Motorola V710
Outlook sync - sucks or not w/V710?
Can anyone confirm if this phone offers what I must have in terms of Outlook sync?
Puhleeze! :-)
What I need:
- Calendar: Sync all types of items - appointments, meetings, etc., including all types of repeating items (limited repeating, e.g., 3 weeks in a row, or repeat endless, exceptions, etc.). Need to sync the location field as well as the appointment name.
- Contacts: Sync standard contact info (name, phone, email, address. Select which Outlook contact folders to sync would be nice, or select items by category, but I can live if I need to setup a separate "phone" sync contact folder in Outlook I can live with that.
Can anyone confirm if this phone has (or will have) decent Outlook sync? Will it be necessary t...
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Puhleeze! :-)
What I need:
- Calendar: Sync all types of items - appointments, meetings, etc., including all types of repeating items (limited repeating, e.g., 3 weeks in a row, or repeat endless, exceptions, etc.). Need to sync the location field as well as the appointment name.
- Contacts: Sync standard contact info (name, phone, email, address. Select which Outlook contact folders to sync would be nice, or select items by category, but I can live if I need to setup a separate "phone" sync contact folder in Outlook I can live with that.
Can anyone confirm if this phone has (or will have) decent Outlook sync? Will it be necessary t...
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Ok, here's the poop on that:
I have used Mobile Phone Tools ver 2.2f to sync both Outlook contacts and calendar using USB cable.
Contacts: It does a fine job, but does not handle the categories well (some transferred - others went to the "general" category on the phone - even though I set them up before syncing). I think that this is a software glitch and may be fixed in the next version of MPT, but I could not confirm this with Motorola. Each name may have several numbers including e-mail, business, home, mobile, etc. Once I manually corrected them, they sync fine. You are able to point to the folder that you want to sync with.
Calendar: I understand that there are "certain" type of repeating events that will not transfer, but I'm...
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I have used Mobile Phone Tools ver 2.2f to sync both Outlook contacts and calendar using USB cable.
Contacts: It does a fine job, but does not handle the categories well (some transferred - others went to the "general" category on the phone - even though I set them up before syncing). I think that this is a software glitch and may be fixed in the next version of MPT, but I could not confirm this with Motorola. Each name may have several numbers including e-mail, business, home, mobile, etc. Once I manually corrected them, they sync fine. You are able to point to the folder that you want to sync with.
Calendar: I understand that there are "certain" type of repeating events that will not transfer, but I'm...
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Thanks very much for all the details...I am SO bummed about the location field in calendar. That alone is a deal-breaker for me. W/out the dial-in info (for conf. calls) or meeting room, knowing when a meeting is isn't much use.
Looks like I'll be waiting a while for a BT phone w/the right set of features from Verizon.
Fingers crossed, maybe a firmware update and new verion of MPT will help.
One question - does the calendar on the phone even provide a location field when you set up an appointment or meeting directly on the phone?
Thanks again!
Looks like I'll be waiting a while for a BT phone w/the right set of features from Verizon.
Fingers crossed, maybe a firmware update and new verion of MPT will help.
One question - does the calendar on the phone even provide a location field when you set up an appointment or meeting directly on the phone?
Thanks again!
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