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[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
All comtact details from outlook will move to live or exchange.

Gettimg them to live is as easy as installing the connector and drag/drop them to yoir live list and then doing a send recieve.

Scheduling is easy. Learn to layer yoir calendars. It takes ONE CLICK to do that in outlook.
[Windows Phone 7 General] wilbur4321:
When connected to the computer (with Zune running), the WP7 device will use the computer's internet connection, not it's own. As long as the computer is only, that'll work fine. If the computer's not then, yes, the change you make to the computer's Outlook won't reflect on the WP7 until the computer is online.

--randy
[Windows Phone 7 General] addicus:
Throw it down big man! Throw it down!!!! (Bill Walton - voice)

I say this because it's nice to see someone give such clear, concise instructions for a solution. Great job!
[Windows Phone 7 General] devis:
So nobody knows whether Blackberry Connect will work? And for that matter, other legacy apps too?
[Windows Phone 7 General] janemanno1:
I am in the same boat and that is why I started a thread here even before this thread was started. So far there is no straight answer. I DON'T want to move my contacts and appointments to the DAMN LIVE account.

I have my own domain hosted and I am happy with it and besides my contacts have crap load of information stored like Birthdays & Anniversaries and I like how Outlook automatically creates a yearly reminder when you enter a birthday or anniversary for a contact.

I might just wait a little longer before getting WP7 device.
[Windows Phone 7 General] siddharthp72:
I moved to smart phone for one reason only, so that I can sync my outlook email (which is stored in an offline pst file from an ISP that provides only pop3and imap capability. I need about 3 months of email on my phone.

Now that WM7 can not do this local sync'ing will make me consider my Winmo 6.1 to Winmo 6.5 I can not do over the air push/sync of email as the country I reside has prohibitively high internet data rates, VOIP is banned...yes I live in in place where the telco regulations make the flintstones look like star wars.

I did get to play with the Samsung and HTC Winmo 7 at the local IT tradeshow yesterday, and they are a slick interface.....looks like a magazine. I wish they would have brought over some of the features from windows mobile 6.x though, waiting for service packs and updates in q2/q3 2011 to see what happens.
[Windows Phone 7 General] amb9800:
Do you have information on whether MS has indeed added the PC Internet USB pass-through feature (which for WM is the "Windows Mobile Remote Adapter," through ActiveSync/WMDC) to the Zune client for WP7? I'm doubtful (this is something the iPhone, for instance -- which does local Outlook sync through iTunes -- still lacks).

In any case, if my PC has internet service, then it's likely in a Wifi zone, in which case I can likely connect my phone through Wifi anyway-- issue is when either the PC or the phone doesn't have connectivity.
[Windows Phone 7 General] chubnut:
I figured I wasn't alone. I've been speaking to a few people at work and there are loads in the same boat as us.

I have been experimenting though, using the connector to a Live account and it's a massive pain so far. Contacts have mostly gone across but there were some duplicates created and not all fields migrated. Categories/groups did not go across and this is a problem.

Calender is a different cookie altogether, one which I will have to play with more. Appointments are not transferring properly at all and mostly end up with a prefix of "copy". Again categories are not migrating at all and there are other issues I still need to work out.

All in all a pile of poop so far. Not impressed.
[Windows Phone 7 General] janemanno1:
Yeah I tried to get this working too and so far I am not impressed with the Outlook Live Connector. The live contacts don't have a field for Anniversary at all! No categories and I now that means that I have to maintain that at 3 diffrerent places. In my Outlook, in my Windows Live and on my phone.

Not good at all. If they have all the fields available that are in Outlook atleast half of them, I would be happy to let some things go.
[Windows Phone 7 General] addicus:
I posted this in another thread when I meant to put it here first. There will be an answer to the WP7 and MS Exchange issue many people are frustrated with and it will be here soon after.

I know you and many others were having concerns about Outlook support on WP7. It looks like there will be an answer for that issue within the first 2 months. Here is the link: http://phonetitan.com/remote-device-...ndows-phone-7/

For the lazy the article is included below. I know it's 3rd party software but it may be what we all need.

