. I think its completely broken. For example, It turns on by itself and drains the battery, the buttons don't work, the screen doesn't recognize the stylus. I've tried everything (soft reset, hard reset, online-tech support, phone tech-support...) I think there's something wrong with the hardware and it needs to be serviced. Unfortunately since my warranty is over Compaq won't even look at it. They gave me two options 1. Buy an new one 2.Or trade in my old one for a new one. My question "Is there another company that will repair iPaqs other than Compaq". Jabari G. From andy_park at nospammail.net Mon May 24 01:02:06 2004 From: andy_park at nospammail.net (Andy Park) Date: Sun May 23 16:01:18 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Still can't sync recurring events! :( In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <362EE026-AD0D-11D8-BD06-000393A4799C@nospammail.net> On 19 May 2004, at 00:27, Kimberly Ruohio wrote: > Hi guys, after all the great praise I read here on the list and > elsewhere about the version 1.04 of TMS, I decided to unload Pocketmac > and give it a go. > > Well the good news is so far, no more bluetooth dropouts. It's slower > than Pocketmac, but not hugely so, but at least no more huge crashes, > that's a good thing. > > But come on, we're to the latest beta of 1.04 now and it still can't > do all-day recurring events very well. Before installing, I went > through and removed all my old calendars (searched using Finder), and > reinstalled ical and isync. My computer and mac are both at GMT +3, > and still we can't get this right. I mean, come on. After every sync > now, all the events in my Finnish Holidays ical (subscribed from > Apple) is one day ahead. In order to correct it, I have to refresh the > calendar. > > The last time I brought this up, I was told my mac was to blame. Well, > if that's the case then why did Pocketmac seem to get this bit right? > :( Guess I'll be migrating back.. I sort-of need events on the correct > days. I'm picky that way. :( > > Kimberly Ruohio > > ps - sorry to come off as harsh, but a sync program should be able to > sync to the correct days. > Glad to hear I'm not the only madman in the house thinking it's misleading to claim v.1 when such a glaring bug is present. We've not even discussed the availability of demos or the 'absolutely no refunds' policy. A shame, really. From Bmhome1 at aol.com Sun May 23 21:09:37 2004 From: Bmhome1 at aol.com (Bmhome1@aol.com) Date: Sun May 23 17:09:43 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] iPaq out of order Message-ID: <1e8.2133f1ad.2de29741@aol.com> Try pocketpctechs.com for great and honest service for all Pocket PC's. From dkoziol at markspace.com Sun May 23 23:19:18 2004 From: dkoziol at markspace.com (Dave Koziol) Date: Sun May 23 19:19:26 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Two bugs In-Reply-To: <1ge3gfh.f8nt9xds7h34M%torsm-list@broadpark.no> References: <1ge3gfh.f8nt9xds7h34M%torsm-list@broadpark.no> Message-ID: On May 20, 2004, at 11:11 AM, Tor S. Mehus wrote: > I've found two minor bugs: > > 1) The iPhoto plug-in doesn't export photos to the PPC if the > foldername > (on the PPC) contains non-ASCII characters; eg. the Scandinavian > letters > ?, ? and ?. From iPhoto it looks like the files are copied to the > handheld, but they are not. The folder on the PPC reamins empty. Thanks for reporting this. We'll look into it. > 2) Non-ASCII characters in the note field in Address Book are not > transfered correctly from the mac to the PPC. Are you running the 1.0.4 version? There was a change made in 1.0.4 which I would have thought would have corrected this problem. If you are running 1.0.4, please send a sample vCard to me which can be used to reproduce this problem. Dave Koziol Mark/Space, Inc From dkoziol at markspace.com Sun May 23 23:46:54 2004 From: dkoziol at markspace.com (Dave Koziol) Date: Sun May 23 19:47:01 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Exchange Server Message-ID: <9DAAF86A-AD2C-11D8-93D2-000A95AE08CA@markspace.com> We recently wrote up a knowledge base article on syncing with an Exchange Server. If your organization uses exchange server, check it out: Dave Koziol Arbormoon Software From ian at hirst.co.uk Mon May 24 08:16:15 2004 From: ian at hirst.co.uk (Ian Hirst) Date: Sun May 23 23:16:21 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] iPaq out of order In-Reply-To: <51C0BFC2-AD06-11D8-91C2-000393D57956@mac.com> References: <51C0BFC2-AD06-11D8-91C2-000393D57956@mac.com> Message-ID: Try ppcuniverse Yahoo group - their files section probably has some links - or ask in the forum. Ian On 23 May 2004, at 23:12, Jabari Garland wrote: > I use a Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC H3900. I think its completely broken. > For example, It turns on by itself and drains the battery, the buttons > don't work, the screen doesn't recognize the stylus. I've tried > everything (soft reset, hard reset, online-tech support, phone > tech-support...) I think there's something wrong with the hardware and > it needs to be serviced. Unfortunately since my warranty is over > Compaq won't even look at it. They gave me two options 1. Buy an new > one 2.Or trade in my old one for a new one. > > My question "Is there another company that will repair iPaqs other > than Compaq". > > Jabari G. > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From torsm-list at broadpark.no Mon May 24 23:05:42 2004 From: torsm-list at broadpark.no (Tor S. Mehus) Date: Mon May 24 13:05:59 2004 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Two bugs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1geb9b0.1rqzy0evfdhdcM%torsm-list@broadpark.no> Dave Koziol wrote: > On May 20, 2004, at 11:11 AM, Tor S. Mehus wrote: > > > 2) Non-ASCII characters in the note field in Address Book are not > > transfered correctly from the mac to the PPC. > > Are you running the 1.0.4 version? Yes. 1.0.4 (v25). > There was a change made in 1.0.4 > which I would have thought would have corrected this problem. > > If you are running 1.0.4, please send a sample vCard to me which can be > used to reproduce this problem. I've sent one to you in a seperate e-mail. -- Tor S. Mehus From darknerd2k at yahoo.com Sat May 1 17:45:58 2004 From: darknerd2k at yahoo.com (Joaquin Menchaca) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Missing Sync for Pocket PC 1.0.4b2 NowAvailable (Dave Koziol) In-Reply-To: <200405011603.i41G2pII006365@penguin.markspace.com> Message-ID: <20040501234558.80178.qmail@web13012.mail.yahoo.com> Wow. I hope I was of a help for that issue. \(^).(^)/ Out of curiosity, what's the low down on that bug. What happened? How was it fixed? (Adventures in engineering land ;-) Oh yeah. Great job by the way!!! :-) > -Issue 1517 - Fix problem with handling of Japanese > and other non > European characters in Notes and Address fields. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover From darknerd2k at yahoo.com Sun May 2 19:48:26 2004 From: darknerd2k at yahoo.com (Joaquin Menchaca) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Enhancement Request: Managing WMA files In-Reply-To: <200405021600.i42G0LII012431@penguin.markspace.com> Message-ID: <20040503014826.19549.qmail@web13010.mail.yahoo.com> Hi. Now that iTunes 4.5 has some functionality to convert WMAs inot other formats, would it be possible to view WMA files in the Pocket_PC source within iTunes and have the option to convert these? If so, this would be a nice feature. - Joaquin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover From kswafford at earthlink.net Sun May 2 22:51:24 2004 From: kswafford at earthlink.net (Kent Swafford) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Enhancement Request: Managing WMA files In-Reply-To: <20040503014826.19549.qmail@web13010.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040503014826.19549.qmail@web13010.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I thought WMA features in iTunes were Windows only. Kent Swafford On May 2, 2004, at 8:48 PM, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: > Hi. > > Now that iTunes 4.5 has some functionality to convert > WMAs inot other formats, would it be possible to view > WMA files in the Pocket_PC source within iTunes and > have the option to convert these? If so, this would > be a nice feature. > > - Joaquin > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From dkoziol at markspace.com Mon May 3 12:30:28 2004 From: dkoziol at markspace.com (Dave Koziol) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Enhancement Request: Managing WMA files In-Reply-To: References: <20040503014826.19549.qmail@web13010.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On May 2, 2004, at 10:51 PM, Kent Swafford wrote: > I thought WMA features in iTunes were Windows only. You are correct. See the Key Features section on this page: > On May 2, 2004, at 8:48 PM, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> Now that iTunes 4.5 has some functionality to convert >> WMAs inot other formats, would it be possible to view >> WMA files in the Pocket_PC source within iTunes and >> have the option to convert these? If so, this would >> be a nice feature. Dave Koziol Mark/Space, Inc. From dkoziol at markspace.com Mon May 3 12:56:04 2004 From: dkoziol at markspace.com (Dave Koziol) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Missing Sync for Pocket PC 1.0.4b2 NowAvailable (Dave Koziol) In-Reply-To: <20040501234558.80178.qmail@web13012.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040501234558.80178.qmail@web13012.