[missing-sync-winmobile-talk] Question

[Andy McMullin]

Shouldn't answer my own posts but wanna guess what Avant Go's  
response to the request for the .cab was?

> Thanks for contacting AvantGo Support!
>
> Use ActiveSync 3.8 (Recommended by Microsoft for PPC 2003 and  
> older) or 4.1 and AvantGo 6.2 for the Windows Mobile Pocket PC  
> (including the Treo 700w)

About as useful to a Macintosh user as a chocolate teapot!

Andy


On 12 Jul 2006, at 18:21, Andy McMullin 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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