Thanks for the reply. The only reason I was looking at WiFi at work was PocketMirror will only synchronize through WiFi or some kind of Bluetooth something or other.
I will look closer for the WiFi at work. I hear what you are saying about personal stuff going through the corporate network. If my Pre supported the one feature (forget what it is called) I could get it to synch directly with Exchange. Don't know when (or if) they will be providing that update. Edward Fultz [email protected] (978) 807-4225 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Levi Wallach" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:46:29 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [Treo] New Pre Plus From Verizon I can't speak to your syncing issues as I've not had any problems, either with Google or my company's Exchange server. I have a Sprint Pre, though. What I can tell you is that your wifi at work is most assuredly "locked down" because to not do so would be irresponsible. Most networks simply lock down with encryption (WEP, WPA, etc.) for which you need a code (or "key"). You should be able to get that from your company's IT staff. However, some places don't broadcast their SSID (basically it means you can't find them with a normal check for what wifi networks are available) and so you have to know what the SSID is - something else available from your IT staff - if they will tell you, I suppose some company's won't support it. The other thing I would caution you is that it might not be the wisest thing to use your company's wifi unless you don't get adequate reception for data in the office. The reason is that if you use your company's wifi, everything you do on your phone is potentially available to your company and IT staff - at least as far as transaction over the Internet. Anything you do that might not be appropriate for work could be going through your company's network via that wifi connection, and thus possibly putting you in jeopardy. At the very least you're going to have to be cautious and treat your Pre as a company phone/internet device while at work. Oh, regarding the battery, yes, my Pre will rarely last for more than 12 or so hours, unless I turn data off entirely. That can save you but of course disables most of what the phone can do. Supposedly using wifi can help, especially if your phone doesn't get great data reception. But this isn't anything very different from other smartphones I've had over the last 5 or 6 years. I don't think that I've ever intentionally not charged my phone overnight in that period. You can of course get larger batteries for the phone, but most of them add bulk and come with replacement covers. Whenever I buy a phone I immediately get an extra charger for work and one for the car, that way I am set for keeping the thing near 100% most of the time. It might seem like overkill, but there are definitely some things that will get the battery to go down very fast (streaming video, 3d games, or just being in an area where the reception is very poor for a relatively short period). It's not the Pre, it's the overall technology. Few phones really excel in this area, and none of them are smartphones! Levi Wallach blog: http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.com tweet me @dvdmon ( http://twitter.com/dvdmon ) On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:28 AM, < [email protected] > wrote: > 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 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
