CompanionLink syncs with both Palm Desktop and Outlook. Repeating / duplicated letters seems to be a common problem on the Verizon model. This has been reported in a Pre Central article and discussed in the Pre Central forums. I found that pressing hard on all the keys using my fingernail for a few minutes greatly reduced the problem. It's like the keyboard needs to be broken in.
George -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Treo] New Pre Plus From Verizon when I read about companionlink I thought it only synchronized to the Palm desktop and not Outlook. But I will look again. On the keyboard - I am finding I am getting extra letters - I must be holding the key down too long. Is there a way to move the cursor left or right without having to tap just the right spot or delete everything already typed? Edward Fultz [email protected] (978) 807-4225 ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Kontos" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 11:27:55 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [Treo] New Pre Plus From Verizon Ed, I think this now makes 4 of us on this list with a VZW Pre. Welcome! > 1. Battery Life I bought a spare battery when I got the Pre, but I've had to use it only once in 2 months, and that was on a day I was traveling and it also happened to be the day we got the webOS 1.4 update and I was playing with video recording a lot. > 2. Synchronizing If PocketMirror over wi-fi isn't working for you for whatever reason, you might try a different app called CompanionLink (at least I think that's the name) which syncs to Outlook with a USB cable. > 3. Keyboard It is smallish, to be sure, but I eventually got used to it after a couple days. Also I find I can type more accurately if I use my fingernail instead of fingertip. I can't do the thumb-style of keyboarding with the Pre though because I can't seem to balance it well in two hands. My son has no problem with that method though. > 4. Have to pay $25 per month for data plan This isn't unique to the Pre. All smartphones require a data plan (Treos, Blackberrys, iPhones, etc.) > I am unable to synchronize my memos. That's true, the Pre's built-in memos (and tasks) do not sync with anything. However, there are third-party apps (PocketMirror and CompanionLink to name two) which have their own (superior) memos and tasks apps, and those do sync with Outlook on the PC via those apps. George -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] 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] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links
