RE: Email on the move (PDAs)

["Rob Mouser" <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Catch me off list if you need more info. Mobile Workforces and their
nuances
is my favourite subject. :-)

P.S. I'm not a techy either. Geek score of 13! So no techy questions
please,
but I have an IT team who all scored 90+!

Many thanks,

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> White, Peter
> Sent: 20 May 2005 16:01
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Email on the move (PDAs)
>
> That's useful to know, but blows my strategy!
>
> I'm not really an email techy, but on the basis that we're on Exchange
> 5.5,
> and don't have a local VPN Concentrator it sounds like we can't really
get
> the Mobile Outlook integration easily.
>
> We're looking to deploy 50 odd of these, mostly to field engineers, so
the
> devices need to be reasonably robust.
>
> Pete
>
>    _____
>
> From: Rob Mouser [mailto:rob@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 May 2005 15:37
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Email on the move (PDAs)
>
>
> Its always a tricky one with hardware, people experiences seem to
differ
> greatly. The keyboard is indeed very nice and surprisingly usable. The
> slide
> action does work loose though with time, I believe Mark McCall has had
the
> same issue with his.
>
> All I can say is that we have 14 of the 's' version and they are all
being
> returned to O2 to be replaced with the 'i'. We do run some bespoke
> software
> on the devise written for us so who knows that may have caused the
issue
> with the flakey VPN client. However, neither O2 or GE (Who wrote our
> software) were able to fix the problem. Could I guess also have been a
> batch
> issue, as they all came together.
>
> Oh, and they also can loose all their settings (Like a hard reset) if
the
> battery comes off, even for just seconds. Its random, but very
annoying!
> We've not seen the same problem on the II or Iii and we have LOTS of
them!
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Rob
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> > White, Peter
> > Sent: 20 May 2005 15:26
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Email on the move (PDAs)
> >
> > Hmmm....we're looking at the XDA2s because it has the keyboard.
Using
> the
> > virtual kb, or jot, is horrible after being used to a BB/RIM
device.
> >
> >    _____
> >
> > From: Rob Mouser [mailto:rob@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 20 May 2005 15:17
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Email on the move (PDAs)
> >
> >
> > I guess you're looking for a 'push' service?
> > We have 100+ XDA11 devises and management grades use IMAP4 for
Exchange
> > email, works very well. Most are set to check every 15 mins.
> >
> > In my experience though steer clear of the XDA11s model as the
VPN
> client
> > is
> > as flakey as hell under constant use!
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Rob
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of
> > > White, Peter
> > > Sent: 20 May 2005 15:03
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] Email on the move (PDAs)
> > >
> > > All
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> > > For reasons too complicated to go into, my company has had
to scrap a
> > > proposed BlackBerry rollout.  This is a big PITA, as it just
worked so
> > > well.
> > >
> > > Anyway, plan B is PocketPC on XDAs, so I just wondered if
anyone is
> > using
> > > any mobile email s/w that ties into an Exchange server?  I'm
currently
> > > trialling Openhand (www.openhand-mobile.com <http://www.openhand-
> <http://www.openhand->
> > <http://www.openhand-
<http://www.openhand-> >
> > > mobile.com>
> > > ), which does have a large user base in the UK, but it's
still not a
> > patch
> > > on BB - lots of crashes and poor handling of the GPRS signal
coming
> and
> > > going.
> > >
> > >
> > > Pete
> > >
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