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <61CDFA92-9D1A-11D8-8A87-000393830242@markspace.com> On May 1, 2004, at 7:45 PM, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: > Wow. I hope I was of a help for that issue. \(^).(^)/ You get full credit for find the bug, providing data files to track it down, reproduce it and fix it. Thank you! Consider this your virtual gold star :-) > Out of curiosity, what's the low down on that bug. > What happened? How was it fixed? (Adventures in > engineering land ;-) Prior to 1.0.4b2 we sometimes converted notes and address fields to a European encoding, resulting in the loss of any data which could not be represented in that encoding. Now we keep things in various Unicode encodings which should prevent any data loss. > Oh yeah. Great job by the way!!! :-) If you use Japanese data, please give Yomi/Phonetic First and Last names a try, they should now sync between Address Book and the device. >> -Issue 1517 - Fix problem with handling of Japanese >> and other non >> European characters in Notes and Address fields. Dave Koziol Mark/Space, Inc. From dnanian at shirt-pocket.com Mon May 3 13:18:36 2004 From: dnanian at shirt-pocket.com (Dave Nanian) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] MissingSync for Pocket PC Alarm bug Message-ID: <8783DDAB-9D1D-11D8-8072-000A9599D7A2@shirt-pocket.com> I've noticed that any appointments or ToDo entries, entered on the Pocket PC, that have an associated alarm end up with *two* alarms when synced to iCal: one that is a "Message with sound", and another that's just a "Message". Any particular reason for this? -- Dave Nanian From dkoziol at markspace.com Mon May 3 16:19:16 2004 From: dkoziol at markspace.com (Dave Koziol) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Missing Sync for Pocket PC 1.0.4b2 Now Available In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Apr 30, 2004, at 2:55 PM, Ashwin Ram wrote: > Please please please fix the speed problem - it takes several minutes > (up to 30 minutes!) to do a sync because it has to copy all the > records (addresses, calendar entries, etc) instead of updating just > the ones that have changed. The current releases read all of the records from the device, and copies changed records back to the device. After the 1.0.4 release, we are making changes that will allow us to only read the changed records, which should speed up the sync. Dave Koziol Mark/Space, Inc. From dnanian at shirt-pocket.com Mon May 3 16:32:04 2004 From: dnanian at shirt-pocket.com (Dave Nanian) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Missing Sync for Pocket PC 1.0.4b2 Now Available In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8ED582AE-9D38-11D8-8072-000A9599D7A2@shirt-pocket.com> Boy, if words could express my delight... excellent, Dave! Totally looking forward to it. On May 3, 2004, at 3:19 PM, Dave Koziol wrote: > The current releases read all of the records from the device, and > copies changed records back to the device. After the 1.0.4 release, > we are making changes that will allow us to only read the changed > records, which should speed up the sync. > -- Dave Nanian From porkchop_d_clown at mac.com Tue May 11 23:57:41 2004 From: porkchop_d_clown at mac.com (Michael Heinz) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] MissingSync for Pocket PC Alarm bug In-Reply-To: <8783DDAB-9D1D-11D8-8072-000A9599D7A2@shirt-pocket.com> References: <8783DDAB-9D1D-11D8-8072-000A9599D7A2@shirt-pocket.com> Message-ID: <2238B59A-A3C0-11D8-A049-000A95A513D8@mac.com> Dave, I've noticed the same thing. On May 3, 2004, at 12:18 PM, Dave Nanian wrote: > I've noticed that any appointments or ToDo entries, entered on the > Pocket PC, that have an associated alarm end up with *two* alarms when > synced to iCal: one that is a "Message with sound", and another that's > just a "Message". > > Any particular reason for this? > -- > Dave Nanian > > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk From kruper at unext.com Wed May 12 10:47:41 2004 From: kruper at unext.com (John Kruper) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] connecting, mounting, but no iSyncing? Message-ID: <51DA5CD4-A423-11D8-B2EB-003065BF3432@unext.com> Anyone have any ideas on how to troubleshoot the following? My Jornada540 successfully connects to, and is mounted by my MissingSync, and initiates an iSync. However, iSync fails to actually sync calendar, contacts, and to-do items (i.e., anything; see iSync log below). I know the PocketPC device is connected/mounted (I can browse the PPC directories from my Mac finder, transfer files, etc.), so it looks like something specific to the iSync PPC conduit? Details: -Jornada540 running PPC2002 (w/ service pack1 installed) -MissingSync1.04 -iSync 1.4 -containing .Mac and PocketPC conduits Thanks in advance for any help/insight anyone can provide! -jk- iSync log: 9:27:21 AM Reading your .Mac configuration 9:27:25 AM Connecting to .Mac 9:27:29 AM Synchronizing bookmarks 9:27:29 AM Getting changes from .Mac 9:27:29 AM Getting changes from Safari 9:27:30 AM Completed synchronizing bookmarks 9:27:31 AM Connecting to Pocket_PC 9:27:31 AM Warning Can't synchronize contacts to Pocket_PC: device is not available 9:27:32 AM Synchronizing contacts 9:27:32 AM Getting changes from Address Book 9:27:32 AM Getting changes from .Mac 9:27:33 AM Completed synchronizing contacts 9:27:34 AM Warning Can't synchronize calendars and To Do items to Pocket_PC: device is not available 9:27:39 AM Synchronizing calendars and To Do items 9:27:39 AM Getting changes from iCal 9:27:42 AM Getting changes from .Mac 9:27:55 AM Completed synchronizing calendars and To Do items 9:27:57 AM Synchronization complete From kfreeman at markspace.com Wed May 12 10:06:41 2004 From: kfreeman at markspace.com (Ken Freeman) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] connecting, mounting, but no iSyncing? In-Reply-To: <51DA5CD4-A423-11D8-B2EB-003065BF3432@unext.com> References: <51DA5CD4-A423-11D8-B2EB-003065BF3432@unext.com> Message-ID: <5B76AE3A-A42E-11D8-B058-000A9570181E@markspace.com> The current profile in iSync is not associated with your actual handheld. This can happen if you change the handheld name. Try deleting the current Pocket PC device from iSync and then add it back. To remove the device from iSync: 1) Open iSync. 2) Select the device. 3) Choose "Remove Device" from the device menu. To avoid duplicates on the first sync: If you Mac (iCal and Address Book) has the latest data do this: 1) After adding the device back to iSync, choose "Erase data on device then sync" from the "for first sync" menu option. 2) Now sync with the handheld If your handheld has the latest data do this: The plan is to backup your iCal and Address Book data, then delete it and then sync (so that you pull all the data from the handheld to the Mac). 1) Make backup copies of your data first by copying the folders Home/Library/Application Support/Address Book, and Home/Library/Calendar). 2) Then delete the original Address Book and Calendar folders. Now when you launch iCal and Address Book they will be empty. 3) Now sync with the handheld. Ken On May 12, 2004, at 7:47 AM, John Kruper wrote: > Anyone have any ideas on how to troubleshoot the following? > > My Jornada540 successfully connects to, and is mounted by my > MissingSync, and initiates an iSync. However, iSync fails to actually > sync calendar, contacts, and to-do items (i.e., anything; see iSync > log below). > > I know the PocketPC device is connected/mounted (I can browse the PPC > directories from my Mac finder, transfer files, etc.), so it looks > like something specific to the iSync PPC conduit? > > Details: > -Jornada540 running PPC2002 (w/ service pack1 installed) > -MissingSync1.04 > -iSync 1.4 > -containing .Mac and PocketPC conduits > > Thanks in advance for any help/insight anyone can provide! > > -jk- > > iSync log: > > 9:27:21 AM Reading your .Mac configuration > 9:27:25 AM Connecting to .Mac > 9:27:29 AM Synchronizing bookmarks > 9:27:29 AM Getting changes from .Mac > 9:27:29 AM Getting changes from Safari > 9:27:30 AM Completed synchronizing bookmarks > 9:27:31 AM Connecting to Pocket_PC > 9:27:31 AM Warning Can't synchronize contacts to Pocket_PC: device is > not available > 9:27:32 AM Synchronizing contacts > 9:27:32 AM Getting changes from Address Book > 9:27:32 AM Getting changes from .Mac > 9:27:33 AM Completed synchronizing contacts > 9:27:34 AM Warning Can't synchronize calendars and To Do items to > Pocket_PC: device is not available > 9:27:39 AM Synchronizing calendars and To Do items > 9:27:39 AM Getting changes from iCal > 9:27:42 AM Getting changes from .Mac > 9:27:55 AM Completed synchronizing calendars and To Do items > 9:27:57 AM Synchronization complete > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From kruper at unext.com Wed May 12 15:01:20 2004 From: kruper at unext.com (John Kruper) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] connecting, mounting, but no Message-ID: Yep! That did it! Works like a charm now. Thanks a million Ken. -jk- From andy_park at nospammail.net Thu May 13 01:25:40 2004 From: andy_park at nospammail.net (Andy Park) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Missing Sync vs Pocketmac, objective opinions? Message-ID: Hi, Could anyone who has tried recent versions of both software please post some opinions on what is better? My experience with Missing Sync has been fairly grim, with all sorts or problems trying to sync Outlook at work, iCal at home and an iPaq to go, ranging from incorrect times for meetings created in a different time