"Although Windows Phone 7′s first generation is clearly aimed at consumers with a few bones thrown at enterprise for example Mobile Office and Skydrive, it does have some holes in it that may cause some companies to hesitate to deploy upon launch e.g. no side-loading of custom enterprise software.

It seems that one of those holes looks to be filled, at least by a 3rd party company called Odyssey Software who make the Athena remote device management program for large corporations. Odyssey supports iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile and now Windows Phone 7, bringing a bit more control for those companies who can integrate the tech into their servers. Such features are as follows:

Live, remote control of devices in the field.

Device software, application and patch provisioning and installation.

Comprehensive software and hardware asset information.

Location based data via GPS (current and bread crumb).

Detailed phone and messaging information and stats.

Security to protect sensitive data (device lock & wipe).

While we’re no IT people and know little about this end of the technology spectrum, that sure sounds like some powerful software over corporate deployed phones. This software will help fill the void until Microsoft add some of their own software to do this directly."

If there is one set up to allow all these popular OS's to handle exchange service than this truly becomes viable and probably less expensive for the companies having to implement it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] janemanno1:
If I understand correctly then that article is about the device managment from enterprise point of view.

Many people are just concerned with WP7 not supporting sync with Non-Exchange or Non-Cloud Outlook at all!
[Windows Phone 7 General] addicus:
I understand but a future fix on either side (device or server) is better than none at all.
[Windows Phone 7 General] janemanno1:
I am thinking about waiting until I hear something solid on future updates. I will only get one now for the development purpose if I decide to jump onboard.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Poppapete:
Me too

I too use Outlook at home on a PC getting mail from a POP and using a calender for appointments and tasks as well as contacts. With WPM 6.5 they sync perfectly. With WPM 7 it does not work. The people who talk about Hotmail connector and the cloud syncing are not using all 4. Email,Contacts,Tasks,Calender. Yes the Email will sync and the Calender (not all fields) but Contacts must be copied as opposed to sync and tasks are not supported.

Another MS user who will stay with a 6.5 phone until TRUE syncing with Outlook using a pst file is available. (If it ever will)
[Windows Phone 7 General] scoob101:
If you don`t like the new approach of having your calendar and contacts in the cloud, then you need to stick with WM6.5 or look for another device (iphone is the only one which supports this nativley), or hope Microsoft changes its approach to WP7. The latter seems unlikely with everything going the way of cloud computing.

If however, you just just to work out the best way of getting a WP7 device to work with your setup, that should be doable for most typical users, however tasks sync is *not* supported but neither the iPhone nor Android have tasks, so it looks like a trend these days.

I was unsure about WP7 when it came to sync, but acutally it was really was easy to get contacts, calendar and email working and synced with my laptop. WP7 supports push notifications for all these, so now my outlook contacts and calendar stays in sync with my phone, in a just in time basis, with no wires. All of this is pushed to the phone, so no messy send/receive schedule, it just arrives immediately.
[Windows Phone 7 General] taxim:
Hotmail sync for WP7

I know that to assume gets me in trouble but here, can I assume that Hotmail and MSN mail are one and the same or is this another fly in the ointment when trying to sync Outlook and WP7?:confused:
[Windows Phone 7 General] Tone_:
not sure that will be any use without the sccm back end..

http://www.odysseysoftware.com/PRODUCTS/Athena/AthenaConfigurationManager.aspx
[Windows Phone 7 General] CPCSR:
I think Windows Phone 7's future is clouded. MS is arrogently tone deaf.
[Windows Phone 7 General] amb9800:
If you're willing to pay ($5-6/user/month) and to deal with having your data in the cloud, hosted Exchange is the best way to transition from Outlook-- rather than Hotmail or other webmail services, which work less than perfectly with Outlook data.

Here's Microsoft's Exchange Online service:

http://www.microsoft.com/online/exchange-online.aspx

In a few months, all their online services will be consolidated into a new one called Office 365:

http://office365.microsoft.com/default.aspx

I bit the bullet and went online- now my desktop Outlook works exactly as it did before when I had just a PST, with the added advantage of being able to run Outlook on multiple computers, push sync OTA with my WP7 phone (when both are online), and even browser access (via Outlook Web Access). I periodically (manually) copy all my data into a local PST for backup purposes (in case MS one day disappears haha).

