Ok - so I got my new phone. I am pleased with the form factor but have 4
serious issues:
1. Battery Life - way to short - I had a full battery when I left work and
this morning battery was dead. I did a couple of web queries and calendar
checks and stuff but nothing that should have taxed the battery.
2. Synchronizing - I am only able to synchronize to google calendar and
contacts; my company has Exchange locked down with RSA and my Pre cannot handle
that and when I tried PocketMirror I could not find a WiFi which probably means
that is locked down, also. My laptop finds it no problem (when not on the LAN).
This is the biggest issue for me because it is such a hassle and so majorly
different. I did put in place the google calendar sync so my Outlook calendar
synchronizes with google calendar but it doesn't seem to refresh very fast in
Outlook.
3. Keyboard sucks to be blunt
4. Have to pay $25 per month for data plan - that I never had before
I am still in the 30 day grace period - only had it about a week. I love the
smaller size but #2 above really scares me in that I can't afford my calendar
and contacts to be out of date. And it appears I am unable to synchronize my
memos. I got Verizon to do an initial transfer of my contacts. I made a change
last night to google contacts and when I looked this morning that new contact
is not on my phone. I found the default was Outlook so I changed the default to
google and did a sync. Still don't have the contact. This part is really scary
and I need to figure out a way to resolve. I suppose I could try Pocketmirror
at home but it will mean every night logging my laptop in to work and then
synchronizing - quite a hassle as I do not always connect my laptop when I am
home. Does anyone else have this kind of problem?
Phone says contacts are sorted by last name but because they are not presented
as "last name, first name" it is difficult to validate this.
Edward Fultz
[email protected]
(978) 807-4225
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