zone, all my iCal / Address Book categories being messed up, a lot of duplication and loss of events, same events getting duplicated across the different machines, practically all my iCal events not showing up on Outlook, all my contact information getting jumbled up so my contacts end up with other people's phone numbers etc. Not to mention things like like 2-3 bluetoothToTTY processes showing up on my ps list, copy to the webdav mount taking an age to close files etc - I'd hardly call it post-beta. All this stuff happens like russian rulette, so writing proper bug reports are damn hard as well. The most disappointing fact is that I couldn't find out these 'limitations' by using a demo, and spending the money to register Missing Sync was rather a gamble, on which I think I have lost out. Before I shell out another $30 or so for more grief, I'd like to know if there are any 'switchers' to PocketMac 3.0 for a better experience. I do know that PocketMac also seemed pretty pathetic in the 2.0 stage; if PocketMac 3.3 is similarly beta-quality, I might as well not bother. I cannot however simply take the word of naive happy customers on VersionTracker... Yours, Andy Park From kruper at unext.com Wed May 12 22:13:37 2004 From: kruper at unext.com (John Kruper) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] lost functional PocketPC calendar after iSync? Message-ID: <24FBFFDA-A483-11D8-B124-0003936CA9B4@unext.com> Has this happened to anyone: after iSyncing (using multiple calendars; initial sync set to to completely overwrite device), the PocketPC calendar program is non-functional -- in attempting to launch the calendar program, the task menu flashes "program," then some funky ASCII characters/symbols, then returns back to the start menu, with no calendar launched or running. There seems to be calendar data on the PocketPC (subsequent iSync logs show "reading entries;" and using ActiveSync back on the PC brings a bunch of (iSync sourced) calendar entries that register as conflicts (which can't be resolved). Sorry to lean on the list for tech-support, but I've exhausted my ideas. If I can get the calendar functional, I'll have a complete solution... meaning that my cries for help will cease and desist. :) Thanks in advance... -jk- From kfreeman at markspace.com Wed May 12 22:50:41 2004 From: kfreeman at markspace.com (Ken Freeman) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] lost functional PocketPC calendar after iSync? In-Reply-To: <24FBFFDA-A483-11D8-B124-0003936CA9B4@unext.com> References: <24FBFFDA-A483-11D8-B124-0003936CA9B4@unext.com> Message-ID: <15E2986C-A499-11D8-9860-000A9570181E@markspace.com> Which handheld do you have and what version of Pocket PC is it running? I've heard of people having this problem and then it's fixed after getting the latest end user update (ROM update) for their device. For general purposes you may want to see if any Pocket PC End User Updates are available for your device. The updates are available from your device manufacture, not Microsoft. The URLs below are good sources to find out more about such updates. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/resources/downloads/pocketpc/ http://www.cewindows.net/faqs/pocketpc2002sp3.htm http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html Ken On May 12, 2004, at 7:13 PM, John Kruper wrote: > Has this happened to anyone: after iSyncing (using multiple calendars; > initial sync set to to completely overwrite device), the PocketPC > calendar program is non-functional -- in attempting to launch the > calendar program, the task menu flashes "program," then some funky > ASCII characters/symbols, then returns back to the start menu, with no > calendar launched or running. > > There seems to be calendar data on the PocketPC (subsequent iSync logs > show "reading entries;" and using ActiveSync back on the PC brings a > bunch of (iSync sourced) calendar entries that register as conflicts > (which can't be resolved). > > Sorry to lean on the list for tech-support, but I've exhausted my > ideas. If I can get the calendar functional, I'll have a complete > solution... meaning that my cries for help will cease and desist. :) > > Thanks in advance... > > -jk- > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From kruper at unext.com Thu May 13 11:08:32 2004 From: kruper at unext.com (John Kruper) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] lost functional PocketPC calendar Message-ID: <66351606-A4EF-11D8-AF9C-003065BF3432@unext.com> Thanks for the links Ken... my device is a Jornada540 running PocketPC 2000. The only "update" I've found for this device/OS combination is a MS Service Pack 1 for PPC2000 (containing Webview.dll, Wininet.dll. Inreplce,dll, Ntlmssp,dll, and Schannel.dll). The Microsoft mobile website has only the Service Pack update (from what I can find). The cewindows.net site doesn't offer any updates/downloads, or info. The HP site offers only the original HP Jornada540 and ActiveSync CD ROMs (plus a picture viewer cab) All of which means I'm still stuck. :( -jk- > Which handheld do you have and what version of Pocket PC is it running? > > I've heard of people having this problem and then it's fixed after > getting the latest end user update (ROM update) for their device. For > general purposes you may want to see if any Pocket PC End User Updates > are available for your device. The updates are available from your > device manufacture, not Microsoft. The URLs below are good sources to > find out more about such updates. > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/resources/downloads/pocketpc/ > > http://www.cewindows.net/faqs/pocketpc2002sp3.htm > > http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html > > Ken > > On May 12, 2004, at 7:13 PM, John Kruper wrote: > > > Has this happened to anyone: after iSyncing (using multiple > calendars; > > initial sync set to to completely overwrite device), the PocketPC > > calendar program is non-functional -- in attempting to launch the > > calendar program, the task menu flashes "program," then some funky > > ASCII characters/symbols, then returns back to the start menu, with > no > > calendar launched or running. > > > > There seems to be calendar data on the PocketPC (subsequent iSync > logs > > show "reading entries;" and using ActiveSync back on the PC brings a > > bunch of (iSync sourced) calendar entries that register as conflicts > > (which can't be resolved). > > > > Sorry to lean on the list for tech-support, but I've exhausted my > > ideas. If I can get the calendar functional, I'll have a complete > > solution... meaning that my cries for help will cease and desist. :) > > > > Thanks in advance... > > > > -jk- From kfreeman at markspace.com Thu May 13 09:42:10 2004 From: kfreeman at markspace.com (Ken Freeman) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] lost functional PocketPC calendar In-Reply-To: <66351606-A4EF-11D8-AF9C-003065BF3432@unext.com> References: <66351606-A4EF-11D8-AF9C-003065BF3432@unext.com> Message-ID: <18ED7930-A4F4-11D8-93FF-000A9570181E@markspace.com> I suspect the problem is that your device is running Pocket PC 2000. The Missing Sync requires Pocket PC 2002 or higher. Sorry! Ken On May 13, 2004, at 8:08 AM, John Kruper wrote: > Thanks for the links Ken... my device is a Jornada540 running PocketPC > 2000. The only "update" I've found for this device/OS combination is a > MS Service Pack 1 for PPC2000 (containing Webview.dll, Wininet.dll. > Inreplce,dll, Ntlmssp,dll, and Schannel.dll). > > The Microsoft mobile website has only the Service Pack update (from > what I can find). > The cewindows.net site doesn't offer any updates/downloads, or info. > The HP site offers only the original HP Jornada540 and ActiveSync CD > ROMs (plus a picture viewer cab) > > All of which means I'm still stuck. :( > > -jk- > >> Which handheld do you have and what version of Pocket PC is it >> running? >> >> I've heard of people having this problem and then it's fixed after >> getting the latest end user update (ROM update) for their device. For >> general purposes you may want to see if any Pocket PC End User Updates >> are available for your device. The updates are available from your >> device manufacture, not Microsoft. The URLs below are good sources to >> find out more about such updates. >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/resources/downloads/pocketpc/ >> >> http://www.cewindows.net/faqs/pocketpc2002sp3.htm >> >> http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html >> >> Ken >> >> On May 12, 2004, at 7:13 PM, John Kruper wrote: >> >> > Has this happened to anyone: after iSyncing (using multiple >> calendars; >> > initial sync set to to completely overwrite device), the PocketPC >> > calendar program is non-functional -- in attempting to launch the >> > calendar program, the task menu flashes "program," then some funky >> > ASCII characters/symbols, then returns back to the start menu, with >> no >> > calendar launched or running. >> > >> > There seems to be calendar data on the PocketPC (subsequent iSync >> logs >> > show "reading entries;" and using ActiveSync back on the PC brings a >> > bunch of (iSync sourced) calendar entries that register as conflicts >> > (which can't be resolved). >> > >> > Sorry to lean on the list for tech-support, but I've exhausted my >> > ideas. If I can get the calendar functional, I'll have a complete >> > solution... meaning that my cries for help will cease and desist. >> :) >> > >> > Thanks in advance... >> > >> > -jk- > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From oblique at