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im trying out pocket rss 2.0. i have never used a rss reader before, this one seems ok but is a little difficult to manage, trying to find new content from different sites is hard. i assume if you have a desk top rss reader you just drag and drop the content you want. but on the pocket rss you need to manually add it.
also i would like to limit the number of articles as i dont want to get a large bill from o2 for gprs use. i know that you can activesync but i dont log onto my home pc until the end of the day so for a current events this is no good for me.
is there a beter pocket rss reader with a nice today screen plug-in??
well?
I use Egress.
http://www.pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=reviews&id=360
Its $10 but well worth it IMHO.
I used pocket rss but the updates seemed slow. At $5 it was a good price.
I use Newsbreak and i really like it very easy to search and add new channels.
http://www.iliumsoft.com/site/nw/newsbreak.htm
I use PocketFeed, it's free and link with your pIE. No embedded browser which is an advantage when you configure your pIE with a "one Column" layout.
it is quite good to have outlook rss function.
However, there is a small problem i would like to ask for help here.
When to use activesync, in my PC side, everything is fine, the photo in RSS is visable. However, in my HD, it says internet pictures blocked, i need to download internet pictures manually. It is annoying. Can anybody help?
How can the pictures be downloaded automatically?
Rss hub is fine for photos, but i like to use outlook RSS.
thanks in advance.
Stephen
I don't have a WP7 phone and am wondering about the calendar. Is it true that if you have google or windows live calendar you can only sync one calendar? I have multiple calendars set up (personal, business, wife etc.) and want to know if a WP7 phone could be set up like this.
Thanks
At the moment, WP7 will only sync your default calendar from each account. So you can't directly access subscribed calendars etc... I would imagine this will be fixed in an update as it simply doesn't make sense to allow subscribed calendars in outlook, windows live etc... and NOT on the phone!
Yes it doesn't allow other shared calendars to be viewed but it seems even on the iPhone it's not possible (not sure about that though). So it may be that only Android has this function for Google Calendar.
What I do is to have a live tile that leads me straight to the mobile version of Google Calendar that would allow me to view everything from the browser.
rob_p said:
At the moment, WP7 will only sync your default calendar from each account. So you can't directly access subscribed calendars etc... I would imagine this will be fixed in an update as it simply doesn't make sense to allow subscribed calendars in outlook, windows live etc... and NOT on the phone!
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That’s pretty rubbish.
So if I’ve two Windows live Calendars – say Appointments & sports – I can only add one..
The Windows Phone 7 developers must really have no lives to omit this function. They probably don’t even use Windows Live.
I suspect Microsoft employees would have their own in-house calendar software. If I were the big boss I’d insist all employs use Windows Live. I’m sure that’d motivate them to fine-tune their products.
FYI – I use nuevasync on my Windows ‘Mobile’ to access my iCal through Goggle Calendar (though gCal has been particularly unreliable lately).
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That’s pretty rubbish.
So if I’ve two Windows live Calendars – say Appointments & sports – I can only add one..
The Windows Phone 7 developers must really have no lives to omit this function. They probably don’t even use Windows Live.
I suspect Microsoft employees would have their own in-house calendar software. If I were the big boss I’d insist all employs use Windows Live. I’m sure that’d motivate them to fine-tune their products.
FYI – I use nuevasync on my Windows ‘Mobile’ to access my iCal through Goggle Calendar (though gCal has been particularly unreliable lately).
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there was a rumor going around that it would be fixed up in the first update... but who knows. we'll just have to wait and see.
I Why would you need separate calendars when you can assign different colors to the accounts? I have both my work and personal calendar on my Surround. Work shows up in red and personal is blue.
I do not have a Google calendar but I would think you would be able to sync it too.
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I Why would you need separate calendars when you can assign different colors to the accounts? I have both my work and personal calendar on my Surround. Work shows up in red and personal is blue.
I do not have a Google calendar but I would think you would be able to sync it too.
