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

Thu Sep 23 20:00:35 PDT 2004

Just a bit of fun.

On Sep 23, 2004, at 10:38 AM, Fred Argir wrote:

> do we really need these lame comments distributed to the entire list?
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> On Sep 22, 2004, at 10:54 PM, Paul Charlesworth wrote:
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>> How strange. Maybe its a beard and bikini wax.
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>> On Sep 22, 2004, at 5:48 PM, Craig Simmons wrote:
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>>> Actually,
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>>> He gets his hair cut at one point on the 14th then again on the  
>>> 16th. If you
>>> count the 30th of September, that's 4 times a month. Not that I was  
>>> looking
>>> that hard.
>>>
>>> Craig.
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>>> On 9/22/04 2:08 PM, "Paul Charlesworth" <pcharles at chartermi.net>  
>>> wrote:
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>>>> 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?
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>>>> On Sep 22, 2004, at 4:17 PM, Brett Palmer wrote:
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>>>>> 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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