Neil,
Another reason for this added synching complexity is not the Palm Treo's (or
any other WM device) fault. Outlook Contacts and BCM Business Contacts are 2
entirely separate apps. Windows Mobile was designed for synching exclusively
with the native Outlook contacts PST. There are 2 separate design teams
within the Redmond bureacracy and they have NOT yet gotten it together enough
to create a more seamless experience for the Windows Mobile user. So what do
they do? Naturally, like most organizations with competitive divisions
within, BCM goes its own separate way and creates an entirely separate synch
conduit for your Business Contacts on the assumption that this is something
that you will welcome and enjoy. If you choose to use the SEPARATE, non-
integrated within WM, BCM Mobile application, you will need to do so 2 handed
while using a stylus because the navigation within the Business contacts is
not as robust and functional as it is within the WM Outlook contacts. This
separate BCM design program works just fine but you have to live with its
design limitation as is.
-THP
Lon Orenstein wrote:
[Quoted Text] >NeilMFC:
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>The answer is that the Business Contacts application from MS is not the same
>as the contacts database on the Treo. So, you can use the letters at the
>top of the BCM app to find a contact, or start typing to find the contact
>(either first or last name), but you can't do that in the Treo contacts
>area.
>
>A solution is to get Companionlink or Pocket Mirror to synch the BCM
>contacts into the Treo's contact database.
>
>HTH,
>Lon
>
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>>I have just installed Business Contacts Manager on my laptop and have also
>> updated my windows mobile Treo 750 so that the business contacts also
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>> greatly appreciated.
>> Neil
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