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ummm your question is kind of ironic
you question the point of having seperate calendars (within 1 account) by suggesting a method that's more tedious (having separate calendars in separate accounts.)
windows live/hotmail allows multiple calendars, you can work on the same calendar and just list them under the diff calendars....isn't that more convenient than maintaining 2 different calendars across 2 accounts?
DOH! I misread the "or". I thought he meant he had 2 serperates and was worried he couldnt sync both to his device.
Anyone know if NuevaSync is working on Windows Phone 7 syncing?
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Anyone know if NuevaSync is working on Windows Phone 7 syncing?
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Yep. Sure is.
1. However, it’s no longer free. The basic subscription is 15 bucks a year – which isn’t much.
2. In the ‘email & account’ settings – Nuevasync (listed as gmail) prefers to be set to download new content ‘as item arrives’, or manually.
I initially had it set to download every hour, but it kept saying ‘unable to complete sync’ or something like that.
While Nuevaync works fine, I’m thinking of transferring to Windows Live calendar as my main calendar. Google Calendar has been unreliable – especially with iCal feeds. It’s displaying my iCal feeds in GMT time zone (a known issue) & it screwed up all my recurring appointments for some unknown reason.
Windows Live Calendar lets you mark events as private, which hides events if the calendar is shared – a must have feature for me.
Of course it would be nice if WP7 supported iCal feeds directly. But as I’m learning with WP7 – you make do. Compared to MinMo 6.1, I’m prepared to cut it a lot of slack because it’s just so damn nice to use.
P.S. – if anyone knows a way of incorporating an iCal feed into a default Windows Live calendar that would be great. And I’m not talking about downloading the feed & then importing it into the calendar. I’m talking about a cloud sync i.e. iCal event to WL calendar in real time. But I suspect this isn’t possible.
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P.S. – if anyone knows a way of incorporating an iCal feed into a default Windows Live calendar that would be great. And I’m not talking about downloading the feed & then importing it into the calendar. I’m talking about a cloud sync i.e. iCal event to WL calendar in real time. But I suspect this isn’t possible.
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Funny you say that, because that's exactly what I'm looking for: a cloud based iCal (MobileMe) <--> Windows Live solution. Though I'm sure no such animal exists. I thought Google calendar could work as an intermediary, but that's looking doubtful as well. Apparently when Apple went full CalDAV last Fall, they stopped allowing change access outside their own internal product.
It's not looking good currently for a cloud based calendar sync solution if my wife and I want to have differing phone platforms when MobileMe is involved. Ah Apple...
Syncing stuff over multiple platforms a recipe for a nightmare. Especially anything that involves plugging in a USB. I tried with Outlook, but ended up with appointments doubling etc.
What really pissed me off 6 months ago was lack of synchronization of Outlook 2007 contact categories and Outlook 2007 contact pictures with my Live account and WP7 contacts via Outlook connector.
Now when Mango is here , we have:
- Mango new contact feature is called “contact groups.”
- Groups: Organize contacts by groups which can also be pinned on the start screen
Everywhere this is explained as categories in Outlook.
Question for mango users:
Can you confirm that categories from Outlook 2007 are now synced with Live and WP7 "contact groups"?
Thanks!
KraFT_mk said:
What really pissed me off 6 months ago was lack of synchronization of Outlook 2007 contact categories and Outlook 2007 contact pictures with my Live account and WP7 contacts via Outlook connector.
Now when Mango is here , we have:
- Mango new contact feature is called “contact groups.”
- Groups: Organize contacts by groups which can also be pinned on the start screen
Everywhere this is explained as categories in Outlook.
Question for mango users:
Can you confirm that categories from Outlook 2007 are now synced with Live and WP7 "contact groups"?
Thanks!
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Considering that Live does not support groups/categories from Outlook, there is no way for Outlook to sync that to Live (and therefore cannot be sync'd to you phone).
Groups is a Windows Phone 7 native feature. You create and manage the groups entirely on the phone. That's all.
