On 6/25/02 12:16 PM, "Joshua Yeidel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Disclaimer: I have no connection to pocketmac except that I'd like to sync > my Compaq with my Mac. I haven't even used Pocket Mac yet. I've been using PocketMac for a couple months now and beta tested PocketMac Pro through three versions. Just got the final release and used it once to sync my calendar and tasks to the iPAQ. I'm not associated with the company in any way. Mini Review: Syncing to E'rage works quite well. Syncing seems to be slower than using ActiveSync on my PC. So far I've not seen the doubling of tasks, contacts, or events that sometimes happened with the Palm. I did discover one problem. Contacts are synced first, then the calendar, then tasks. Each is done by a different plug-in. If there is a large number of items in one group it might keep the plug-in from the next group from launching properly. In beta 4 I couldn't sync my calendar unless I turned off the plug-in for contacts. Since I pruned my contact list I don't know if this bug was fixed or if I'm now below the critical number for bringing out the bug. Moving documents between the iPAQ and Mac can be done by drag and drop and works well. Word and Excel files are translated to be readable by the Pocket apps and vice versa. However, in beta 4 I discovered that some documents that were synced to my iBook and later moved back to my iPAQ were unreadable. I was able to solve this problem by opening each file in Word and resaving as .doc files then dragging them back to the iPAQ. I discussed this with tech support and they acknowledged the problem. I don't know if it has been solved or not. Right now I'm checking a few docs after each sync. This program won't completely allow us to divorce our PPC from a Windows computer. Most PocketPC applications are delivered as Windows executable installation applications. PocketMac comes with a program to extract the PocketPC program from these executable. It has never worked for me. Also, two of my favorite PocketPC applications have Windows counterparts. This is a version 1 program and it is less polished than we Mac users might expect. It isn't inexpensive and its license limits installation to one computer which is just plain stupid given the nature of the product. (I have a home desktop, two work desktops, and my iBook. I want all of them synced to my iPAQ and I am NOT going to buy 4 licenses. I suspect that most iPAQ users will want to sync to two computers if not the 4 that I have.) Finally, the company has no demo and you cannot buy the program without acknowledging that you are buying a product that cannot be returned for any reason. Despite its flaws it is worth every penny to me. YMMV Cheers david ======================================================================== Say you were standing with one foot in the oven and one foot in an ice bucket. According to the percentage people, you would be perfectly comfortable. ~~ Bobby Bragan david mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
