Thanks for this note, David. I think it's very useful to hear from someone who is actually using it.
I am reluctant to buy it at this point for one simple reason: the PocketMac web page says that it is unable to handle task due dates when syncing with Entourage. Is this the experience you have had with Pocket Mac? I don�t think I could handle my task lists without due dates <gulp>. -- Joshua On 6/25/02 9:58 AM, "david" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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/>
