[alanjrobertson]

Originally Posted by Russ Smith

Also, Hotsync actually required that Outlook be closed in order to sync. Not impossible, just annoying. True, Windows Mobile and ActiveSync have their own annoyances, but the scales tilted in WM favor.

I've sync'd for years with Outlook open without a problem. I've also hardly ever had a problem with HotSync - reading about all the difficulties with ActiveSync and Vista Mobile Device Centre really put me off switching to Windows Mobile (that and missing my current Palm apps). I thought Docs2Go for Palm was also meant to provide a more accurate portable version than Office for WM?

Cheers

Alan

[alanjrobertson]

Originally Posted by Russ Smith

Also, Hotsync actually required that Outlook be closed in order to sync. Not impossible, just annoying. True, Windows Mobile and ActiveSync have their own annoyances, but the scales tilted in WM favor.

I've sync'd for years with Outlook open without a problem. I've also hardly ever had a problem with HotSync - reading about all the difficulties with ActiveSync and Vista Mobile Device Centre really put me off switching to Windows Mobile (that and missing my current Palm apps). I thought Docs2Go for Palm was also meant to provide a more accurate portable version than Office for WM?

Cheers

Alan

[Russ Smith]

You might have been able to do it. We weren't. Outlook kept complaining about the file being open by another application. Closing Outlook was the only thing that worked.

Documents to Go does exist for WM too. Word Mobile and Excel Mobile work with the native desktop formats, but, when you edit and save, they save in Mobile formats that removes some formatting. Docs2Go doesn't do that (which I assume is what you meant by "more accurate").

The Docs2Go apps use almost exactly the same user interface as the Palm app does and that's a problem for me. It doesn't work like any other Windows Mobile app. Editing is an odd process when you're used to pointing, dragging, and click-and-holding. In short, the UI was frustrating and difficult for someone used to WM and Windows apps. If you're used to the Palm, it's probably quite acceptable.

For Windows Mobile, I really prefer TextMaker and PlanMaker. Together they're $69 (not for the cheap of heart ), but they not only work with Word and Excel in their native formats, they also work (and have the key shortcuts) just like a standard WM app. There are other options for PowerPoint too, but PowerPoint Mobile is actually pretty good for portable use.

Originally Posted by alanjrobertson

I've sync'd for years with Outlook open without a problem. I've also hardly ever had a problem with HotSync - reading about all the difficulties with ActiveSync and Vista Mobile Device Centre really put me off switching to Windows Mobile (that and missing my current Palm apps). I thought Docs2Go for Palm was also meant to provide a more accurate portable version than Office for WM?

[alanjrobertson]

Hi Russ

Good to hear Docs2Go is on WM too - it's a good suite of apps.

Can't work out why Outlook is causing you those problems, it's worked on both XP and Vista for me.

Alan

[Russ Smith]

I'd been on DataViz for years to bring out Docs2Go for WM. Then, when it actually comes out, I'm dissapointed. As I said, they copied their Palm user interface into WM so it doesn't act like a WM app at all. Editing the documents is a pain because it's designed around viewing, not editing.

The Outlook/Hotsync issue is a moot point now. My wife, who was the Palm user, is back in the PPC camp again (too much to relearn after using PPCs for years). She's using a HP hx2795 updated to WM6. It's a bit slow though. We may be updating her to a 100 series before long.

[James23]

A small company like Palm can't really develop and maintain the OS like this for long, so in my opinion it's a waste of resources for Palm to do their own OS, they gambled away their chance in 2002.