I'm in a desperate never-never land until I can get the basics working
I really wish that PalmOne had just made the T5 work in the first place. That's really what I wanted to get. But now I'm into this too far to back out now. As a result I decided to get PocketInformant. It seems really nice. Hopefully I can get comfortable with it. Next I'll splurge for eWallet.
But back to your question, Alex, I currently use the Palm for stuff like:
* passwords
* ebooks
* shopping lists
* Bible reading
* project information in ShadowPlan
So far, the PPC is for:
* Basic PIM stuff only -- Calendar, Tasks, Notes, Addresses
(because that's all that I've got converted so far despite many hours!)
And I'm not real happy with even that part because of the goofy way it handles notes (memos). I hope it gets better when I get more familiar.
I've got my screen protectors with one installed, plus a nice case and sync/charge cables. But this whole data conversion and getting things set up in a nice routine is TOUGH!!! Not the way I had planned to spend my vacation, but I'm sunk if I don't get things working by the time I get back to work. UGH!
Everything seems harder with PPC, but if I can find a way to manage, I have to admit it's cooler. Not sure how to describe why. But I can sure see why the debate about Palm and PPC rages on. And I also recommend that if you are entrenched on one or the other, DONT SWITCH!!! (Unless like me, you're tired of waiting for PalmOne, and just a little bit crazy, and very curious!)
I still believe PalmOS is the better way to go, but you know when it comes down to it, I think I'm happiest where there's the best software available.
When I'm done with this experiment, I hope to extract a summary of my adventures and lessons learned and post that as a front page article.
In the mean time, can anyone give me some tips on the following:
1) Notes seem to be organized under MyDocuments on the PPC as files in folders. But Outlook seems to try to organize them by categories. How to keep them organized, and how to not have to look at all the other MyDocuments folders intended for entirely other purposes?
2) If I do a backup using the ActiveSync program, what do I get and what is missing? I assume it backs up RAM, but I'm missing internal Flash ROM and the SD card contents. Is that right?
3) Where's a good PPC forum where I can get answers to questions and find discussions about software?
4) Those using PocketInformant... what's this thing about having to export the link/hierarchy info? Does that only happen when I close PocketInformance completely? I must be missing something because I don't want to be that vulnerable to data loss!
Funny thing... the faster I type the longer-winded I get
