> Leland,
>
> Be aware that MS has changed the naming of these different device
> applications. WM 5 used to be referred to as either a Pocket PC Phone
> Edition (For devices with a touchscreen) or the Smartphone Edition (For
> devices without a touchscreen). The old WM 5 Pocket PC Phone Edition will
> now be called WM Professional Edition. The old WM 5 Smartphone Edition is
> now called WM Standard Edition.
>
> Important suggestion to Microsoft: Most mobile workers in the real world who
> want to use BCM also want to have the easy ability to synch their Business
> Contact data with "BOTH" of these MS WM Edition devices. Please consider
> this as a priority in future releases vs. what now appears to be somewhat of
> a clueless after thought. The MS marketshare of mobile phone smart devices
> is growing exponentially yet it seems to take forever for a simple synch
> conduit to be released from the very same MS producing BCM. BCM is an
> evolution of Outlook's feature set and should reflect as complete and easy of
> a synchronization capability for both MS Phone edition devices as already
> exists with native Outlook by itself. More communication and coordination of
> this priority between departments in Redmond would make a lot of difference
> here.
>
> -THP
>
> Bob Cooley [MSFT] wrote:
> >Leland,
> >
> >There is a separate download for PocketBCM that supports certain Windows
> >Mobile 5.0 phones. It's currently a beta, but if you're willing to give it
> >a try it may sync for you -
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7bc78c14-7143-41d9-84a9-bd628db7b6a0&DisplayLang=en> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Bob Cooley, [MSFT]
> >
> >> Thanks! I purchased a Smartphone device because I thought it would
> >> integrate
> >[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
> >>> Usually, BCM support for devices is a separate download from BCM
> >>> itself.
>
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