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

[Fred Argir]

do we really need these lame comments distributed to the entire list?




On Sep 22, 2004, at 10:54 PM, Paul Charlesworth wrote:

> 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,
>>
>> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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