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April 4, 2007
Switching back to Palm...
I've been using a Windows Mobile smartphone now since November. I had a Palm Treo 650, but unfortunately it was stolen. I went over to the local T-Mobile store and bought a T-Mobile Dash. I'm of mixed opinions on its effectiveness.
There are a lot of things about the Dash I like. It's built-in e-mail handles very nice. The browser is IE, so it handles most websites much better than the built-in browser on the Palm OS ever did. it's thin, very thin, fits in my shirt pocket easily, and the keyboard is pretty good. As a phone/SMS/e-mail/internet tool, I can't complain.
But then there's the issue of my schedule/day planner. Being self-employed, I'm a bit of a mutant in that I don't use Outlook. I use the Franklin-Covey planning system. Franklin-Covey makes two versions of their electronic system, one that is a standalone application for Windows, the other is an overlay application for Outlook. Having been a Palm person since the "Palm Pilot," I've developed a good relationship with the F-C standalone. The trick here is that the standalone program synchronizes directly with Palms, but not Windows/Outlook units.
More technical griping under the fold.
To sync the F-C software to a Windows Mobile device, I've got to export the calendar data to Outlook, then use Microsoft ActiveSync to sync my deskop Outlook to the phone's Mobile Outlook. That means I need to maintain Outlook on my desktop for the sole purpose of getting data to the phone.
Maybe that would be a good justification if I could get ActiveSync to work properly. When I try to sync to Outlook, I get an "error 86000108." Googling this error says it's a problem between ActiveSync and Microsoft Exchange. Catch is, I'm not using an Exchange server. I shouldn't need a digital certificate or have certificate issues when I'm not doing that sort of operation.
So, I'm going back to my Palm for scheduling. I ordered a Palm Tungsten E2 to replace my broken Tungsten C. It was going to cost $150 to repair the C, and the E2 was only $159.99. I don't need the wi-fi capabaility of the C any longer, since that's the part of the smartphone that actually works right. I'll be able to use the Palm once again to read PDFs and other documents, plus the combination of WorldMate Pro (travel management) and Franklin-Covey will keep my schedule straight.
Posted by Edward J. Branley at April 4, 2007 12:12 PM
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