At least on my Mango Beta 2, NO. (But via Windows Live, YES)
So, Outlook sync is still broken/incomplete.
Thank you for your clarification .
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So, Outlook sync is still broken/incomplete.
Thank you for your clarification .
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Windows Phone 7 is not broken or incomplete. Outlook sync was never intended for Windows Phone 7, as it has been designed to rely on the cloud (Windows Live, Exchange, etc.). So this is as designed and intended to be this way.
Just to clarify, Windows Live and Outlook Connector cannot sync data that they don't obviously support (such as Outlook groups), so in that sense, Windows Live and the Outlook Connector is "broken" (but not really broken so much as they just don't share the same exact features), but not Windows Phone 7.
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Not broken or incomplete. Outlook sync was never intended for Windows Phone 7, as it has been designed to rely on the cloud (Windows Live, Exchange, etc.). So this is as designed and intended to be this way.
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I am aware of that but not thanks to them. That`s why I asked this question.
On the contrary as long as they claim this, their sync is broken.
And still they never came up with the statement that Office contacts and Live contacts wont sync.
Microsoft Quote:
Connect contacts from your Windows Live Hotmail into Outlook
With the Outlook Hotmail Connector, you can view your Windows Live Hotmail contacts in Outlook. By organizing your contacts in Outlook, you can take advantage of the advanced contact management features that Outlook offers such as the new Business Card View, Instant Search, and the ability to sort contacts by different criteria such as location or color category.
Additionally, any changes you make to contact information in Outlook will automatically be synchronized with the Web version in your Windows Live Hotmail account.
As long as they don't clarify why outlook can be/wont be 100% compatible with windows live, I have the privilege of saying that syncing is incomplete/broken.
And I am not talking about distributions lists.
KraFT
I don't understand the issue. Why is it so difficult to create groups on your phone? I understand that it would be nice to pull existing info but didn't realize creating it on your phone was that big a deal.
That being said, the groups feature is great.
Υou can call it what ever you like ....its only you who think its broken ...
They suppose to make it work that way...for the cloud ... not the outlook. Its not broken ..its ment to be that way...
The connector its an one way transfer of your info not an sync way...
As long as you dont understand that ...nobody can help you
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That being said, the groups feature is great.
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+1 ....I agree ....Its one of the best new feature in mango
Its not just me. Its the entire business community...
I also know that WP7 is cloud oriented and I know that Groups are great feature.
My question was answered and it was supposed to clarify a product feature. Does it work as MS claims?
Claiming from your side that outlook connector is one way transfer and its not for syncing, even when its pointed out in the post above and suggesting that I need help is disturbing.
K
crainbo said:
I don't understand the issue. Why is it so difficult to create groups on your phone? I understand that it would be nice to pull existing info but didn't realize creating it on your phone was that big a deal.
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Imagine you are a real-estate agent. And you have 900 contacts sorted into 50 categories (name of the area where property is located) and you have a 900 pictures of every single property.
Most of them created on wm6.5. <-> Outlook 03/07
I can give you 1000 of similar scenarios.
But that's another subject that has nothing to do with this topic.
I just wanted a clarification if Outlook connector is working as MS claims and I got that. As long as their claims are not entirely true , or not clarified or simply not working as stated, their product is incomplete regardless what we know or we think we know.
Thank you for your answers.
KraFT_mk said:
I am aware of that but not thanks to them. That`s why I asked this question.
On the contrary as long as they claim this, their sync is broken.
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Microsoft Quote:
Connect contacts from your Windows Live Hotmail into Outlook
With the Outlook Hotmail Connector, you can view your Windows Live Hotmail contacts in Outlook.
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As you can see its NOT the entire community ...its just you for the time being...
MS is stating in the site that :
Connect contacts FROM your Windows Live Hotmail INTO Outlook ...
Do you see any mention on a 2way conmmunication or sync here ??????
If the above statement (that you did post here ) its not clear to you ..i rest my case...!!!!!!
