I remember my old Palm M100. If I wanted to update my contacts I could open up the freeware known as Palm Desktop and add in my contacts. If I wanted to update my calendar or tasks or anything else, it was straight forward and easy. Syncing with my PC made sure that my PDA was backed up and that I could get info from the PDA to the PC and vise versa at any time. Best of all, the only thing I had to buy to do any of this was my PDA... Now that I have a Dell Axim X51V with Windows Mobile 5, that world of ease is gone. If I want to sync my PDA I have to give MS another arm and leg so I can have MS Office which I don't even want. I have tried an alternative known as BirdieSync but as far as I have seen its promise to sync with Thunderbird and Sunbird have gone unfulfilled. The sync process shows every sign of success, but no information ever transfers from PDA to PC or vise versa. I have searched and searched and I still do not know what I am missing. I followed the BirdieSync instructions for my OS, Windows Vista. I installed WMDC and set the sync content options as the instructions stated. Does anyone have advice or answers?

Quote:Original post by frobAre you the proactive person who will take action

Are you the literate person who actually knows how to read?

Quote:Original post by T1OracleI have tried an alternative known as BirdieSync...I have searched and searched...followed the BirdieSync instructions

Quote:Original post by frobYour post is a large complaint that Microsoft Windows Mobile, using Microsoft Windows Office Mobile, using Microsoft ActiveSync will only sync with Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express?

No, my complaint is that paying for a product that uses WM5 also incurs the hidden fee of $500 just to sync your contacts. Meanwhile a Palm product has no such hidden fee as something mundane as syncing contacts is included in the package.

If this makes sense to you, then either A) you have stock in MS, or B) the stuff that you are smoking is really potent.

Why should I have to pay $500 on top of the $350 I already spent on my PDA? This is just for basic functionality, I'm not looking for something fancy and cutting edge.

This isn't about Microsoft, this is about $500 that I should not have to spend.

Quote:Original post by frobWhy would Microsoft want to support their customers

I haven't the slightest clue...

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Quote:Why should I have to pay $500 on top of the $350 I already spent on my PDA?

If I was to spend $350 on something, I'd make sure it did what I wanted it to do first.

I wouldn't spend £350 on a car then say, "hey, this heap of crap has four wheels, I wanted a bike!"

I have a Windows Mobile 5.0 device and I absolutely love it to pieces. It's brilliant, it's the best gadget I've ever bought. Yes, I have MS Office too. But that wasn't a hidden cost or anything nefarious going on. It was a simple, well-informed decision that I made ahead of time that already aligned with what I intended to do anyway.

I was in Iraq on a year long deployment when I made the purchase, I wasn't in any position to test it out my PC. I did post here for advice on what PDA I should get however.

I followed the recommendation from that post after doing my own research as well. Prior to this dilemma I was perfectly happy with my Axim X51V.

Also I've been to the UK, 350 pounds is almost $700 USD. I wouldn't purchase something that costly (unless I really needed it) in a war zone, not that other soldiers haven't.

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Didn't you get any software with it?

That is one thing I overlooked, thank you +Rep. I assumed that Vista's Windows Mobile Device Center had the same stuff the disc would so I left it in the box. Silly me.

Unfortunately at the moment, Outlook 2002 and Windows Vista don't seem to be cooperating. I'm working on it but the Microsoft website seems to only have support for Outlook 2003, and 2007. It says that it is "unable to open default e-mail folders," then I choose to "open the file system folder instead," then it crashes with the Vista "resolve issue" window popping up.