The Official Windows Mobile Discussion Thread

[kcnychief]

Still though, 8125 is nicer

I like how I only need the "Outlook Email" on my phone now. I can send, receive and reply from one place, very sexy.

Something else I thought was cool was when I set it up, it actually enforced a policy on my phone, requiring an interval until the phone would lock, which I hadn't yet setup.

 

[madmatt]

The 8525 will blow the 8125 away. That's what I'm waiting for. Hopefully next week.

 

[kcnychief]

I'm sure it will, but it's out of my price range

Another cool feature, if I delete items from my phone it actually deletes from my inbox as well. This was a feature lacking in POP3 obviously, but very convenient now.

Since everything works with Exchange directly, not even sure why I need Activesync on my home machine anymore

Woo.

 

[kcnychief]

Beta 2 for ActiveSync 4.5 is out -

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Microsoft_ActiveSync/1032484934/1

 

[madmatt]

Good find. Not up on the Windows Mobile site yet.

 

[kcnychief]

Original Source - http://bink.nu/Article8319.bink

Ryan truly does watch things like a hawk

 

[madmatt]

Windows Mobile Device Center and Vista RC1

An update from the Mobile and Embedded Devices Team: The Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC) Application is an independent application apart from Windows Vista. Windows Vista RC1 includes the WMDC driver which enables you to sync music, acquire pictures and browse the contents of your device. The full WMDC application enables you to synchronize email, contacts, calendar appointments and more. The RC version of WMDC for Vista RC1 will ship very soon, while at this time WMDC is only available for Vista Beta 2.

Source: Windows Vista Team Blog

 

[NetRyder]

Original Source - http://bink.nu/Article8319.bink

Ryan truly does watch things like a hawk

That was posted by Bink, not Ryan.
Speaking of Ryan, I might be meeting him sometime this week while I'm in NYC.

 

[kcnychief]

Interesting indeed.

I found myself daydreaming of the new cingular device today, at least when it comes out.

hmmmm....

That was posted by Bink, not Ryan.

Oops?

 

[madmatt]

NR, what's the deal? You have time for non-community members but no time for someone you've known for years? GAH!

Derek, you're not kidding. The 8525 is going to be one sweet device. I did, however, hear that it was pushed back a month due to a bug in the latest ROM.

 

[madmatt]

ActiveSync 4.5 Beta 2
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...46-f101-4852-96aa-398cb3b54681&DisplayLang=en

Feature: Improved USB support
Benefit: ActiveSync 4.5 provides the fastest USB transport between your desktop PC and your mobile device to date.

Feature: View Exchange Server Synchronization status on your PC
Benefit: You can now view server synchronization status while synchronizing with a Microsoft Exchange server through your desktop PC's internet connection.

Feature: Synchronization of pictures in Contacts on your mobile device with Outlook
Benefit: If an Outlook contact is associated with a picture, ActiveSync now synchronizes the associated picture from Outlook on your desktop PC to your mobile device.
Note: Microsoft Outlook XP or Microsoft Outlook 2003 is required to use this feature.

Feature: Easier to identify friendly device names
Benefit: ActiveSync now supports friendly names for devices, making it easier to identify the device that you want to sync with over a Bluetooth or an infrared (IR) connection.
Note: ActiveSync uses your Windows login name to generate an unique device partnership ID. This login name may be broadcast to other users such as with Bluetooth discovery broadcasts.

Feature: Synchronization over a Bluetooth connection with your PC
Benefit: ActiveSync 4.5 now enables you to synchronize data with your PC over a Bluetooth connection.

Feature: Integration with Windows Media Player 10
Benefit: Easier to discover, configure, and access Windows Media Player 10 music, video and photo from ActiveSync. Also facilitates automatic synchronization of media even when Windows Media Player 10 is not currently running on a desktop PC.

Feature: Enhanced user interface and enhanced new partnership Wizard
Benefit: Easier to locate key features, access the most important configuration settings, and configure the device upon first synchronization.

Feature: Synchronize Internet Explorer Mobile favorites to a Windows Mobile-based Smartphone
Benefit: Already available on Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC devices, this feature syncs Internet Explorer Mobile favorites on a desktop PC with a Windows Mobile-based Smartphone.

Feature: More robust synchronization with Outlook
Benefit: Synchronization with Outlook is now more reliable and robust than before.

Feature: Configure synchronization settings prior to first synchronization, including custom synchronization settings
Benefit: Configure all the ActiveSync options you need in a single step.

 

[NetRyder]

NR, what's the deal? You have time for non-community members but no time for someone you've known for years? GAH!

I'm in Manhattan until next Tuesday. Perris, you, Ryan and I should meet up one day. How does that sound?

 

[kcnychief]

NewsGator Go! - RSS Application for Windows Mobile

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2006/09/20/newsgator-go-now-available-for-windows-mobile/

 

[kcnychief]

Since I did a hard reset on my phone this morning (things were a little off, all data is synchronized anyway), I also figured I would give ActiveSync 4.5 Beta 2 a try.

It is installed and working nicely, I'll play with it for a few days and see what happens.

Anyone know how to have Activesync only run under one user profile on a PC? It pops up under everyone who logs in to the machine, sometimes it makes things a bit cranky when I go to use it again.

-edit-

I like the new icon

 

[NetRyder]

Rob Bushway at GottaBeMobile has posted a tip to get WMDC installed in Vista RC1.
http://www.gottabemobile.com/CommentView,guid,587fc02a-8461-473d-9252-18cc406cd4d3.aspx

 

[kcnychief]

Bout time, nice find NR.

Decent site too *adds RSS feed to Bloglines*

 

[madmatt]

Works perfectly. Great find NR!

 

[kcnychief]

Anyone know how to have Activesync only run under one user profile on a PC? It pops up under everyone who logs in to the machine, sometimes it makes things a bit cranky when I go to use it again.

Thoughts?

 

[madmatt]

ActiveSync should only popup for the profile it was installed/configured under. When installed it is added to HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

You can stop it from running by deleting the key for it.

 

[kcnychief]

I'll have to check that key out, eventhough it's been more annoying now after the install of 4.5 Beta 2, it has always occured on my home PC which is a shared machine.