The cost is pretty minimal, so the main thing to decide is whether you're comfortable with giving MS all your data. If you are, Exchange Online is great. Otherwise, the only solution for native local Outlook syncing is to stick with WM 6.5 or go with the iPhone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] tlyonstlyons:
MS: Are you freaking kidding me?

I do exactly the same thing. So let me get this straight: old hardware, no integration for calendar and contacts, no multi-tasking, no cut and paste, no tethering, no turn-by-turn nav,...

What, did they monitor me and decide to remove EVERY SINGLE FEATURE I CURRENTLY USE ON MY PHONE?

Great, they murdered WinMo 6.5; Android is, frankly, a not-ready-for-primetime mess; and Apple costs $60-90 per month with the cr*ppiest cell provider. Just great. I'm gonna end up with a freaking iPhone on AT&T to sync my calendar. Just freakin great.
[Windows Phone 7 General] andrew-in-woking:
Exchange to Hotmail

Hi all

Previously I paid for a private Hosted Exchange solution at $7:50 per month when using MS Outlook on the PC and a WM 6.5 device. This met my needs and I thought was good value. The only problem I had was that I wanted to maintain my Hotmail email address so I had my hotmail forwarded to my exchange address and disguised the exchange address as a Hotmail address.

This caused some problems when other Hotmail users always were told that my email were untrustworthy, etc.

I decided to cancel the hosted exchange account when Hotmail whet over to Exchange Active Sync protocol and was bitterly disappointed that I could no longer get emails in full HTML on my phone. Also, the contact photos did not sync either.

I had essentially made my minde up to switch back to a hosted exchange srvice but held off as I knew that WP7 was coming out and thought that Microsoft may have addressed some of these issues on the mobile sync.

On WP7 Facebook syncs over all your contact photos, which means they show up in MS Outlook (with Hotmail Outlook Connector) and emails are in HTML because WP7 uses OWA sync no EAS sync.

As a result I am really glad I didn't ditch Hotmail because it works extremely well as an all round PIM solution with MS Outlook and the phone.

I would advise against going down this route if:

1) You are particularly keen to have a task list synchronised between a mobile device and MS Outlook on your computer

2) You do not have a copy of MS Outlook 2007 or 2010 for your desktop PC.

Many thanks

andrew-in-woking
[Windows Phone 7 General] CPCSR:
It is hard to believe even Microsoft is happy about the lack of Outlook Sync discussion. All of the contrived solutions point to a basic capability that exists in 6.5 that was conciously dropped from 7. MS would probably like people talking about the good aspects of WP7. MS made an avoidable mistake.

I work at a large company that gives us a cell phone allowance for whatever phone we prefer. It is largly populated by BB and iPhone handsets. As one of the few Windows Mobile users I've been asked about WP7. My response is that I had planned to buy a WP7 device but that the system lacks some basic capabilities like stand alone Outlook sync and cut and paste. Outside of an puzzled expression that normally ends the conversation.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mr mystery:
Outlook standalone sync I understand Cut and Paste is coming in January
[Windows Phone 7 General] jeffgeno:
Why would a large company insist on local Outlook sync? If it doesn't, how would that possibly matter to the user asking about it?
[Windows Phone 7 General] adesonic:
If you don't have a wp7 device and do not intend to get one, why are you posting on this forum other than to waste bandwidth? You may find macrumors or android central more useful to you.
[Windows Phone 7 General] amb9800:
I think such input is fine, to indicate that this is indeed a valid concern among potential WP7 users who are turned away by the lack of such functionality (which WM and the iPhone have had for years).

