Re: Activesync replacement?

Good item. I'm sure we'll keep it in mind. I'd never heard of it until
your post (I think I've mentioned that I'm not a Windows Mobile MVP).

You don't need *any* desktop e-mail client to sync with; just simply don't
sync e-mail at all and use Pocket Outlook on the Pocket PC to get your
e-mail straight from the server. I've never used e-mail syncing because it
seems silly to have to wait until my device is plugged into the PC to get my
e-mail when it's so easy to get it straight from the server over-the-air.

You *did* verify that you don't have Exchange set up *on the device*, right?
You can certainly get to the point of frustration where you want to try
something else rather than ActiveSync, but it seems like, before you pay for
something else, it would make sense to verify that your settings are
actually right. You keep saying that you've checked your Outlook settings,
your ActiveSync settings on the desktop, etc., but you have to check the
device settings to see if it's set up for Exchange and you don't seem to be
trying that.

Paul T.

"sanjsrik" <sanjsrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I found the following for anyone wishing to ditch their current ActiveSTINK
solution:

http://lifehacker.com/software/palm-os/ask-lifehacker-sync-my-pdasmartphone-to-the-web-230353.php

talks about replacing Outlook and syncing with Google Calendar. Hmm,
funny,
never mentioned here huh?

There's also Companionlink which of course costs money, but seriously
folks,
every "MVP" here has said, "Activesync or nothing" well, seems that's not
really the case is it?

You can use Google calendar, any number of other calendaring tools and use
Companionlink to sync those.

http://www.companionlink.com/products/gmigrate.html

For those of us who use Outlook only for email, i can easily think of
nPop,
nPopw for that purpose (freeware), or Eudora.

For those of us who would like to sync just our calendar and contacts, the
above solutions sound a lot better than ActiveSTINK telling me over and
over
that I have an exchange issue when I never changed a stinking thing in my
current setup. Yet, what's teh solution? HARD RESET? Wipe out the
entire
handset just because the software provided "as is" from M$ is buggy.

Personally, i'd rather go down this road and start expecting to get what I
pay for. Wait, we don't pay (directly) for ActiveStink, just indirectly
in
lost time and productivity.


"Chris De Herrera" wrote:

Hi,
Did you check to make sure that the Exchange functionality (server name,
user name and password) in Activesync on your device is not setup? This
is
only used when you sync with an Exchange server.

Also, if you want to sync with a Mac there are other solutions. However
for
the PC there is no option to use another app because the developers do
not
see a market competing with Microsoft.


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Windows Mobile Device Center FAQs -
http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/faqs/wmdc/index.htm
ActiveSync Troubleshooting Guide -
http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/faqs/t-shootactivesync.htm

"sanjsrik" <sanjsrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm running Windows XP, NOT Vista, so Mobile Device Center is not an
option,
but at the same time, I've had so many issues with ActiveSync that I'd
like
to explore an alternative to this buggy software.

Any suggestions?

I'm going to install Intellisync tonight. I'm only looking sync my
Contacts/Calendar and Tasks.

I've just had so many issues and now I'm being told error code 85010001
and
that I can't sync with my exchange server but I don't HAVE exchange
server
installed. Something has to sto the headaches.

Thanks in advance for any advice.





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