Thank you, Norman for the recommendations. I am gathering what little information I've received thus far to give to the department manager for his decision.
Steve ============================= Steve D. Culver Mac / Win Desktop & Network Support University Relations, UC Davis 1480 Drew Avenue Davis, CA 95616 Help Desk: (530) 757-3195 Tel: (530) 757-3389 Fax: (530) 756-0208 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============================= -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Norman W. Ferguson Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 7:27 PM To: Entourage:mac Talk Subject: Re: Recommendations for PDAs for Macs with Entourage on 8/1/05 11:51 AM, Steve D. Culver at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Office 2004 - Entourage 2004 with all updates installed; connecting to > Windows 2003 Exchange Server (Outlook 2003) Panther 10.36 - 10.3.9; > Tiger 10.4.2 > > There is a department in the division I work that is considering > purchasing PDAs for six of their Mac users. The Macs are G4 > PowerBooks and PowerMacs towers running Panther 10.36 - 10.3.9 and > Tiger 10.4.2 with Office 2004 for the Mac with all the current > updates. They use Entourage 2004 to connect to our Windows 2003 > Exchange Server to get their e-mail. > > As described to me by a department representative: > > "What the department is looking for are basic PDAs that DO NOT provide > phone service or email service -- i.e., no costly, monthly service > charges. It would synch with desk tops and allow them to keep their > media sources, faculty sources and electronic calendars with them at > all times. All six of the staff members use Macs, and they advise me > (a PC > user) that the only wrinkle is that the PDA must be able to synch with > Entourage and Outlook." > > I would appreciate your recommendations on which makes and models > would best fit the need. > Steve, Practically any PalmOS PDA would fit the bill. So then it's a matter of narrowing it down between the Tungsten line (supposedly more oriented towards professionals) and the Zire line (supposedly more oriented towards home/consumers). Entourage comes with a HotSync conduit that will sync Addresses, Calendars, Tasks, and Notes between it and the corresponding PalmOS apps. I suspect that if there is a desire to avoid monthly charges for phone/e-mail services, I would look more towards the Tungsten E2 than any of the others. Open nets... -- Norman Ferguson | Dir of Technology Services | Tekgnosys 1917 Maylin Drive; Suite 103, Salem VA 24153 cell: 540-819-4014 € http://www.tekgnosys.com Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist -- 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/>