graffiti.net Fri May 14 00:49:18 2004 From: oblique at graffiti.net (Ron ) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] syncing getting worse Message-ID: <20040513154918.2774723EF6F@ws5-4.us4.outblaze.com> We all know syncing takes a LONG time. But in the last few syncs, I have seen the number of items to be synchronised expand to 12000+! I don't know how to find these spurious items -- I don't see duplicate entries, etc. Perhaps this is why the 128MB on my Pocket PC is almost used up! Any advice? Thanks, Ron -- _______________________________________________ Graffiti.net free e-mail @ www.graffiti.net Check out our value-added Premium features, such as an extra 20MB for just US$9.95 per year! Powered by Outblaze From darknerd2k at yahoo.com Thu May 13 18:01:22 2004 From: darknerd2k at yahoo.com (Joaquin Menchaca) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Missing Sync vs Pocketmac In-Reply-To: <200405131901.i4DJ0fH3019559@penguin.markspace.com> Message-ID: <20040514000122.34412.qmail@web13012.mail.yahoo.com> Hi. I hope it is ok to talk about competitive product. I can give you some limited feedback, but I am saving much later for a more comprehensive review of both products. I will let everyone know when/where the review is published. I have to maintain unbias, so I can't say which is better, only in that they are different. If you would like, I would be curious to help you diagnose your problem, and see if we can find the nature of the problem. About PocketMac. The software launches a visible background program to handle sychronization, in addition to the PocketMac iSync plug-in. This background application, then launches several other visible background applications, one per different type of synchronization. The software does not seem stable, as I can find several ways to crash the various components. Once you know where the land mines our, you can avoid them and get decent functionality, even more so than MissingSync, i.e. Entourage support, notes support, etc. Given the visibility of the crashes and other "features", the software does have a beta quality feel. Even the documentation on the gold master, states that it is beta. I don't know if they'll offer free upgrades to future stable versions or not, and so far they haven't been responsive on the several bugs that I reported and sent in their direction. In constrast MissingSync folks, even fixed some of the bugs in a surprising rapid turnaround. -- joaquin > work, iCal at home and an iPaq to go, ranging from > incorrect times for > meetings created in a different time zone, all my > iCal / Address Book > categories being messed up, a lot of duplication and > loss of events, > same events getting duplicated across the different > machines, > practically all my iCal events not showing up on > Outlook, all my > contact information getting jumbled up so my > contacts end up with other > people's phone numbers etc. Not to mention things > like like 2-3 > bluetoothToTTY processes showing up on my ps list, > copy to the webdav > mount taking an age to close files etc - I'd hardly > call it post-beta. > All this stuff happens like russian rulette, so > writing proper bug > reports are damn hard as well. The most > disappointing fact is that I > couldn't find out these 'limitations' by using a > demo, and spending the > money to register Missing Sync was rather a gamble, > on which I think I > have lost out. > Before I shell out another $30 or so for more grief, > I'd like to know > if there are any 'switchers' to PocketMac 3.0 for a > better experience. > I do know that PocketMac also seemed pretty pathetic > in the 2.0 stage; > if PocketMac 3.3 is similarly beta-quality, I might > as well not bother. > I cannot however simply take the word of naive happy > customers on > VersionTracker... > Yours, > Andy Park __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861 From jkarpen at lisco.com Fri May 14 16:18:51 2004 From: jkarpen at lisco.com (Jim Karpen) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Missing Sync vs Pocketmac In-Reply-To: <200405141910.i4EJAHH3006810@penguin.markspace.com> Message-ID: This was exactly my experience--and exactly the point I made in my review for Pocket PC magazine. I really like the stability of Missing Sync compared to PocketMac. And I especially like its ability to mount on the desktop. But, as noted, PocketMac has more features. Also, syncing is faster. Jim > Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 17:01:22 -0700 (PDT) > From: Joaquin Menchaca > Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Missing Sync vs Pocketmac > To: missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Message-ID: <20040514000122.34412.qmail@web13012.mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi. > > I hope it is ok to talk about competitive product. I > can give you some limited feedback, but I am saving > much later for a more comprehensive review of both > products. I will let everyone know when/where the > review is published. > > I have to maintain unbias, so I can't say which is > better, only in that they are different. > > If you would like, I would be curious to help you > diagnose your problem, and see if we can find the > nature of the problem. > > About PocketMac. The software launches a visible > background program to handle sychronization, in > addition to the PocketMac iSync plug-in. This > background application, then launches several other > visible background applications, one per different > type of synchronization. The software does not seem > stable, as I can find several ways to crash the > various components. Once you know where the land > mines our, you can avoid them and get decent > functionality, even more so than MissingSync, i.e. > Entourage support, notes support, etc. > > Given the visibility of the crashes and other > "features", the software does have a beta quality > feel. Even the documentation on the gold master, > states that it is beta. I don't know if they'll offer > free upgrades to future stable versions or not, and so > far they haven't been responsive on the several bugs > that I reported and sent in their direction. In > constrast MissingSync folks, even fixed some of the > bugs in a surprising rapid turnaround. > > -- joaquin > >> work, iCal at home and an iPaq to go, ranging from >> incorrect times for >> meetings created in a different time zone, all my >> iCal / Address Book >> categories being messed up, a lot of duplication and >> loss of events, >> same events getting duplicated across the different >> machines, >> practically all my iCal events not showing up on >> Outlook, all my >> contact information getting jumbled up so my >> contacts end up with other >> people's phone numbers etc. Not to mention things >> like like 2-3 >> bluetoothToTTY processes showing up on my ps list, >> copy to the webdav >> mount taking an age to close files etc - I'd hardly >> call it post-beta. >> All this stuff happens like russian rulette, so >> writing proper bug >> reports are damn hard as well. The most >> disappointing fact is that I >> couldn't find out these 'limitations' by using a >> demo, and spending the >> money to register Missing Sync was rather a gamble, >> on which I think I >> have lost out. >> Before I shell out another $30 or so for more grief, >> I'd like to know >> if there are any 'switchers' to PocketMac 3.0 for a >> better experience. >> I do know that PocketMac also seemed pretty pathetic >> in the 2.0 stage; >> if PocketMac 3.3 is similarly beta-quality, I might >> as well not bother. >> I cannot however simply take the word of naive happy >> customers on >> VersionTracker... >> Yours, >> Andy Park > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' > http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861 > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can be found > at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > > End of missing-sync-pocketpc-talk Digest, Vol 16, Issue 7 > ********************************************************* > From plainsong at mac.com Sun May 16 04:17:00 2004 From: plainsong at mac.com (Kimberly Ruohio) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Pocketmac - Missing Sync In-Reply-To: <200405151907.i4FJ7KH3025642@penguin.markspace.com> References: <200405151907.i4FJ7KH3025642@penguin.markspace.com> Message-ID: <59668C48-A6CE-11D8-BF63-000393A207AA@mac.com> I suppose it was the opposite for me. At first Missing Sync was great, but it went downhill for me after 1.02. With my 2210 I couldn't sync over bluetooth at all. It would hang isync so badly that I'd have to cold boot, and of course the isync db would become corrupted. All-day events never would sync to the correct day, and when I asked for support, I was told it was my iPaq and Mac that was faulty. I put up with this through a few versions of 1.03. So I went to Pocketmac. All my problems were solved. No more bluetooth dropouts, events sync to the right day, isync no longer gets corrupted. Everything is stable and works. When I've had questions, the Pocketmac support have actually been very nice and helpful. *shrug* There were some others on the mailing list that privately emailed me and told me that Pocketmac would fix the problem. I guess they're still lurking now, or have left the list. From pcharles at chartermi.net Sun May 16 00:38:13 2004 From: pcharles at chartermi.net (Paul Charlesworth) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Pocketmac - Missing Sync In-Reply-To: <59668C48-A6CE-11D8-BF63-000393A207AA@mac.com> References: <200405151907.i4FJ7KH3025642@penguin.markspace.com> <59668C48-A6CE-11D8-BF63-000393A207AA@mac.com> Message-ID: <7602B0B0-A6EA-11D8-AE86-000393B6585E@chartermi.net> We are still here because I think that Missing Sync is a much more elegant and stable application. However, it appears to be somewhat limited by its reliance on iSync. It is the only explanation why you get problems converting categories in Missing Sync and not in PocketMac. PocketMac is, however, very far from perfect. It does seem to quit more often on my powerbook and the way it handles flash cards in horrible, but other than that it is. On May 15, 2004, at 8:17 PM, Kimberly Ruohio wrote: > I suppose it was the opposite for me. At first Missing Sync was great, > but it went downhill for me after 1.02. With my 2210 I couldn't sync > over bluetooth at all. It would hang isync so badly that I'd have to > cold boot, and of course the isync db would become corrupted. All-day > events never would sync to the correct day, and when I asked for > support, I was told it was my iPaq and Mac that was faulty. I put up > with this through a few versions of 1.03. > > So I went to Pocketmac. All my problems were solved. No more bluetooth > dropouts, events sync to the right day, isync no longer gets > corrupted. Everything is stable and works. When I've had questions, > the Pocketmac support have actually been very nice and helpful. > *shrug* > > There were some others on the mailing list that privately emailed me > and told me that Pocketmac would fix the problem. I guess they're > still lurking now, or have left the list. > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From TDefriez at cs.com Sun May 16 11:13:07 2004 From: TDefriez at cs.com (TDefriez@cs.com) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Pocketmac - Missing Sync Message-ID: Both rely on sync! Pocketmac only uses it for connection and like Palm desktop then it uses its own conduits, Missing Sync seem to rely totally on iSync (it can only talk to Apple programs). I like you adopted Missing Sync early and have now progressed to PocketMac. Neither are perfect (far from it but then MS Activesync has issues as well) and the level of support is similar - easy problems are fixed difficult ones take time to be fixed. I notice the response from PocketMac is much more friendly and whilst sometime its a shrug its a nice shrug - sometimes Missing Sync responses are far from this. My main reason for using PocketMac for it support of Entourage and its other functionality. From cebrandao at uol.com.br Sun May 16 12:25:20 2004 From: cebrandao at uol.com.br (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Carlos_Eduardo_Brand=E3o?=) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] entourage Message-ID: Pocket PC doens't connect with the mail, so messages that are in outlook express does'nt go to mail when the connection is made. There is a manner to do that? If not is tere perhaps a manner to connect the pocket Pc I mean te Ipaq with ENTOURAGE the comunication program that comes with office:mac? Thank you for your attention. Carlos From cebrandao at uol.com.br Sun May 16 12:42:32 2004 From: cebrandao at uol.com.br (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Carlos_Eduardo_Brand=E3o?=) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Entourage Message-ID: <43C107BE-A747-11D8-BF5B-000A95CA4792@uol.com.br> i can't connec the e-mails that are in my pocket to my powerbook, (Mail), using Missing Sync, Does anybody know how? I have a communication program named Entourage that comes with office:mac, and I'd like to use entourage instead of Mail. Can anyone help me out with it? Thanks. Carlos From TDefriez at cs.com Mon May 17 11:13:19 2004 From: TDefriez at cs.com (TDefriez@cs.com) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Entourage Message-ID: <27676D77.2C5462CC.007A6775@cs.com> Missing Sync provides no support for Entourage - there is no easy way to do what you want with Missing Sync - PocketMac does offer the capability Carlos Eduardo Brand?o wrote: >i can't connec the e-mails that are in my pocket to my powerbook, >(Mail), using Missing Sync, >Does anybody know how? >I have a communication program named Entourage that comes with >office:mac, and I'd like to use entourage instead of Mail. Can anyone >help me out with it? >Thanks. >Carlos > >_______________________________________________ >missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list >missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com >Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can be found at: >http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From kfreeman at markspace.com Mon May 17 14:21:05 2004 From: kfreeman at markspace.com (Ken Freeman) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Entourage In-Reply-To: <43C107BE-A747-11D8-BF5B-000A95CA4792@uol.com.br> References: <43C107BE-A747-11D8-BF5B-000A95CA4792@uol.com.br> Message-ID: New in the "Missing Sync User's Manual" for Missing Sync 1.0.4 are steps on how to synchronize your email with the Pocket PC Inbox application. Review the steps in Chapter 8 in the section titled "Send and Receive Email Using Inbox." Enjoy! Ken On May 16, 2004, at 7:42 AM, Carlos Eduardo Brand?o wrote: > i can't connec the e-mails that are in my pocket to my powerbook, > (Mail), using Missing Sync, > Does anybody know how? > I have a communication program named Entourage that comes with > office:mac, and I'd like to use entourage instead of Mail. Can anyone > help me out with it? > Thanks. > Carlos > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From plainsong at mac.com Wed May 19 03:27:00 2004 From: plainsong at mac.com (Kimberly Ruohio) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Still can't sync recurring events! :( Message-ID: Hi guys, after all the great praise I read here on the list and elsewhere about the version 1.04 of TMS, I decided to unload Pocketmac and give it a go. Well the good news is so far, no more bluetooth dropouts. It's slower than Pocketmac, but not hugely so, but at least no more huge crashes, that's a good thing. But come on, we're to the latest beta of 1.04 now and it still can't do all-day recurring events very well. Before installing, I went through and removed all my old calendars (searched using Finder), and reinstalled ical and isync. My computer and mac are both at GMT +3, and still we can't get this right. I mean, come on. After every sync now, all the events in my Finnish Holidays ical (subscribed from Apple) is one day ahead. In order to correct it, I have to refresh the calendar. The last time I brought this up, I was told my mac was to blame. Well, if that's the case then why did Pocketmac seem to get this bit right? :( Guess I'll be migrating back.. I sort-of need events on the correct days. I'm picky that way. :( Kimberly Ruohio ps - sorry to come off as harsh, but a sync program should be able to sync to the correct days. From porkchop_d_clown at mac.com Thu May 20 07:41:18 2004 From: porkchop_d_clown at mac.com (Michael Heinz) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] entourage In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <39FD1B9A-AA4A-11D8-A172-000A95A513D8@mac.com> Carlos, Check your e-mail program - I was able to configure mine so that it gets mail directly from my exchange server. On May 16, 2004, at 10:25 AM, Carlos Eduardo Brand?o wrote: > Pocket PC doens't connect with the mail, so messages that are in > outlook express does'nt go to mail when the connection is made. There > is a manner to do that? If not is tere perhaps a manner to connect the > pocket Pc I mean te Ipaq with ENTOURAGE the comunication program that > comes with office:mac? > Thank you for your attention. > Carlos > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk From torsm-list at broadpark.no Thu May 20 18:11:33 2004 From: torsm-list at broadpark.no (Tor S. Mehus) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Two bugs Message-ID: <1ge3gfh.f8nt9xds7h34M%torsm-list@broadpark.no> Hi I've found two minor bugs: 1) The iPhoto plug-in doesn't export photos to the PPC if the foldername (on the PPC) contains non-ASCII characters; eg. the Scandinavian letters ?, ? and ?. From iPhoto it looks like the files are copied to the handheld, but they are not. The folder on the PPC reamins empty. 