There's also an issue in that MS has established a poor track record of upgrades and data/service continuity in mobile, going from WM + Outlook (PIM) + MyPhone (SMS, content, etc.) + Mesh to WP7 + disparate cloud offerings, where nothing at all carries over and there's no straight upgrade path (it's literally easier to move from WM to an iPhone than to WP7; it's also easier to move to WP7 if you never used MS' PIM and sync solutions and went with Google in the first place). It becomes difficult to trust MS when you get screwed over so many times, versus, say, Apple, which is notorious for planned obsolescence but in fact goes to greater ends to support its old offerings (e.g. OS 4.x for iPhone 3G) and always offers a smooth upgrade path even for drastic platform changes.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Poppapete:
Can someone tell me if hosted exchange server can sync TASKS
[Windows Phone 7 General] amb9800:
Yes, but not with WP7 (it doesn't have a tasks app).
[Windows Phone 7 General] Poppapete:
Sorry, I means can hosted exchange server sync with WP7. Answer is no as WP7 does not have Tasks! So it will never be able to sync completely with Outlook?
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
that may not be true. MS may implement it with their choosing. I believe they will given that they want to get the enterprise onboard with windows phone, and in doing that, it would mean proper exchange support including tasks.
[Windows Phone 7 General] amb9800:
WP7 will sync Contacts and Calendar items with Exchange. Tasks is something the OS is missing entirely, so it can't sync that with any data source (Exchange, Gmail, etc.).

Also WP7 currently cannot sync SMS messages with anything (WM 6.5 could sync SMS with Exchange 2010 and MS' MyPhone service).
[Windows Phone 7 General] CPCSR:
At a corporate level no one cares. They deal with just about anything the employee uses. Good IT department.

But the coprorate folks don't buy the phones anymore and the employees who do care about stand alone Outlook. It is very unfortunate. MS ought to own the mobile phone market but they won't at this rate.
[Windows Phone 7 General] gixxeric:
Really?

I can't believe MS would leave such a critical windows application out of the new WM7. Microsoft has lost my business because of this. I have been a diehard WM user since day 1 because of such feature. I was so excited to finally see WM7 released only to find out this crap.

Damn..do I need to get an Iphone now? It seems that it is the only OS that will do desktop synch of Outlook. Nah..I'm not that desperate. I'll stick to WM6.5 until Microsoft gets their head out of their asses.

Sure you can find ways to do this over the cloud. I am definitely not sending all my personal information over the cloud...I might as well post my outlook information on craigslist while I am at it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] CSMR:
In this case, they have left out an obsolete function.

Unless your personal information is more sensitive than the records of most banks and financial institutions and many of the world's militaries, you are making a mistake.
[Windows Phone 7 General] scoob101:
I honestly don`t get this argument, it feels like its being based on fear, rather than an objective assessment of risk.

My appointments are being synced to google calendar. Lets just say someone could get in to view them. What exactly are they going to do with the knowledge that I`m having a teleconference on tuesday morning??

Perhaps someone will find out I`m on holiday for a week - they could come and raid my house - oh no - they can`t, because they don`t know where I live, and my address isn`t in my google account. Perhaps they could somehow find my IP address and trace me? My IP will only identify the location of my ISP, not my home. Only my ISP knows that my IP address is assigned to me.

As for my contacts being syned to windows live, again, they are welcome to sift through to them. I`m not going to suffer any losses if someone finds out my friends or work colleagues telephone numbers or addresses or emails, and I make sure there is no sensitive data (like bank account numbers or securty details) posted into contact records.

Yes, theres certainly an element of risk by putting any personal data up into the cloud. But I belive any risk is very low in terms of how that data could be exploited if it got into the wrong hands.
[HD2 General] F4810:
Is anybody working on porting this to the HD2? Would be interesting to try it although I do like the Sense UI which WP7 wont have.
[HD2 General] sylau90:
USE THE SEARCH,BUDDY...

Anyway, there are someone working on this but no successful yet,everything still under developement...Go to forum section and find WINDOWS PHONE 7 FORUM...

everything you want to know is over there...But don't ask for any progress there, just read...

Cheers
[HD2 General] bravo261:
sure, someone is working on it somewhere
[HD2 General] hagba:
From what I have heard not compatible,just get Android,its here..!!
[HD2 General] maniep:
I knew nothing about Android until recently.

I was just curious to find out why so many like yourself were saying every where, "Android is better", "Get it" or you got Windows Mobile? That OS is terrible.

Well, I had to try it, and I put Android on my HD2.

You can see the version I am using on my signature.

