Thanks for everyone's comments.

I'll take them on board but have to admit I don't think I'll ever accept WM
as been easier or better than Palm.

I too am eager to see and try the new Palm Pre, but it looks like the new
WEB OS is not going to be compatible with previous palm programs which
leaves me back to square one. Maybe someone will bring out a 3rd party app
to make this possible. Who know's ?

Tungsten



"Joe McGuire" <mcguirejw@REMOVECAPScomcast.net> wrote in message
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> As a former Palm user (Sprint Samsung i500 with Outlook e-mail and appts
> pushed tothe device--but no true keyboard) I have actually felt your pain!
> At least some of it ! My WM6 xv6800 phone is a lot better in some
> important ways but retarded in some others. The extent to which the
> problems are due to WM, Verizon or the software I have to use to make it
> all work (esp. Nokia wireless Intellsync) leads to a lot of tiresome
> finger pointing. Maybe all would be better if I could use an Exchange
> Server. Who knows?
> One thing I know: I love the slide-out keyboard for e-mail and the larger
> screen on my xv6800, two features which make my Crackberry colleagues
> jealous. Those advantages, of course, don't have much to do with WM. The
> crack(berry)heads have one big time advantage: Sent items show up on their
> devices seconds after they are sent. Hardly earth-shaking, of course.
> But I have to wait until the following day for Sent files to show up on
> Outlook Mobile, which totally stinks. I'm told this is Intellisync's
> fault. Well, duh. That's what Verizon gave me! But wait, there's more.
> Once the Sent Items finally do show up can I sort them by addressee, say,
> to quickly find that e-mail I thought I sent to Bill or Susie Friday?
> Like you'd do with the "real" Outlook? Nope! Only by "subject," which is
> potentially useful if the subject line is not blank or ambiguous; and
> "from" or "received" which are pointless. After all, why is the
> "received" date helpful when you are looking for files that have been
> "sent?" Duh. And how helpful is it to know who the e-mails I sent are
> "from" since they will all be from, well, me? Double duh!
> Frankly, maybe two years ago I asked out then IT consultants about
> upgrading from the i500, a great but increasingly obsolete phone, to the
> Treo. Fine, they said, but they warned me against getting the WM version.
> But it's supposed to smoothly integrate with Microsoft Office, I argued.
> They said they were making a lot of money trying to fix WM problems for
> their corporate c ustomers but seemed to have no complaints from those who
> stuck with the Palm version.
> I may have a chance to switch phones soon when I join up with a new firm.
> Might be a tough decision, though. The devil I know may be better than
> the devil I don't! But as a former Palm guy I am really curious about the
> new Palm Pre with its new OS. Big screen, slide-out keyboard. Lots of
> neat features (free for most non-Verizon customers, but I digress). But I
> hesitate to be the first with a totally new product and OS.
> --
> Joe McGuire
>
>
> "Tungsten" <tungstenc@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:6Rqcl.156691$iW1.1101@newsfe23.ams2...
>> Been a Palm user for many years but decided at Xmax to purchase a WM 6.1
>> phone. WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP. Not a patch on the palm operating system.
>> Active Sync is rubbish, you have no control over what does and doesn't
>> sync. Start up takes forever, Wish I'd bought a Centro or Pro.
>
>

Have tried this phone for more than six months and have finally conceded
defeat, it is rubbish.

Have done what I should have done originally and now bought a Palm Centro.

No one can convince me that Windows Mobile is superior to Palm. Yes, there
are some good/nice apps but for ease of use Palm wins hands down.

PS. One MWG Zinc II, Windows Mobile 6.1 phone for sale. Any offers welcome.

Tungsten



"Tungsten" <tungstenc@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Been a Palm user for many years but decided at Xmax to purchase a WM 6.1
> phone. WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP. Not a patch on the palm operating system.
> Active Sync is rubbish, you have no control over what does and doesn't
> sync. Start up takes forever, Wish I'd bought a Centro or Pro.

"Tungsten" <tungstenc@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Have tried this phone for more than six months ... it is rubbish.
> Windows Mobile 6.1 phone for sale. Any offers welcome.

what's wrong with this picture?

Don't understand the question


"john" <john@msn.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Tungsten" <tungstenc@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:G8jhm.228574$Tk2.194367@newsfe21.ams2...
>> Have tried this phone for more than six months ... it is rubbish.
>> Windows Mobile 6.1 phone for sale. Any offers welcome.
>
> what's wrong with this picture?
>
>