2) Non-ASCII characters in the note field in Address Book are not transfered correctly from the mac to the PPC. -- Tor S. Mehus From PPC at frontiertreks.com Sat May 22 17:04:47 2004 From: PPC at frontiertreks.com (Matt Brandon) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Entourage or not? In-Reply-To: <43C107BE-A747-11D8-BF5B-000A95CA4792@uol.com.br> Message-ID: Ok we have been using MS now for sometime. What is the word, the real poop, are going to see MS work with Entourage or not? I am so sick of using iCal and iAddress. I only use it so I can sync with my PPC. Just shoot straight what is the ETA? Matt From jabarig at mac.com Sun May 23 19:12:46 2004 From: jabarig at mac.com (Jabari Garland) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] iPaq out of order Message-ID: <51C0BFC2-AD06-11D8-91C2-000393D57956@mac.com> I use a Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC H3900. I think its completely broken. For example, It turns on by itself and drains the battery, the buttons don't work, the screen doesn't recognize the stylus. I've tried everything (soft reset, hard reset, online-tech support, phone tech-support...) I think there's something wrong with the hardware and it needs to be serviced. Unfortunately since my warranty is over Compaq won't even look at it. They gave me two options 1. Buy an new one 2.Or trade in my old one for a new one. My question "Is there another company that will repair iPaqs other than Compaq". Jabari G. From andy_park at nospammail.net Mon May 24 01:02:06 2004 From: andy_park at nospammail.net (Andy Park) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Still can't sync recurring events! :( In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <362EE026-AD0D-11D8-BD06-000393A4799C@nospammail.net> On 19 May 2004, at 00:27, Kimberly Ruohio wrote: > Hi guys, after all the great praise I read here on the list and > elsewhere about the version 1.04 of TMS, I decided to unload Pocketmac > and give it a go. > > Well the good news is so far, no more bluetooth dropouts. It's slower > than Pocketmac, but not hugely so, but at least no more huge crashes, > that's a good thing. > > But come on, we're to the latest beta of 1.04 now and it still can't > do all-day recurring events very well. Before installing, I went > through and removed all my old calendars (searched using Finder), and > reinstalled ical and isync. My computer and mac are both at GMT +3, > and still we can't get this right. I mean, come on. After every sync > now, all the events in my Finnish Holidays ical (subscribed from > Apple) is one day ahead. In order to correct it, I have to refresh the > calendar. > > The last time I brought this up, I was told my mac was to blame. Well, > if that's the case then why did Pocketmac seem to get this bit right? > :( Guess I'll be migrating back.. I sort-of need events on the correct > days. I'm picky that way. :( > > Kimberly Ruohio > > ps - sorry to come off as harsh, but a sync program should be able to > sync to the correct days. > Glad to hear I'm not the only madman in the house thinking it's misleading to claim v.1 when such a glaring bug is present. We've not even discussed the availability of demos or the 'absolutely no refunds' policy. A shame, really. From Bmhome1 at aol.com Sun May 23 21:09:37 2004 From: Bmhome1 at aol.com (Bmhome1@aol.com) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] iPaq out of order Message-ID: <1e8.2133f1ad.2de29741@aol.com> Try pocketpctechs.com for great and honest service for all Pocket PC's. From dkoziol at markspace.com Sun May 23 23:19:18 2004 From: dkoziol at markspace.com (Dave Koziol) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Two bugs In-Reply-To: <1ge3gfh.f8nt9xds7h34M%torsm-list@broadpark.no> References: <1ge3gfh.f8nt9xds7h34M%torsm-list@broadpark.no> Message-ID: On May 20, 2004, at 11:11 AM, Tor S. Mehus wrote: > I've found two minor bugs: > > 1) The iPhoto plug-in doesn't export photos to the PPC if the > foldername > (on the PPC) contains non-ASCII characters; eg. the Scandinavian > letters > ?, ? and ?. From iPhoto it looks like the files are copied to the > handheld, but they are not. The folder on the PPC reamins empty. Thanks for reporting this. We'll look into it. > 2) Non-ASCII characters in the note field in Address Book are not > transfered correctly from the mac to the PPC. Are you running the 1.0.4 version? There was a change made in 1.0.4 which I would have thought would have corrected this problem. If you are running 1.0.4, please send a sample vCard to me which can be used to reproduce this problem. Dave Koziol Mark/Space, Inc From dkoziol at markspace.com Sun May 23 23:46:54 2004 From: dkoziol at markspace.com (Dave Koziol) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Exchange Server Message-ID: <9DAAF86A-AD2C-11D8-93D2-000A95AE08CA@markspace.com> We recently wrote up a knowledge base article on syncing with an Exchange Server. If your organization uses exchange server, check it out: Dave Koziol Arbormoon Software From ian at hirst.co.uk Mon May 24 08:16:15 2004 From: ian at hirst.co.uk (Ian Hirst) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] iPaq out of order In-Reply-To: <51C0BFC2-AD06-11D8-91C2-000393D57956@mac.com> References: <51C0BFC2-AD06-11D8-91C2-000393D57956@mac.com> Message-ID: Try ppcuniverse Yahoo group - their files section probably has some links - or ask in the forum. Ian On 23 May 2004, at 23:12, Jabari Garland wrote: > I use a Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC H3900. I think its completely broken. > For example, It turns on by itself and drains the battery, the buttons > don't work, the screen doesn't recognize the stylus. I've tried > everything (soft reset, hard reset, online-tech support, phone > tech-support...) I think there's something wrong with the hardware and > it needs to be serviced. Unfortunately since my warranty is over > Compaq won't even look at it. They gave me two options 1. Buy an new > one 2.Or trade in my old one for a new one. > > My question "Is there another company that will repair iPaqs other > than Compaq". > > Jabari G. > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From torsm-list at broadpark.no Mon May 24 23:05:42 2004 From: torsm-list at broadpark.no (Tor S. Mehus) Date: Fri May 6 12:04:15 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Two bugs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1geb9b0.1rqzy0evfdhdcM%torsm-list@broadpark.no> Dave Koziol wrote: > On May 20, 2004, at 11:11 AM, Tor S. Mehus wrote: > > > 2) Non-ASCII characters in the note field in Address Book are not > > transfered correctly from the mac to the PPC. > > Are you running the 1.0.4 version? Yes. 1.0.4 (v25). > There was a change made in 1.0.4 > which I would have thought would have corrected this problem. > > If you are running 1.0.4, please send a sample vCard to me which can be > used to reproduce this problem. I've sent one to you in a seperate e-mail. -- Tor S. Mehus From darknerd2k at yahoo.com Sat May 1 16:45:58 2004 From: darknerd2k at yahoo.com (Joaquin Menchaca) Date: Thu Aug 18 09:16:50 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Missing Sync for Pocket PC 1.0.4b2 NowAvailable (Dave Koziol) In-Reply-To: <200405011603.i41G2pII006365@penguin.markspace.com> Message-ID: <20040501234558.80178.qmail@web13012.mail.yahoo.com> Wow. I hope I was of a help for that issue. \(^).(^)/ Out of curiosity, what's the low down on that bug. What happened? How was it fixed? (Adventures in engineering land ;-) Oh yeah. Great job by the way!!! :-) > -Issue 1517 - Fix problem with handling of Japanese > and other non > European characters in Notes and Address fields. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover From darknerd2k at yahoo.com Sun May 2 18:48:26 2004 From: darknerd2k at yahoo.com (Joaquin Menchaca) Date: Thu Aug 18 09:16:50 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Enhancement Request: Managing WMA files In-Reply-To: <200405021600.i42G0LII012431@penguin.markspace.com> Message-ID: <20040503014826.19549.qmail@web13010.mail.yahoo.com> Hi. Now that iTunes 4.5 has some functionality to convert WMAs inot other formats, would it be possible to view WMA files in the Pocket_PC source within iTunes and have the option to convert these? If so, this would be a nice feature. - Joaquin __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover From kswafford at earthlink.net Sun May 2 19:51:24 2004 From: kswafford at earthlink.net (Kent Swafford) Date: Thu Aug 18 09:16:50 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Enhancement Request: Managing WMA files In-Reply-To: <20040503014826.19549.qmail@web13010.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040503014826.19549.qmail@web13010.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I thought WMA features in iTunes were Windows only. Kent Swafford On May 2, 2004, at 8:48 PM, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: > Hi. > > Now that iTunes 4.5 has some functionality to convert > WMAs inot other formats, would it be possible to view > WMA files in the Pocket_PC source within iTunes and > have the option to convert these? If so, this would > be a nice feature. > > - Joaquin > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs > http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From dkoziol at markspace.com Mon May 3 08:30:28 2004 From: dkoziol at markspace.com (Dave Koziol) Date: Thu Aug 18 09:16:50 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Enhancement Request: Managing WMA files In-Reply-To: References: <20040503014826.19549.qmail@web13010.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On May 2, 2004, at 10:51 PM, Kent Swafford wrote: > I thought WMA features in iTunes were Windows only. You are correct. See the Key Features section on this page: > On May 2, 2004, at 8:48 PM, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> Now that iTunes 4.5 has some functionality to convert >> WMAs inot other formats, would it be possible to view >> WMA files in the Pocket_PC source within iTunes and >> have the option to convert these? If so, this would >> be a nice feature. Dave Koziol Mark/Space, Inc. From dkoziol at markspace.com Mon May 3 08:56:04 2004 From: dkoziol at markspace.com (Dave Koziol) Date: Thu Aug 18 09:16:50 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Re: Missing Sync for Pocket PC 1.0.4b2 NowAvailable (Dave Koziol) In-Reply-To: <20040501234558.80178.qmail@web13012.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040501234558.80178.qmail@web13012.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <61CDFA92-9D1A-11D8-8A87-000393830242@markspace.com> On May 1, 2004, at 7:45 PM, Joaquin Menchaca wrote: > Wow. I hope I was of a help for that issue. \(^).