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Its not just me. Its the entire business community...
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Since when did Microsoft ever market WP7 as a business OS? Once you realize that WP7 is marketed towards the consumer and not the business and that Windows Live is not a business email solution, you'll feel better.
I understand your frustration though, although my beef is that I'm not a fan of "the cloud", so I bit the bullet and got my own business server (Linux = free
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As you can see its NOT the entire community ...its just you for the time being...
MS is stating in the site that :
Connect contacts FROM your Windows Live Hotmail INTO Outlook ...
Do you see any mention on a 2way conmmunication or sync here ??????
If the above statement (that you did post here ) its not clear to you ..i rest my case...!!!!!!
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???
You cant find the word Synchronize on that page?
And this was already pointed to you but looks like you refuse to read.
Microsoft Quote
Additionally, any changes you make to contact information in Outlook will automatically be synchronized with the Web version in your Windows Live Hotmail account.
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Or install it try it and use it ...
And chill please ...
K
crav4speed said:
Since when did Microsoft ever market WP7 as a business OS? Once you realize that WP7 is marketed towards the consumer and not the business and that Windows Live is not a business email solution, you'll feel better.
I understand your frustration though, although my beef is that I'm not a fan of "the cloud", so I bit the bullet and got my own business server (Linux = free
) and everything works beautifully!
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I agree with you.
But wait till you see the other half of the moon
The WP7 is/was so far aggressively marketer-ed as a consumer product only. Social (natively) integrated platform etc ...
But very soon the are going to start a huge campaign, business oriented, where wp7 will be next tricoder and platform for business community. They will target blackberry market share.
The thing is that the platform is still not ready (100%).
And Office means office -> business. Thats the platform that will get every business into the cloud with wp7 seamlessly. Both enterprise and small business. Check out the soon to be launched Office 365.
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hello, how well does Windows phone 7 sync with Outlook tasks?
Hi,
as far as I know, Outlook is unable to synchronize tasks to the cloud via the Hotmail Connector. So you wont be able to get your outlook tasks to your phone. However WP7 does support tasks and so does Windows Live. You can create and view them in the Calendar Hub (swipe to the left). You'll just be unable to synchronize Outlook with them. You could contact the Windows Live team to check, wether tasks synchronization will be included in the next Connector Version or not.
If your tasks are stored on a Exchange Server you will be able to view them in special apps.
Regards
Chris
To-Dos in Windows Live are not Tasks, they're To-Dos. That is why they are named differently. You can't set Recurring To-Dos for example. For someone who seriously uses Outlook Tasks, Windows Live Calendar To-Dos are useless. Trust me, I've tried harder than I care to say.
I just sync my Outlook Tasks to my iPod Touch through iTunes and use that.
Both Windows Live and Google Tasks/ToDos are pretty rubbish, IMO.
ChrisKringel said:
Hi,
as far as I know, Outlook is unable to synchronize tasks to the cloud via the Hotmail Connector. So you wont be able to get your outlook tasks to your phone. However WP7 does support tasks and so does Windows Live. You can create and view them in the Calendar Hub (swipe to the left). You'll just be unable to synchronize Outlook with them. You could contact the Windows Live team to check, wether tasks synchronization will be included in the next Connector Version or not.
If your tasks are stored on a Exchange Server you will be able to view them in special apps.
Regards
Chris
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Almost correct. Since Mango you don't need 3rd party apps to view, set up and edit Outlook tasks when using an Exchange server. It's part of the Windows Phone calender. But some apps provide more features than the calender does.
I believe exchange server is a Microsoft's business product. Something that a normal consumer do not have access to. Does that mean I am pretty much out of when it comes to taking my Outlook's tasks mobile except for as N8ter suggested using iTunes and an Apple device.
I want to avoid using Apple device at any cost.
Thank
I took O365 account for 6eur a month. Gives me own cloud with exchange email, calendar, tasks and contacts sync perfect with my WP7. I also have Onenote synced to the O365.
