[missing-sync-winmobile-talk] Question

[Robert Melrose]

I just called UT Starcomm to see if I could get the latest software  
update for Windows 5.0 in .cab form and they told me no they  
couldn't, Could anyone help me out on how to do this?
On Jul 12, 2006, at 2:32 PM, Richard Stott wrote:

> I've had success using virtual PC to do the install which creates  
> a .CAB
> file in the Activesynch directory and then downloading that using
> missing-sync or even via bluetooth.
>
> Richard
>
>
> On 12/7/06 21:21, "Andy McMullin" <Andy at rickham.net> wrote:
>
>> Hmm.
>>
>> That's not my experience. A number of the things I'd like to use (for
>> example Avant Go) come as a Microsoft .exe download because
>> developers seem to assume that people using Windows Mobile devices
>> also use Windows PCs. I've asked for a .cab -- we'll just have to
>> wait and see if it can be released for us.
>>
>> Like RIcky, this not a complaint against Missing Sync (a brilliant
>> product now I've got it working thanks to the support team) but one
>> against the short-sighted who make daft assumptions.
>>
>> [Assume -- makes an ASS out of U and ME]
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> On 12 Jul 2006, at 13:44, Daniel Beiderwieden wrote:
>>
>>> there is no software you wont get as a cab. if you pay for software
>>> and ask for a cab, there will be no problem.
>>>
>>> Am 12.07.2006 um 08:13 schrieb Sergio R Schubert:
>>>
>>>> I've found my switch (Palm to Symbian to WinMo5) to be
>>>> a mixed bag. My SDA (similar to the 8125) is a great
>>>> device - does everything I need a phone to do and more
>>>> and syncs pretty well with various beta versions of
>>>> Missing Sync, which I think will be top notch once out
>>>> of beta. But getting my phone to be what it is now
>>>> really required a PC. Updates and applications for
>>>> WinMo don't always come as .CAB (like the .PRC files
>>>> on Palm) a lot of them require an XP environment with
>>>> Active Sync to install (.MSI files for example) This
>>>> hasn't been a problem for me - and if you have
>>>> BootCamp installed on a MacinTel, I think that would
>>>> work as well (Parallels suport for USB is iffy still)
>>>>
>>>> Don't take this as a swipe against MissingSync - it's
>>>> great at what it does - but if you're not having
>>>> issues with the 650, I'm not sure the 8125 is a mac
>>>> only device for you.... (just my 2 cents)
>>>>
>>>> --- Ricky Perinchief <ricky at protonglobal.com> wrote:
>>
>>
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