The problem with the desktop syncing statement being dead is that its not true. Windows phone 7 will have it, but it will be a wireless sync.
OTA syncing (using a third party server to manage your information) is a good idea for some, but for people like me who A) cannot have the information in my todo list on an uncontrolled server, and B) do not want to pay a "nominal fee" to access my data when I can do it from my desktop, its a major no no. Furthermore, viewing ads to substitute my "nominal fee" to access MY data is also not acceptable when it can be synced to my own machine and viewed and manipulated for free. Desktop syncing is the one shortfall of android and why most business users cannot or will not use it. As I have said before, having access to your data anywhere is a weak argument since it is already on your phone which is with you everywhere anyway. I am not opposed to an OTA sync OPTION but not as the sole method. Hell, I wouldn't mind a sharepoint tie-in or an exchange tie-in because at least *I* own that server, but that would be the only occasion I could or would use an OTA sync. I hated that, on my android phone, everything required first going to the cloud and then to my computer and visa versa (and in some cases.... it never went to my computer, but was just DISPLAYED on my computer. I want my data in MY control and free of ads and fees. On Apr 18, 1:58 am, Fluid Flo <[email protected]> wrote: > So I've been using MLO for a week now and there's a lot to like. > However, there is one thing that is becoming a deal breaker for > staying with this app. That is OTA syncing. > > Windows mobile is dead. This we know. Windows Phone 7 will be > replacing it. One of the trends of iPhone/Android/Windows Phone 7 is > the removal of desktop syncing. Good or bad this is the case. > Personally, I think desktop activesync sucks. I used it once, it > didn't work. I google the error code and found tens of thousands of > links of problems. That was enough for me, I never tried it again. I > sync my PIM stuff with exchange, its awesome, and there is no reason > to use desktop activesync. Enter MLO, which is still using the > antiquated desktop syncing. > > Ok that out of the way, has anyone found a work around for this > oversight? I tried an app called Trenotes (http://www.fannsoftware.com/ > TreNotes.html). Its arguably not as good as MLO, but it does basically > the same thing. Personaly, I think MLO is much better. However, I am > able to use this to do OTA with a work around. The WM software of > Trenotes opens the trenotes file natively. So I can just use shared > folders to open and copy the file down or up to/from my device. If I > work on it a bit, I can use webdav to do this much better. Outside the > LAN I can VPN in to do this. > > Anyway, MLO does not have this option as the WM software doesn't open > the mlo file at all, but uses a different file format. All the WM apps > that I have so far tried, and use desktop syncing, use the same file > format on the mobile and on the desktop. MLO is the only exception I > have found so far. :( > > So that work around is out. One thing I looked into is trying to > figure out how to use MLO withhttp://www.rememberthemilk.com/, which > has a WM OTA sync option if you pay a nominal amount. However, I am > not finding a way to do this. Another thing is using google tasks, but > this doesn't sync with WM so is a dead end. > > So does anyone have any work around for WM OTA with MLO? As an aside, > why the heck is MLO mobile and MLO desktop using different file > formats? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
