Ever since I got my MDA about a year ago, I’ve been wrestling with Missing Sync for Windows Mobile, trying to get it to syncronize data with my mac. I’ve had so many problems, I figured it was time to blog about it.
Do not buy this software. It has given me nothing but grief. I have followed the documentation to the word, and use it only for address book syncronization. Even for that, I find that I have to reestablish my BlueTooth device pairings almost every time I synchronize my address book!
All of the “solutions” offered in the support/troubleshooting documentation involve reinstalling software, soft resetting the phone, and other start-from-scratch procedures which I do not find acceptable!
Furthermore, the software provides no way to upgrade the phone’s system software. This must be done using a computer running Windows!
Unless someone comes out with some truly impressive software, this is the last time I’ll buy a device that is not directly supported by my operating system.
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In the process of reinstalling the operating system on my horrible phone, I’ve made a few backups of my phone’s memory on my computer. I was just poking through one of them and discovered 3 mysterious recordings, probably made by accidentally holding down one of the buttons at some point, putting it into “quick voice memo” mode. I present these recordings here for your enjoyment:
August 26, 2006
September 27, 2006
December 7, 2006
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I hate my MDA that I got a few months ago. I’ll spare you the details, but suffice it to say my problems are mostly to with Windows mobile. I can’t sync with my address book and calendar properly, every part of using the system is frustrating and buggy, and I have to wipe the phone for one reason or another every couple months. And the hardware ain’t so hot either– the sound quality leaves much to be desired.
So I am potentially in the market for a new phone. Forget about the Apple iPhone for now… I can’t stand to use this thing until June.
Here are the features I must have:
- Good sound quality
- A qwerty or faux-qwerty keyboard
- A good web browser
- Excellent synchronization with OS X Address Book and iCal
- Easy and relatively reliably internet OS X tethering over Bluetooth
Here are the features I would like to have:
- 802.11x
- Full use of the bluetooth spec
- More than a paltry 64 or 128 megs of built-in storage
- Supported and seamless internet tethering with OS X
- GPS (i know, now i’m dreaming)
As far as I know, I think my only options are either a Symbian phone (maybe needing to get a non-us model), or the BlackBerry Pearl.
Anyone have any other ideas? Let’s pretend that price is no object.
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