Re: ActivSync 4.2 beta . . OneNote on PPC, SmartPhone

Hi Chris, at al,

I found an interesting article on the wikipedia site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_OneNote
Snips from there and elsewhere include:

OneNote for PPC (current version):
++++++++++++++++++++++++
Lacks 'tap & hold' & 'ink' (handwriting).
Sync is only one-way!
No table support. No simple way to hyperlink between notes.
Text can be bold, italic, underlined, strikethru
Bullets and numbers
Pictures, recordings, hyperlinks
OCR when on desktop! Eg: use camera to shoot a business card!
Multiple 'notebooks', sections & pages
(but on ppc they present as just separate notes!!!).
Sp1 made important improvements. So did sp2.


OneNote for PPC (next version - 2007):
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
v2007 may be great for all Smartphones; & PPC v5 (only)???
Two-way sync to PPC v5, & all SmartPhones.
Multiple notebooks to be supported
Hyperlink between notes to be supported
Server hosted shared notebooks - multiple concurrent users!
Drawing tools to be included
++++++++++++++++++++++++

EverNote and GoBinder compete . . .
as discussed here:
http://forum.tabletpcreviewspot.com/showthread.php?t=708
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Cheers,


Jim





"Chris Jordan" <Chris.Jordan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I don't think that OneNote Mobile is supported on Pocket PCs as
yet. The
best info is from that blog:
http://blogs.msdn.com/chris_pratley/archive/2005/11/21/494990.aspx,
but that
was 6 months ago..... so things may have changed by now (or by
the time the
products get released in 3 or 4 months time).


"Jim Kelly" <kellwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Thanks Chris,

And here is a blog that deals with these issues, I think . . .

http://blogs.msdn.com/chris_pratley

Also, does v2007 of OneNote on PPC now support 'tap & hold' &
handwritten notes ('ink') ???

Cheers,

Jim Kelly





"Chris Jordan" <Chris.Jordan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Reading between the lines, and seeing how much better OneNote
is
in Office
2007 Beta, it wouldn't surprise me if in the future Notes got
dropped from
Outlook, and OneNote becomes their replacement.
Synchronisation would be required - but both ends of the sync
link could
then be ink aware, which would be a big improvement.

When does "in future" become "now"??? I have no idea!

"Jim Kelly" <kellwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
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I agree!!

NOTES are a very important part of my PPC world and it worries
me
that they are ignored so often in upgrades. I cannot imagine
why
they are not included in the Exchange sync manner. I am
currently
pondering the merits of creating fake contacts or tasks to
handle
the same information that I now have in over 400 Outlook Notes
.
. .

I, too, excitedly saw the reference to Notes being included in
v4.2 Exchange push-sync to Pocket-PC-PhoneEdn v5 devices (the
reference has since vanished . . .).

Sadly too, the lack of 'tap & hold' & handwritten notes
('ink') -
why do these vanish when Pocket-PC has Phone Edition
included???
I wonder if there are any other 'gotchas' for an avid PPC user
looking to go to Phone-Edition v5???

BTW, does Bluetooth synching work between a notebook and any
of
the three new v5 systems? Any limitations?
* Smartphone v5
* Pocket-PC v5
* Pocket-PC Phone Edition v5

Cheers,

Jim Kelly





"CalZon65" <CalZon65@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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Thanks for the replies everyone, now I know why there is no
notes
sync, which
is not to say I understand why or approve of why it was
omitted.

Anyway, it seems to me that with powerful more PDA phones like
the new
Motorola Q coming out, the line between PocketPC and
SmartPhone
may be
starting to blur somewhat. With that said, notes is such a
basic/core part
of Outlook, being able to sync notes along with contacts,
calendar, tasks and
email is something that at the very least, should be part of
SmartPhone and
ActiveSync.



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  • Re: ActivSync 4.2 beta
    ... Reading between the lines, and seeing how much better OneNote is in Office 2007 Beta, it wouldn't surprise me if in the future Notes got dropped from Outlook, and OneNote becomes their replacement. ... Synchronisation would be required - but both ends of the sync link could then be ink aware, which would be a big improvement. ... why do these vanish when Pocket-PC has Phone Edition included??? ... the line between PocketPC and SmartPhone ...
    (microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync)
  • Re: ActivSync 4.2 beta
    ... I don't think that OneNote Mobile is supported on Pocket PCs as yet. ... And here is a blog that deals with these issues, ... Synchronisation would be required - but both ends of the sync ... why do these vanish when Pocket-PC has Phone Edition ...
    (microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync)
  • Re: Getting desktop Outlook Notes into WM 6.1 or OneNote Mobile
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