(^)/ You get full credit for find the bug, providing data files to track it down, reproduce it and fix it. Thank you! Consider this your virtual gold star :-) > Out of curiosity, what's the low down on that bug. > What happened? How was it fixed? (Adventures in > engineering land ;-) Prior to 1.0.4b2 we sometimes converted notes and address fields to a European encoding, resulting in the loss of any data which could not be represented in that encoding. Now we keep things in various Unicode encodings which should prevent any data loss. > Oh yeah. Great job by the way!!! :-) If you use Japanese data, please give Yomi/Phonetic First and Last names a try, they should now sync between Address Book and the device. >> -Issue 1517 - Fix problem with handling of Japanese >> and other non >> European characters in Notes and Address fields. Dave Koziol Mark/Space, Inc. From dnanian at shirt-pocket.com Mon May 3 09:18:36 2004 From: dnanian at shirt-pocket.com (Dave Nanian) Date: Thu Aug 18 09:16:50 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] MissingSync for Pocket PC Alarm bug Message-ID: <8783DDAB-9D1D-11D8-8072-000A9599D7A2@shirt-pocket.com> I've noticed that any appointments or ToDo entries, entered on the Pocket PC, that have an associated alarm end up with *two* alarms when synced to iCal: one that is a "Message with sound", and another that's just a "Message". Any particular reason for this? -- Dave Nanian From dkoziol at markspace.com Mon May 3 12:19:16 2004 From: dkoziol at markspace.com (Dave Koziol) Date: Thu Aug 18 09:16:50 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Missing Sync for Pocket PC 1.0.4b2 Now Available In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Apr 30, 2004, at 2:55 PM, Ashwin Ram wrote: > Please please please fix the speed problem - it takes several minutes > (up to 30 minutes!) to do a sync because it has to copy all the > records (addresses, calendar entries, etc) instead of updating just > the ones that have changed. The current releases read all of the records from the device, and copies changed records back to the device. After the 1.0.4 release, we are making changes that will allow us to only read the changed records, which should speed up the sync. Dave Koziol Mark/Space, Inc. From dnanian at shirt-pocket.com Mon May 3 12:32:04 2004 From: dnanian at shirt-pocket.com (Dave Nanian) Date: Thu Aug 18 09:16:50 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Missing Sync for Pocket PC 1.0.4b2 Now Available In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8ED582AE-9D38-11D8-8072-000A9599D7A2@shirt-pocket.com> Boy, if words could express my delight... excellent, Dave! Totally looking forward to it. On May 3, 2004, at 3:19 PM, Dave Koziol wrote: > The current releases read all of the records from the device, and > copies changed records back to the device. After the 1.0.4 release, > we are making changes that will allow us to only read the changed > records, which should speed up the sync. > -- Dave Nanian From porkchop_d_clown at mac.com Tue May 11 19:57:41 2004 From: porkchop_d_clown at mac.com (Michael Heinz) Date: Thu Aug 18 09:16:50 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] MissingSync for Pocket PC Alarm bug In-Reply-To: <8783DDAB-9D1D-11D8-8072-000A9599D7A2@shirt-pocket.com> References: <8783DDAB-9D1D-11D8-8072-000A9599D7A2@shirt-pocket.com> Message-ID: <2238B59A-A3C0-11D8-A049-000A95A513D8@mac.com> Dave, I've noticed the same thing. On May 3, 2004, at 12:18 PM, Dave Nanian wrote: > I've noticed that any appointments or ToDo entries, entered on the > Pocket PC, that have an associated alarm end up with *two* alarms when > synced to iCal: one that is a "Message with sound", and another that's > just a "Message". > > Any particular reason for this? > -- > Dave Nanian > > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk From kruper at unext.com Wed May 12 07:47:41 2004 From: kruper at unext.com (John Kruper) Date: Thu Aug 18 09:16:50 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] connecting, mounting, but no iSyncing? Message-ID: <51DA5CD4-A423-11D8-B2EB-003065BF3432@unext.com> Anyone have any ideas on how to troubleshoot the following? My Jornada540 successfully connects to, and is mounted by my MissingSync, and initiates an iSync. However, iSync fails to actually sync calendar, contacts, and to-do items (i.e., anything; see iSync log below). I know the PocketPC device is connected/mounted (I can browse the PPC directories from my Mac finder, transfer files, etc.), so it looks like something specific to the iSync PPC conduit? Details: -Jornada540 running PPC2002 (w/ service pack1 installed) -MissingSync1.04 -iSync 1.4 -containing .Mac and PocketPC conduits Thanks in advance for any help/insight anyone can provide! -jk- iSync log: 9:27:21 AM Reading your .Mac configuration 9:27:25 AM Connecting to .Mac 9:27:29 AM Synchronizing bookmarks 9:27:29 AM Getting changes from .Mac 9:27:29 AM Getting changes from Safari 9:27:30 AM Completed synchronizing bookmarks 9:27:31 AM Connecting to Pocket_PC 9:27:31 AM Warning Can't synchronize contacts to Pocket_PC: device is not available 9:27:32 AM Synchronizing contacts 9:27:32 AM Getting changes from Address Book 9:27:32 AM Getting changes from .Mac 9:27:33 AM Completed synchronizing contacts 9:27:34 AM Warning Can't synchronize calendars and To Do items to Pocket_PC: device is not available 9:27:39 AM Synchronizing calendars and To Do items 9:27:39 AM Getting changes from iCal 9:27:42 AM Getting changes from .Mac 9:27:55 AM Completed synchronizing calendars and To Do items 9:27:57 AM Synchronization complete From kfreeman at markspace.com Wed May 12 09:06:41 2004 From: kfreeman at markspace.com (Ken Freeman) Date: Thu Aug 18 09:16:50 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] connecting, mounting, but no iSyncing? In-Reply-To: <51DA5CD4-A423-11D8-B2EB-003065BF3432@unext.com> References: <51DA5CD4-A423-11D8-B2EB-003065BF3432@unext.com> Message-ID: <5B76AE3A-A42E-11D8-B058-000A9570181E@markspace.com> The current profile in iSync is not associated with your actual handheld. This can happen if you change the handheld name. Try deleting the current Pocket PC device from iSync and then add it back. To remove the device from iSync: 1) Open iSync. 2) Select the device. 3) Choose "Remove Device" from the device menu. To avoid duplicates on the first sync: If you Mac (iCal and Address Book) has the latest data do this: 1) After adding the device back to iSync, choose "Erase data on device then sync" from the "for first sync" menu option. 2) Now sync with the handheld If your handheld has the latest data do this: The plan is to backup your iCal and Address Book data, then delete it and then sync (so that you pull all the data from the handheld to the Mac). 1) Make backup copies of your data first by copying the folders Home/Library/Application Support/Address Book, and Home/Library/Calendar). 2) Then delete the original Address Book and Calendar folders. Now when you launch iCal and Address Book they will be empty. 3) Now sync with the handheld. Ken On May 12, 2004, at 7:47 AM, John Kruper wrote: > Anyone have any ideas on how to troubleshoot the following? > > My Jornada540 successfully connects to, and is mounted by my > MissingSync, and initiates an iSync. However, iSync fails to actually > sync calendar, contacts, and to-do items (i.e., anything; see iSync > log below). > > I know the PocketPC device is connected/mounted (I can browse the PPC > directories from my Mac finder, transfer files, etc.), so it looks > like something specific to the iSync PPC conduit? > > Details: > -Jornada540 running PPC2002 (w/ service pack1 installed) > -MissingSync1.04 > -iSync 1.4 > -containing .Mac and PocketPC conduits > > Thanks in advance for any help/insight anyone can provide! > > -jk- > > iSync log: > > 9:27:21 AM Reading your .Mac configuration > 9:27:25 AM Connecting to .Mac > 9:27:29 AM Synchronizing bookmarks > 9:27:29 AM Getting changes from .Mac > 9:27:29 AM Getting changes from Safari > 9:27:30 AM Completed synchronizing bookmarks > 9:27:31 AM Connecting to Pocket_PC > 9:27:31 AM Warning Can't synchronize contacts to Pocket_PC: device is > not available > 9:27:32 AM Synchronizing contacts > 9:27:32 AM Getting changes from Address Book > 9:27:32 AM Getting changes from .Mac > 9:27:33 AM Completed synchronizing contacts > 9:27:34 AM Warning Can't synchronize calendars and To Do items to > Pocket_PC: device is not available > 9:27:39 AM Synchronizing calendars and To Do items > 9:27:39 AM Getting changes from iCal > 9:27:42 AM Getting changes from .Mac > 9:27:55 AM Completed synchronizing calendars and To Do items > 9:27:57 AM Synchronization complete > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From kruper at unext.com Wed May 12 12:01:20 2004 From: kruper at unext.com (John Kruper) Date: Thu Aug 18 09:16:50 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] connecting, mounting, but no Message-ID: Yep! That did it! Works like a charm now. Thanks a million Ken. -jk- From andy_park at nospammail.net Wed May 12 16:25:40 2004 From: andy_park at nospammail.net (Andy Park) Date: Thu Aug 18 09:16:50 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Missing Sync vs Pocketmac, objective opinions? Message-ID: Hi, Could anyone who has tried recent versions of both software please post some opinions on what is better? My experience with Missing Sync has been fairly grim, with all sorts or problems trying to sync Outlook at work, iCal at home and an iPaq to go, ranging from incorrect times for meetings created in a different time zone, all my iCal / Address Book categories being messed up, a lot of duplication and loss of events, same events getting duplicated across the different