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can't set up active sync automatic sync Chris Elerick 11-30-2006
Posted by Chris Elerick on November 30, 2006, 4:42 pm
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i'm brand new to the world of pocket pc's and smartphones, so please help!

i have a palm 700w with verizon service. when i set up the phone, i
installed the active sync software on my pc and set up the verizon wireless
syc as well. i would like to wirelessly sync with active sync. i cannot
access the schedule command in the tools menu of active sync, so i can't set
up any kind of schedule. i tried to remove the wireless sync application
from my pc, but that didn't solve anything! now i don't think i'll be able
to wirelessly sync at all!

please help!



Posted by Todd Allcock on November 30, 2006, 7:40 pm
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At 30 Nov 2006 16:42:51 -0500 Chris Elerick wrote:

> i have a palm 700w with verizon service. when i set up the phone, i
> installed the active sync software on my pc and set up the verizon
wireless
> syc as well. i would like to wirelessly sync with active sync.

The 700w, like all Windows Mobile-based devices, can not wirelessly sync
with a PC for "security reasons" (according to Microsoft.) Earlier WM
devices could sync over Wi-Fi or even cellular via a VPN connection.

You CAN sync wirelessly with an Exchange Server. Mail2web.com offers a
free exchange account for e-mail, calendar, and contacts, but that free
account won't sync with your desktop copy of Outlook (but you can use
Outlook Web Access ove a browser from the desktop.)

> i cannot
> access the schedule command in the tools menu of active sync, so i
can't set
> up any kind of schedule.

If you define an exchange server account on the device, you can schedule
a sync with it.

> i tried to remove the wireless sync application
> from my pc, but that didn't solve anything! now i don't think i'll be
able
> to wirelessly sync at all!

Correct. Inability to sync wirelessly is a "feature" of WM5! :-(

You can, however, sync wirelessly, albeit at a much shorter range via
bluetooth if you add a bluetooth dongle to your PC.



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Posted by Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I] on December 1, 2006, 8:51 pm
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Gee that's a shame! That was one of the things I really liked about my old
Toshiba e740, I could sync it with my desktop over WiFi. I hadn't quite
gotten around to trying this with the new PPC-6700 as Exchange Server sync
does just about everything I need (EXCEPT sync Notes!). Thanks for the
heads-up and thanks for the confirmation that it will work over Bluetooth.

Hal
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> At 30 Nov 2006 16:42:51 -0500 Chris Elerick wrote:
>
> > i have a palm 700w with verizon service. when i set up the phone, i
> > installed the active sync software on my pc and set up the verizon
> wireless
> > syc as well. i would like to wirelessly sync with active sync.
>
> The 700w, like all Windows Mobile-based devices, can not wirelessly sync
> with a PC for "security reasons" (according to Microsoft.) Earlier WM
> devices could sync over Wi-Fi or even cellular via a VPN connection.
>
> You CAN sync wirelessly with an Exchange Server. Mail2web.com offers a
> free exchange account for e-mail, calendar, and contacts, but that free
> account won't sync with your desktop copy of Outlook (but you can use
> Outlook Web Access ove a browser from the desktop.)
>
> > i cannot
> > access the schedule command in the tools menu of active sync, so i
> can't set
> > up any kind of schedule.
>
> If you define an exchange server account on the device, you can schedule
> a sync with it.
>
> > i tried to remove the wireless sync application
> > from my pc, but that didn't solve anything! now i don't think i'll be
> able
> > to wirelessly sync at all!
>
> Correct. Inability to sync wirelessly is a "feature" of WM5! :-(
>
> You can, however, sync wirelessly, albeit at a much shorter range via
> bluetooth if you add a bluetooth dongle to your PC.
>
>
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
>



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