It runs very well on my phone. And yes, Android is nice.

I have tried all the Android Ports. The one I am using now I think is the best.

But, I got to tell you:

My Windows Mobile Energy ROM in my signature is better than Android.

Windows is more polished.

I do not see Android as superior.

Energy Windows ROM with Cookie Home, all the latest HD2 Registry Tweaks, and the latest Sence 2018, plus the most recent HTC software updates from the new Oboe devise is amazing, fast and reliable. Android got nothing on it, except may be the live wallpapers.
[HD2 General] anhyeuemmaimai:
After seeing the serious limitations that are coming with Windows Phone 7, I am not in the "I want to try it out" group and with recent news of AT&T being the exlusive partner = suck nads even more
[HD2 General] Lynehammike:
it isn't looking likely at the moment (certainly not a fully featured port). This is the best post to monitor for progress:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=685272

As an aside, some of the EVO based Android HD2 builds are very good. I dumped WiMo a while back :o
[HD2 General] hagba:
Never said Android was betterI was just hinting that from what I've read shouldn't be much different , however thanks for the feedback.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] theOrange:
Hi, guys. Have Desire. Got Root. How can I change default name "LOCALHOST"?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] finisterre:
Hi,

When I imported my Nexus One to the UK back in January, I paid the £60 odd VAT and Duty to DHL via a website.

Can anybody remind me what the URL of that website was? I need to see if I can get a copy of that bill.

Thanks.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scarygore:
Found it!

www.dhl.co.uk/epayments

Good luck!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] finisterre:
Thanks Scarygore.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simonta:
Hi Folks

What's the best ROM, if any, if I don't want social networking? For cleanliness, space and speed, I'm looking for a ROM that has removed Facebook, Footprints, Friend Stream, Peep, Plurk and Twitter amongst others. I simply never use them so my phone is carrying a lot of baggage I don't need or want.

I can't seem to find a ROM that fits the bill, even the "basic" ROMs seem to include all or most of these.

Probably just me being dense...:o

Thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jedipottsy:
Any AOSP roms, such as OpenDesire or Defrost, you loose HTC sense, but if your wanting a cut down speedy version, your looking for vanilla android.

Or you could delete those applications from your current phone, either ADB from recovery and delete the apps or use S-OFF, mount the system as r/w and use an explorer (root explorer) to delete them.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Picarden:
I go with Modaco´s kitchen rom, you can just remove/add what feature you want. :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] th3:
You can remove those applications from Sense ROMs pretty easily as has been said. That's what I did on mine, no problems at all.

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- HTC Desire via XDA App -
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burnso01:
+1 using Modaco.

Just found and am using this 'barebones' Modaco ROM;

- http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=790603

....until i learn how to chop stuff up myself ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o>c:
For the G1 was sold in both US and UK Tmo, as well as a lot more telecoms worldwide. Why this time the G2 only appears in the US, and a supposedly pricier Desire Z for the rest of the world?The power adapter is a minor issue to me (I use a battery charger for the batteries), but it is sad that they are a lot more conservative than 2 years ago:(
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Uri1234:
I flashed hard spl 3.29 to me tilt and when I try to lunch the tri colored screen it wont work.

I checked if the camera button is working and it dosent.

How can I lunch the tri colored screen without the camera button?

Uri
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metko:
hi i got a new europe telenor version of the hd2 rom v1.xxx.xxx radio 2.xxx.xx.51.x

the phone is awsome i instaled core player but i cant find how to ad subtitle ona divx file and where can i find good games for this phone if warez is not permited you can send me the link over private mesage

and one more thing the forum is AWSOME!!! u can find wvery thing you need for your phone
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p107r0:
Coreplayear does not support subtitles.

TCPMP does - look for version published here this September.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metko:
i that that core player and tcmpc are the same thing i cant find that tcmp.. can you send me the link via pm?? thx
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] p107r0:
i'm away from my PC, but the file name was TCPMP-0.72RC2-ARM-REV27.CAB
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] metko:
i downloaded this TCPMP-0.72RC1-ARM-PPC-recomp-03 (can it do the job :D)? and how is the playback, on core player a 350mb divx file is exelent