machines, practically all my iCal events not showing up on Outlook, all my contact information getting jumbled up so my contacts end up with other people's phone numbers etc. Not to mention things like like 2-3 bluetoothToTTY processes showing up on my ps list, copy to the webdav mount taking an age to close files etc - I'd hardly call it post-beta. All this stuff happens like russian rulette, so writing proper bug reports are damn hard as well. The most disappointing fact is that I couldn't find out these 'limitations' by using a demo, and spending the money to register Missing Sync was rather a gamble, on which I think I have lost out. Before I shell out another $30 or so for more grief, I'd like to know if there are any 'switchers' to PocketMac 3.0 for a better experience. I do know that PocketMac also seemed pretty pathetic in the 2.0 stage; if PocketMac 3.3 is similarly beta-quality, I might as well not bother. I cannot however simply take the word of naive happy customers on VersionTracker... Yours, Andy Park From kruper at unext.com Wed May 12 19:13:37 2004 From: kruper at unext.com (John Kruper) Date: Thu Aug 18 09:16:50 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] lost functional PocketPC calendar after iSync? Message-ID: <24FBFFDA-A483-11D8-B124-0003936CA9B4@unext.com> Has this happened to anyone: after iSyncing (using multiple calendars; initial sync set to to completely overwrite device), the PocketPC calendar program is non-functional -- in attempting to launch the calendar program, the task menu flashes "program," then some funky ASCII characters/symbols, then returns back to the start menu, with no calendar launched or running. There seems to be calendar data on the PocketPC (subsequent iSync logs show "reading entries;" and using ActiveSync back on the PC brings a bunch of (iSync sourced) calendar entries that register as conflicts (which can't be resolved). Sorry to lean on the list for tech-support, but I've exhausted my ideas. If I can get the calendar functional, I'll have a complete solution... meaning that my cries for help will cease and desist. :) Thanks in advance... -jk- From kfreeman at markspace.com Wed May 12 21:50:41 2004 From: kfreeman at markspace.com (Ken Freeman) Date: Thu Aug 18 09:16:50 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] lost functional PocketPC calendar after iSync? In-Reply-To: <24FBFFDA-A483-11D8-B124-0003936CA9B4@unext.com> References: <24FBFFDA-A483-11D8-B124-0003936CA9B4@unext.com> Message-ID: <15E2986C-A499-11D8-9860-000A9570181E@markspace.com> Which handheld do you have and what version of Pocket PC is it running? I've heard of people having this problem and then it's fixed after getting the latest end user update (ROM update) for their device. For general purposes you may want to see if any Pocket PC End User Updates are available for your device. The updates are available from your device manufacture, not Microsoft. The URLs below are good sources to find out more about such updates. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/resources/downloads/pocketpc/ http://www.cewindows.net/faqs/pocketpc2002sp3.htm http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html Ken On May 12, 2004, at 7:13 PM, John Kruper wrote: > Has this happened to anyone: after iSyncing (using multiple calendars; > initial sync set to to completely overwrite device), the PocketPC > calendar program is non-functional -- in attempting to launch the > calendar program, the task menu flashes "program," then some funky > ASCII characters/symbols, then returns back to the start menu, with no > calendar launched or running. > > There seems to be calendar data on the PocketPC (subsequent iSync logs > show "reading entries;" and using ActiveSync back on the PC brings a > bunch of (iSync sourced) calendar entries that register as conflicts > (which can't be resolved). > > Sorry to lean on the list for tech-support, but I've exhausted my > ideas. If I can get the calendar functional, I'll have a complete > solution... meaning that my cries for help will cease and desist. :) > > Thanks in advance... > > -jk- > > _______________________________________________ > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk mailing list > missing-sync-pocketpc-talk@lists.markspace.com > Unsubcribing information, subscription options and list archives can > be found at: > http://lists.markspace.com/mailman/listinfo/missing-sync-pocketpc-talk > From kruper at unext.com Thu May 13 08:08:32 2004 From: kruper at unext.com (John Kruper) Date: Thu Aug 18 09:16:50 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] lost functional PocketPC calendar Message-ID: <66351606-A4EF-11D8-AF9C-003065BF3432@unext.com> Thanks for the links Ken... my device is a Jornada540 running PocketPC 2000. The only "update" I've found for this device/OS combination is a MS Service Pack 1 for PPC2000 (containing Webview.dll, Wininet.dll. Inreplce,dll, Ntlmssp,dll, and Schannel.dll). The Microsoft mobile website has only the Service Pack update (from what I can find). The cewindows.net site doesn't offer any updates/downloads, or info. The HP site offers only the original HP Jornada540 and ActiveSync CD ROMs (plus a picture viewer cab) All of which means I'm still stuck. :( -jk- > Which handheld do you have and what version of Pocket PC is it running? > > I've heard of people having this problem and then it's fixed after > getting the latest end user update (ROM update) for their device. For > general purposes you may want to see if any Pocket PC End User Updates > are available for your device. The updates are available from your > device manufacture, not Microsoft. The URLs below are good sources to > find out more about such updates. > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/resources/downloads/pocketpc/ > > http://www.cewindows.net/faqs/pocketpc2002sp3.htm > > http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html > > Ken > > On May 12, 2004, at 7:13 PM, John Kruper wrote: > > > Has this happened to anyone: after iSyncing (using multiple > calendars; > > initial sync set to to completely overwrite device), the PocketPC > > calendar program is non-functional -- in attempting to launch the > > calendar program, the task menu flashes "program," then some funky > > ASCII characters/symbols, then returns back to the start menu, with > no > > calendar launched or running. > > > > There seems to be calendar data on the PocketPC (subsequent iSync > logs > > show "reading entries;" and using ActiveSync back on the PC brings a > > bunch of (iSync sourced) calendar entries that register as conflicts > > (which can't be resolved). > > > > Sorry to lean on the list for tech-support, but I've exhausted my > > ideas. If I can get the calendar functional, I'll have a complete > > solution... meaning that my cries for help will cease and desist. :) > > > > Thanks in advance... > > > > -jk- From kfreeman at markspace.com Thu May 13 08:42:10 2004 From: kfreeman at markspace.com (Ken Freeman) Date: Thu Aug 18 09:16:50 2005 Subject: [missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] lost functional PocketPC calendar In-Reply-To: <66351606-A4EF-11D8-AF9C-003065BF3432@unext.com> References: <66351606-A4EF-11D8-AF9C-003065BF3432@unext.com> Message-ID: <18ED7930-A4F4-11D8-93FF-000A9570181E@markspace.com> I suspect the problem is that your device is running Pocket PC 2000. The Missing Sync requires Pocket PC 2002 or higher. Sorry! Ken On May 13, 2004, at 8:08 AM, John Kruper wrote: > Thanks for the links Ken... my device is a Jornada540 running PocketPC > 2000. The only "update" I've found for this device/OS combination is a > MS Service Pack 1 for PPC2000 (containing Webview.dll, Wininet.dll. > Inreplce,dll, Ntlmssp,dll, and Schannel.dll). > > The Microsoft mobile website has only the Service Pack update (from > what I can find). > The cewindows.net site doesn't offer any updates/downloads, or info. > The HP site offers only the original HP Jornada540 and ActiveSync CD > ROMs (plus a picture viewer cab) > > All of which means I'm still stuck. :( > > -jk- > >> Which handheld do you have and what version of Pocket PC is it >> running? >> >> I've heard of people having this problem and then it's fixed after >> getting the latest end user update (ROM update) for their device. For >> general purposes you may want to see if any Pocket PC End User Updates >> are available for your device. The updates are available from your >> device manufacture, not Microsoft. The URLs below are good sources to >> find out more about such updates. >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/resources/downloads/pocketpc/ >> >> http://www.cewindows.net/faqs/pocketpc2002sp3.htm >> >> http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support.html >> >> Ken >> >> On May 12, 2004, at 7:13 PM, John Kruper wrote: >> >> > Has this happened to anyone: after iSyncing (using multiple >> calendars; >> > initial sync set to to completely overwrite device), the PocketPC >> > calendar program is non-functional -- in attempting to launch the >> > calendar program, the task menu flashes "program," then some funky >> > ASCII characters/symbols, then returns back to the start menu, with >> no >> > calendar launched or running. >> > >> > There seems to be calendar data on the PocketPC (subsequent iSync >> logs >> > show "reading entries;" and using ActiveSync back on the PC brings a >> > bunch of (iSync sourced) calendar entries that register as conflicts >> > (which can't be resolved). >> > >> > Sorry to lean on the list for tech-support, but I've exhausted my >> > ideas