Synching outlook 2003 with HTC Desire

[JDJunkie]

I have a new HTC Desire arriving on Monday. I have 7 days to assess it
as being suitable for my needs.

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

[Todd Allcock]

I have a new HTC Desire arriving on Monday. I have 7 days to assess it as
being suitable for my needs.
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?

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!] ;)

[JDJunkie]

Post by Todd Allcock

I have a new HTC Desire arriving on Monday. I have 7 days to assess it as
being suitable for my needs.
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?

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 am sure it won't be. There will probably be a flurry of posts just
before the deadline. Thanks for your help. I will investigate
CompanionLink. Cheers

[John Doe]

Post by Todd Allcock
[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.

[John Doe]

You could use (alt.binaries.warez.smartphone)

:D

[John Doe]

Umm, come to think of it...

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.

[Todd Allcock]

Post by John Doe
Umm, come to think of it...
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]

Post by Todd Allcock

Post by John Doe
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.

Post by Todd Allcock
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.

[Todd Allcock]

Post by John Doe

Post by Todd Allcock

Post by John Doe
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! ;)

Post by John Doe

Post by Todd Allcock
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!)

Post by John Doe
Whatever... Good luck and have fun.

You too. Stick around- if nothing else, this group is ideal for a little
quiet meditation. ;)

[ftr]

Post by John Doe

Post by Todd Allcock

Post by John Doe
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! ;)

Post by John Doe

Post by Todd Allcock
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!)

Post by John Doe
Whatever... Good luck and have fun.

You too. Stick around- if nothing else, this group is ideal for a little
quiet meditation. ;)

So, where to go to ?