Re: synching with Vista

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"Todd All***" <elecconnec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:fjum7r$8md$1@xxxxxxxxxxx
At 13 Dec 2007 18:00:02 +0000 Beck wrote:
I know that Windows Mobile device centre does not sync with Windows
Vista Calendar or contacts and it really irks me.

You're standing in a pretty long line with that opinion, Beck! ;-)

Maybe time for my 6 monthly nag to the development team.

While the sync process works Very well with Nokias, I've found the actuall
"connection" to a PC with varioys Nokia Suires over the years to be an
absolute pain in the arse! Flaky cables, bad IR and/or bluetooth
connections, etc., all stemming (IMO) from Nokia trying to manage the
connection in their own sofTware, rather than let Windows handle the
connection itself, and the Nokia Suite just managing the data flow. I've
owned probably 20 Nokia phones over the years, and each one if eever tried
to sync was a unique challenge to connect. My "favorite" was a Nokia 3120
that fried my PC's motherboard. Apparently I didn't follow the directions
to plug in the USB cable to the PC first, then the phone. Phone first then
PC made the PC lock up, and never boot again! (Until I swapped main
boards.)

I always plug a usb cable into a PC first, never the other way round. Call me sensitive, but If there's going to be a surge from the PC, I would rather not have a device attached to it at the same time :-)

WMDC/AS needs a major overhaul sooner rather than later- particularly in
light of the recent increase in popularity of smartphones outside of the
business world.

Don't get me wrong- I love Windows Mobile, and the capabilities of these
miraculous devices, but I hold my breath every time I plug my WM phone into
my PC wondering what will go wrong this time! What contacts might
mysteriously disappear, which sub-folders of my IE Mobile Favorites will be
emptied, or which unchanged file(s) will report a conflict. This, of course,
assumes the phone actually connects in the first place without a
synchronisation error replete with a generic, inconclusive error code!

Sometimes it's hard to believe AS/WMDC come from the same company that gave
us the Zune, which syncs smoothly, at lightning speed, and as flawlessly
over WiFi as it does via a cable. Heck, if they added a browser, e-mail
client and PIM to my Zune, I might be tempted to leave my PPC at home! ;-)

You got me thinking about my Fujitsu again. I am beginning to think the problems I have with it are not device specific but windows mobile specific.

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