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Yes, used a p800 for a year, very good to do mail, diary a little remote access.
However they are big..
So I bought a dell axim and a normal phone (small) with grps and bluetooth. The phone will still le me pick up email if I want (SE T630) and the Axmin is so much better than the p800, or later versions.
Ironically I have now set up the axim to use skype so I'm now using it as a phone (yes I am a nerd).
I can see a point in the fuure where I have a 3g enabled pda which can handle voice which I use most of the time and a normal small phone (with no camera thanks) for weekends, the pub and general arsing about.
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However they are big..
So I bought a dell axim and a normal phone (small) with grps and bluetooth. The phone will still le me pick up email if I want (SE T630) and the Axmin is so much better than the p800, or later versions.
Ironically I have now set up the axim to use skype so I'm now using it as a phone (yes I am a nerd).
I can see a point in the fuure where I have a 3g enabled pda which can handle voice which I use most of the time and a normal small phone (with no camera thanks) for weekends, the pub and general arsing about.
D
I have a Pocket PC-based QTek S100 (a rebranded i-Mate JAM)... and it's fantastic.
Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, Acrobat etc built in. Great handwriting recognition (or on-screen keyboard) and hardly any bigger than a standard mobile.
I sync it with the Outlook on my laptop (which syncs with my work Exchange server), although there is a way to sync directly with the server... waiting for IT to sort out the details. In the meantime, they have a server-side web client which I can use to access my Exchange email, calendar, task list etc while on the move.
The best bit is that you can get a combined WiFi/256MB card which allows you to connect to wireless networks. So when I'm at home/anywhere with a wireless network, I can surf the net/download email at broadband speeds without paying for a slow GPRS connection.
Would strongly recommend. I found the best deals were at www.buymobilephones.net although the waiting times are annoying (3 weeks in my case) - and the phone arrives unconfigured for your network, so you'll need to do some googling to set up the web, SMS and MMS settings.
HTH
>> Edited by blueski on Wednesday 25th May 10:41
Word, Excel, Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, Acrobat etc built in. Great handwriting recognition (or on-screen keyboard) and hardly any bigger than a standard mobile.
I sync it with the Outlook on my laptop (which syncs with my work Exchange server), although there is a way to sync directly with the server... waiting for IT to sort out the details. In the meantime, they have a server-side web client which I can use to access my Exchange email, calendar, task list etc while on the move.
The best bit is that you can get a combined WiFi/256MB card which allows you to connect to wireless networks. So when I'm at home/anywhere with a wireless network, I can surf the net/download email at broadband speeds without paying for a slow GPRS connection.
Would strongly recommend. I found the best deals were at www.buymobilephones.net although the waiting times are annoying (3 weeks in my case) - and the phone arrives unconfigured for your network, so you'll need to do some googling to set up the web, SMS and MMS settings.
HTH
>> Edited by blueski on Wednesday 25th May 10:41
Graham said:
I although I don't need to because I syncronise all my phone's email/calender/contact entries with the server over GPRS.
Tim
how do you do that? do you need somthing server side ?
G
Exchange server 2004 has support for PDA & smart phone out of the box, and is easy if you are using a device with windows mobile OS. It can be done with Exchange 2000 using an add on bit, the name of which I cannot recall. I am just working on a mobility project at the moment.
Jon H
Graham said:
Blueski
Im very interested in your experiences using the web client vi the smartphone. how well does it work
G
Surprisingly well. It uses minimal graphics and gives a simple, clear, low bandwidth menu of mail/calendar/contacts/tasks etc.
All you need if you're on the move.
I had a P800 for 18 months, just bought myself a new (smaller) Nokia 7260 as I don't need all the functions. The email and calendar are really easy to set up and easy to access "on the go". In fact, I still have mine lying around, havn't got round to selling it yet (
). The P800 also has stuff like bluetooth (meaning you can have a handsfree kit with no wires), and if you really need a full QWERTY keyboard you can buy an infra red one for about £30 or a bluetooth one for about £70.
Anyway, its an all round good phone and with the touch screen its great for games like MIB2 and Stunt Run. Hope this helps
). The P800 also has stuff like bluetooth (meaning you can have a handsfree kit with no wires), and if you really need a full QWERTY keyboard you can buy an infra red one for about £30 or a bluetooth one for about £70. Anyway, its an all round good phone and with the touch screen its great for games like MIB2 and Stunt Run. Hope this helps
jon h said:
Exchange server 2004 has support for PDA & smart phone out of the box, and is easy if you are using a device with windows mobile OS. It can be done with Exchange 2000 using an add on bit, the name of which I cannot recall. I am just working on a mobility project at the moment.
Jon H
Quite right, Exchange 2003 has built in support for syncronisation. On Exchange 2000 you need to install Mobile Information Server 2002.
All you need to do is have the server available to the internet via http/s and set the phone to sync to the dns name of the server with username/password.
If you use https to secure it then you will also need a certificate, but as it is only my home server, I don't bother.
Drop me a mail if you need any help.
Tim
>> Edited by timsta on Sunday 29th May 23:50
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