If you heard the Windows Mobile MVPs talking to Microsoft about ActiveSync,
you'd know that it's not accepted ;-).

Microsoft (remember that no one in this group works there), is listening, as
they commonly do, to 'big' customers. Any single individual is not
qualified on that score, so the phone OEMs and the carriers are the ones who
usually get what they want, with some attention paid to corporate customers
who might buy a few thousand devices (which is why WiFi sync went away, I
think; security risk = nervous network admin = nervous corporate customer =
no more WiFi sync).

It's not clear to me what the fix is, other than a change of culture at the
largest software company on the planet. I suppose that, if enough people
demand refunds for their Windows Mobile-based devices, that might get
someone's attention (got a few thousand friends? and the email address of a
technical editor at CNet?). If anyone in the group works in the upper
echelons of AT&T, it would be a great help if you'd call up your Microsoft
contact and indicate that you're going to drop all Windows Mobile devices
from your product offering if ActiveSync isn't reliable by the time the next
version of WM is released, etc.

Paul T.

"Harold Topper" <htopper@optonline.net> wrote in message
news:OYb0oOa7IHA.240@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for your answers see my comments****
>
> One general comment, though. It is amazing how the loss of function,
> ease, and the addition of time taken is accepted...but even more so, how
> it was even allowed within MS's product area. I'm in the software
> industry myself and if we ever decided to take away funciton and reduce
> performance then our customers would leave in droves.
>
> Vista was truly a downgrade from XP and now AS/WM has gotten worse.
>
> "Raj Pillai" <YouMeAndTheMail@Softhome.net> wrote in message
> news:%23BL9jGC7IHA.5164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Harold,
>>
>>> a) How can I get AS to sync faster???!!!
>>
>> If you compare the speed with your older PPC 2003 device, WM6.0 would be
>> slow in comparison due to a major design change. As the manner in which
>> data is now saved on WM 5.x and WM6.x versions is different. Earlier it
>> used to be saved on the RAM and now it is saved on the Flash ROM.
>> Therefore it would be slightly slower in performance when compared with
>> earlier WM devices. The advantage of this change - Your data will not be
>> lost even if the device loses its battery charge.
>>
>> The first sync after partnership is known to be a long process. However
>> subsequent sync, (depending on number of changes) should be relatively
>> quicker.
>>
>
> **** I have not found the subsequent syncs to be much faster -- especially
> if a lot has changed/been added. It is great that when my battery goes I
> don't lose the data but when that happened in the past all I needed to do
> was redo the partnership and voila I've got my data back. Losing
> performance is not a fair tradeoff.
>
>>> b) How can I gain back the option of choosing what to do with sync
>>> conflicts?
>>
>> Sorry, you can't gain the option of manually choosing what to do about
>> sync conflict if you synchronizing a WM 5.x or WM 6.x device.
>>
>
> ***** Gonna return my device and go back to my old one...
>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Raj Pillai
>> Microsoft MVP - Mobile Devices
>> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/raj
>>
>>
>> "Harold Topper" <htopper@optonline.net> wrote in message
>> news:OD0hx4$6IHA.5292@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>I just upgraded to a Verizon Wireless XV6800 (Windows Mobile 6
>>>Professional) syncing via ActiveSync 4.5 to:
>>> a) Outlook 2003 on a Dell laptop running Vista Premium Home edition at
>>> home and
>>> b) Outlook 2003 on a Toshiba laptop running Windows XP SP2 at work
>>>
>>> Both syncs are very slow.
>>>
>>> Never had any issues with ActiveSync when I used to have a HP iPaq
>>> hx2755 (PocketPC 2003)running against XP both at home and at work until
>>> the home laptop (an HP) failed. When I upgraded the home laptop to the
>>> Dell I also upgraded to the XV6800.
>>>
>>> I have noticed how the functions of AS have been reduced with AS 4.5 and
>>> WM6Pro:
>>> a) Can no longer choose what to do by item when there are sync
>>> conflicts. This sucks.
>>> b) Can only sometimes see what the sync progress is. Sometimes AS
>>> displays xx/yy but sometimes it just says 'processing'. Again, this
>>> sucks
>>> c) Can now only set some of the settings per category (calendar, tasks,
>>> etc.).
>>>
>>> Now for my questions:
>>> a) How can I get AS to sync faster???!!!
>>> b) How can I gain back the option of choosing what to do with sync
>>> conflicts?
>>>
>>>
>>> All help will be appreciated!
>>>
>>
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