[missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] Pocket PC Calendar Questions

[Paul Charlesworth]

Regardless of whether you buy a Palm or PocketPC, you will need to get 
third party software because neither of the native apps do the line 
across thing. The Palm shows little colored dots in each.

I was a Palm fan for a while and owned units right up to the Handera 
330. When palm stopped producing interesting units, I switched to the 
iPAQ 2215 and found it very impressive, but syncing is always a matter 
of how hard you prayed that morning. It love the Pocket PC for games 
and video, but finally caved and bought the Palm Zire 72, mainly 
because someone else gave me the money.  Syncing is much more reliable 
with the Palm  than it ever was with the PocketPC, but be warned, that 
it probably still will not transfer the categories correctly for you.

Ive tried the Palm Hotsync and it works well. I fell for the blurb and 
bought the Missing Sync for Palm because I had Missing Sync for 
PocketPC and could get it for $19. If I had paid more, I would have 
been very unhappy. I am currently just unhappy.  I still need all the 
conduits from my Palm Hotsync to get it to work. Bluetooth to Palm is 
lousy compared to PocketPC, Internet on the Palm is lousy compared to 
PocketPC, and the screens on the palm are (mostly) small and square 
when everything we do is large and wide. Let me be honest, I have no 
choice but to use Palm right now because we use MeetingMaker (POS) and 
it does not like to work with the PocketPC at all, even on my Windows 
machine.

If you want to go Palm, do what I am doing and buy a Tapwave Zodiac II. 
It is a Palm, but has a 480 x 320 high resolution screen, 128MB RAM, 
accelerated graphics and can play games much better than on a PalmOne 
device. This does require the Missing Sync software, and I assume you 
would have to pay extra for it.  Check out www.tapwave. com


BTW: Why are you having your hair cut 3 times in one month?



On Sep 22, 2004, at 4:17 PM, Brett Palmer wrote:

> Hi-
>
> Maybe someone can provide advice.
>
> I use Outlook on a laptop at work that runs Win XP. I use the Calendar
> program on my Mac Panther OS at home.
>
> I am thinking of purchasing a Palm or a Pocket PC. I need full
> interchangeability and am wondering how well Markspace's software does
> this kind of integration-or any other syncing software for that matter.
>
> http://www.achona.com/mobile/bigcal.jpg
> This is how Outlook looks on my work laptop in Month-view.
>
> http://www.achona.com/mobile/littlecal.jpg
> This is how Outlook would display the equivalent month-view on a Pocket
> PC.
>
> http://www.achona.com/mobile/whatiwantcal.jpg
> This is how I want Outlook to display the month-view on a Pocket PC.  I
> will buy a Palm Pilot if I can find the software that can do this kind
> of display.
>
> Is there a software application that can view items the way I want?  
> How
> well would Markspace software convert multiple-day items over?  The
> ability to visually see where things begin and end across the month 
> view
> is crucial, even if it is only color bars.
>
> Advice is appreciated.
>
> Brett Palmer
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