I am on Tiger and just started using a Treo 650 with Goodlink through our network (I am the only Mac on the network) with excellent success.
On 12/19/05 5:01 PM, "Mark Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jim > > I echo your sentiments and hopes to the power of 10 > > Having jumped to Mac 14 months ago I fought with PocketMac - repeatedly, > haphazardly, ad nausea. > > There have been so many moments where everything seems to be working. > And then, bam, one or two synchs later and whole sections of Contacts > have been deleted, calendar dates triplicated, etc. > > Needless to say, despite the miniscule and completely unhelpful > responses from PM Support, I've since given up with the whole project. > > However, like a fool I am, the latest range of Palm's has had me > wondering again and I await any assurances from the Group to the > positive. > > Of interest to you, Jim, is a piece of Software by the makers of Pocket > Mac called GoBetween. This 'seems' to sync OSX Contacts and Calenders > fine, when one avoids throwing PocketMac into the equation. Thus, should > a Palm synch with OSX fine, synchronising it with Entourage looks > 'feasible' > > Regards > > Mark(o) Turner > C. Psychol. > Area Adolescent Mental Health Team > 53-65 Mitchell Street > CARRAMAR NSW 2163 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Robertson > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 9:48 AM > To: Mac-L list; Mac OS Digest; Entourage:mac Talk > Subject: Palm vs. PocketPC > > A few years ago, even BEFORE Palm stopped attending Macworld Expos, I > gave > up on the platform after making NO headway for years when I'd complain > about > the deficiencies in the basic bundled Palm applications. The most > glaring of > these was in the Contacts database, which steadfastly refused to allow > one > to enter separate work and home addresses for one's contacts. That was > OK > when the basic Palm had something like 16 kilobytes of RAM, but as > memory > became cheaper the deficiencies became more glaring. > > I bought a PocketPC, struggled to make it work with Macs, and eventually > gave up on that as well, returning to writing notes on scraps of paper > that > I lose. I now store names and phone numbers in my BlueTooth phone, but > I'd > love an organizer that would sync to Entourage. > > For some reason just today I visited the Palm website and discovered > that > some time during my absence the company has realized that people do live > and > work in different places, and that a handheld is a good place to store > such > information about one's contacts. > > I've been away from that platform for a few years, and I'm interested in > hearing opinions from people who use Palm devices. How good is > synchronization to the Mac? Can synchronization software remember > categories, multi-day events in the calendar, recurring events with > custom > repeats (third Thursday of every month, last Friday of every month, > etc.). > Does one need to purchase third party software to do the > synchronizations? > Do the built-in sync services in Tiger serve any purpose when talking > with > Palms? > > Both PocketMac and the Missing Sync for Windows mobile seem to collapse > at > the worst times trying to talk to Pocket PC devices. Besides, my iPAQ is > too > big and bulky. Should I be looking again at a Palm device? > > Thanks so much, > > Jim Robertson > -- > > > > -- > 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/> > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail has been scanned for viruses by MCI's Internet Managed > Scanning Services - powered by MessageLabs. For further information > visit http://www.mci.com > > This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and > notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual > sender, and are not necessarily the views of Sydney South West Area Health > Service. > -- > 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/> > -- 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/>