Yes, its not free but Im happy I took it.
Loco5150 said:
I took O365 account for 6eur a month. Gives me own cloud with exchange email, calendar, tasks and contacts sync perfect with my WP7. I also have Onenote synced to the O365.
Yes, its not free but Im happy I took it.
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Ok. Thanks I'll have a look into it. Is it similar to Apple iCloud which is free of charge?
I never used iCloud, but assume O365 is way more powerfull.. Its like GoogleDocs + all I wrote before.
You have your own cloud to sync everything I mentioned and you can also share office documents to non O365 users. You can decice what documents you share and to whom you share that specific document to. And like I wrote before you have all office tools, word, excel, powerpoint and onenote as browser based applications too.
If you want to sync onenote with your home computer(s) you need Office 2010 installed.
You get an address for the 6eur a month (something like [email protected], I dont remeber but you get the idea), but I took myowndomain.com for 10usd/ year to get my email as I want m([email protected])
Its is pretty cool to have my own exchange server + all the other things I wrote.
Also I took in to consideration that if I would ever change mobile platform, exchange would always be able to sync my contacts and email to the new device without doing other changes.
FinancialWar said:
Is it similar to Apple iCloud which is free of charge?
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No. Apple iCloud is similar to SkyDrive, which is also free of charge. Sharepoint is much more powerful and secure.
Since the Mango update Tasks sync with Windows Phone 7.
If you sync with an exchange server, tasks that you view in Outlook will be on your phone under Calendar
Under settings for email accounts, for Outlook, there is a checkbox for Tasks.
Then, tap the Calendar tile.
swipe to the to-do tab.
See your tasks there.
From a task, you have the options Complete Edit and the ...
... reveals 3 more options. delete, postpone a day, and do today.
what does Sharepoint have to do with Office365?
FinancialWar said:
what does Sharepoint have to do with Office365?
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Sorry, mixing things up. Office 365 gives you Sharepoint functionality to share Office files and sync OneNote with your phone, as well as Exchange for Outlook functionality (email, calendar, contacts, tasks). So you get quite a lot for something like $6 a month.
will I need Microsoft Office SharePoint Workplace? Because I only have Microsoft Office 2010 Professional not Professional Plus.
Don't know. Just head over to the Office 365 website and find out!
FinancialWar said:
will I need Microsoft Office SharePoint Workplace? Because I only have Microsoft Office 2010 Professional not Professional Plus.
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You don't need Sharepoint Workspace for Office 365 - Sharepoint Online can be used entirely through the web.
In fact, you don't even need Office desktop at all to use Office 365 Although if you have desktop Word / Excel etc, you can switch from the browser Word / Excel to desktop version by clicking a button (this doesn't work in the Google Chrome browser). Web versions are quite good but have limited features.
Another nice thing is that the mailbox size for Outlook online is 25GB and so far, very fast
I think MS offer a 30-day trial so you can test it out before paying any money.
Thanks, I am waiting for my Omnia 7 to arrive, and once it does. I will sign up for a 30 days of Office 365 and see if I get this going.
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To-Dos in Windows Live are not Tasks, they're To-Dos. That is why they are named differently. You can't set Recurring To-Dos for example. For someone who seriously uses Outlook Tasks, Windows Live Calendar To-Dos are useless. Trust me, I've tried harder than I care to say.
I just sync my Outlook Tasks to my iPod Touch through iTunes and use that.
Both Windows Live and Google Tasks/ToDos are pretty rubbish, IMO.
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I am looking at Outlook right now at work. My Outlook Tasks are synced to my Windows Live To-Dos, which I guess you are not disagreeing with. However, within Outlook I do not see the ability to set recurring tasks, this is only possible within the Calendar section of Outlook.
There is a button for recurrence in outlook. You not being able to find it does not make it not exist. I've been using outlook since office 97. it has almost always had recurring tasks.
And paying $for a redundant service to sync tasks I'd terrible value proposition.
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