George (and all who've helped this past 24):

 

>>As for syncing with Outlook, I use PocketMirror for webOS to sync my local
>>Outlook with the Pre via WiFi. Works great. And the tech support from
>>Chapura is excellent and fast. 

 

I had a miserable time getting my Pre to hook up and maintain a connection
with my wireless home network.  I had to delete and restart the connect to
app 2 or 3 times each time, and enter and reenter the WAP (or is it WEP?)
password to join.  Even then, it dropped off almost every time, so much so
that I moved to the 15 day free trial of CompanionLink USB software.  That
was a breeze, and it will automatically dump all your contact and calendar
items before each sync before it repopulates them, so there will be fewer
duplicate entries.  THAT's something I've been fighting in Outlook and
PalmOS for friggin' YEARS!

 

I feel as though a light is beginning to illuminate for me with the Pre
Plus, and I'm very glad I came back to my roots here to ask for help.
Although not perfect, I'm starting to see the benefits of this unit over my
HTC Tilt2 and WinMo - a call to my wife this morning while driving (I know,
I know, but, c'mon, we've all done it before!) was far easier to make than
even my Centro - and I didn't have to rely on the sometimes skittish built
in voice dial on the AT&T Tilt.

 

>>This is very true. But once you figure it out and get the hang of it, it's
>>not so bad. 

 

Actually, my FIRST tip should have been the absolutely silly rubber mini-USB
port cover - man, that'll last a whole 2 or 3 days, especially if I decide
to go with the registered version of CL.

 

My apologies if I've high-jacked the board these past two days, but I so
wanted this phone to work, and thanks to you all it looks like it just
might!  Just thin, at this time yesterday it was already back in the box,
waiting to be returned!

 

Chuck B.



 

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George
Kontos
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:27 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Treo] Pre Plus (on AT&T) -- Please Convince Me It Shouldn't Be
Returned!

 

  

Chuck wrote:

> My first tip was the ridiculous way I had to struggle to remove the back
cover

This is very true. But once you figure it out and get the hang of it, it's
not so bad. 

> my beloved Palm functionality has almost totally been lost. 

I felt that way too at first, going from a 700p to a Pre Plus, but it only
takes a few days to get over that feeling. 

> who can live their lives inside just 16 gigs of resident memory these days

I've been using the Pre for almost a year now, and I haven't come close to
using up all the memory. 

> I was never able to get the Pre to sync with Outlook on my Windows7 laptop
using classic

I strongly recommend you not bother with Classic. I bought it when I first
got the Pre because I thought I'd need/want to use some of the old Palm OS
apps, but truth be told I never did.

As for syncing with Outlook, I use PocketMirror for webOS to sync my local
Outlook with the Pre via WiFi. Works great. And the tech support from
Chapura is excellent and fast. 

George





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