One thing I need to be able to do is to sync with my Outlook 2003 on my
computer. I am not fussed about synching emails but want to sync my
contacts, calendar and to do list. I have been used to doing this with
my present phone as it is a pocket pc.
I have read on this newsgroup that I will be able to download an app for
this but I am having difficulty locating one.
Does anyone use their HTC Desire (or similar phone) in such a way and
can advise me please?
TIA
Liz
This is a support newsgroup for Windows Mobile-based phones, and the Desire
is an Google Android-based phone.
Having said that...
Some Android-based phones include an app to sync with Outlook. If the
Desire doesn't, you can try CompanionLink, which, IIRC, just syncs your
local Outlook data with Google Calendar/GMail Contacts so they'll sync OTA
with the phone.
[I really hope this isn't the last post on this NG before it closes June
first! I'd hate for it go out with a whimper on an Android question!] ;)
> [I really hope this isn't the last post on this NG before it
> closes June first! I'd hate for it go out with a whimper on an
> Android question!] ;)
But of course you know that the group name is just a name. You can
hijack an extinct group or make a new group (if you know how) and
then ask for it to be propagated. All I am saying is that if you
all want this group to continue, it is easy enough to do.
:D
This group is really only a name on a server, so it does not
disappear just because Microsoft stops serving UseNet, unless
Microsoft is your UseNet server.
The fact that we're still here six months later seems to support that,
but the traffic is down to just a few posters and some spammers. When MS
closed the web interface and shutdown the free newsserver to the group,
that took the bulk of the traffic with it.
> John Doe wrote:
>> This group is really only a name on a server, so it does not
>> disappear just because Microsoft stops serving UseNet, unless
>> Microsoft is your UseNet server.
>
>
> The fact that we're still here six months later seems to support
> that,
My understanding is that all UseNet servers keep their own list of
UseNet groups, that it is entirely independent except for the
sharing of posts. The only possibility would be something like
Microsoft being able to prevent "Microsoft" in a group name, but
that is unlikely and probably no reason for it.
> but the traffic is down to just a few posters and some spammers.
The most recent claims of the demise of UseNet have been prompted
by the reduction in posts over the last many years. But I see that
(maybe with the exception of a newly formed group promoting some
commercial product) World Wide Web groups are suffering the same
reduction in traffic. Maybe the downturn in the world economy, at
least among democracies, is hurting Internet discussion. China is
doing well with a surplus, and (coincidently?) China is where
plenty of UseNet traffic is coming from.
Whatever... Good luck and have fun.
"John Doe" <jd...@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in message
news:4cfe821f$0$5792$c3e8da3$1cbc...@news.astraweb.com...
> Todd Allcock <elecconnec AnoOspamL.com> wrote:
>
>> John Doe wrote:
>
>>> This group is really only a name on a server, so it does not
>>> disappear just because Microsoft stops serving UseNet, unless
>>> Microsoft is your UseNet server.
>>
>>
>> The fact that we're still here six months later seems to support
>> that,
>
> My understanding is that all UseNet servers keep their own list of
> UseNet groups, that it is entirely independent except for the
> sharing of posts. The only possibility would be something like
> Microsoft being able to prevent "Microsoft" in a group name, but
> that is unlikely and probably no reason for it.
Agreed. Once created, it's hard, or impossible, to "kill" a newsgroup, but,
like a garden, it gets ugly if untended! ;)
>> but the traffic is down to just a few posters and some spammers.
>
> The most recent claims of the demise of UseNet have been prompted
> by the reduction in posts over the last many years. But I see that
> (maybe with the exception of a newly formed group promoting some
> commercial product) World Wide Web groups are suffering the same
> reduction in traffic. Maybe the downturn in the world economy, at
> least among democracies, is hurting Internet discussion. China is
> doing well with a surplus, and (coincidently?) China is where
> plenty of UseNet traffic is coming from.
That may be true, but in the Pocket PC newsgroup (microsoft.public.pocketpc)
there were 118 posts in May, the last month before Microsoft "pulled the
plug" and 10 posts in November. "The demise of UseNet" hasn't caused a 90%
reduction in traffic in six months!
The "regular" posters in the MS groups, particularly most of the MVPs, have
taken their ball and gone home, switching to the Microsoft "sanctioned"
web-based support forums. While that doesn't "kill" a newsgroup, for all
intents and purposes it does.
My point, really, is just that if someone has come here looking for support,
the odds of finding it have dwindled considerably, unless Bob Zaret or I
happen to know the answer! ;) (Sorry to put you on the spot, Bob, but a
quick look at my newsreader seems to show you and I are the only people to
have responded to a post here since June!)
> Whatever... Good luck and have fun.
You too. Stick around- if nothing else, this group is ideal for a little
quiet meditation. ;)