BCM 2007 Contacts Not Integrated With Existing Mobile Phone Contac Dev UK 4/2/2007 4:58:03 PM 1. Installed BCM 2007 For Outlook 2007 on Wndows Vista 2. Created Accounts and Business Contacts in Outlook BCM 3. Installed outlook add-in and BCM software for Windows Mobile device 4. Performed synch. I can now see my business contacts on my "Windows Mobile 5" phone (HTC P3300 in this case) if I start the "Business Contacts" application on my phone...BUT... a) None of the contacts are available using the normal dialling methods on my phone (e.g. by opening the pone dialler and starting to type the persons name). Instead I have to start the "Business Contacts" application on the phone and make the call using that app. b) If i get a call from one of my busness contacts, their name is not displayed on the phone to identify the caller. I therefore cannot easily identify missed calls as being from my business contacts, or screen out calls that I know i can get back to later. Both of these points make the synchronized data pretty useless in that it is now HARDER to communicate with my business contacts than if they had been simple contacts in MS Outlook that had been synchd with the phone. Anyone have a reasonable solution this this problem?

Re: BCM 2007 Contacts Not Integrated With Existing Mobile Phone Contac "mrtimpeterson via OfficeKB.com" <u8453[ at ]uwe> 4/2/2007 5:28:35 PM Dev, Welcome to the wonderful world of "Seamless integration" as defined by MS BCM! This problem has existed for far too long of a time and eventually someone will hopefully notice and prioritize it for change. The lack of coordination between some of the departments in Redmond is appalling. Fortunately, there is a good 3rd party solution that can help you out. Go to www.chapura.com and navigate to the Pocket Mirror Professional for Windows Mobile. This app will enable you to synch your BCM Business Contacts to your mobile device and yet retain the Pocket PC Phone dialing features that you are discussing in your post above. The current BCM add-in software is about 5 years behind the times in that it transfers data over to a stand alone Pocket PC but over the past few years, MOST Pocket PC's are converged Pocket PC "Phone" devices requiring dialing capability. Hang in there. We might actually see a true integrated solution to this problem before the decade is over! Best regards, -THP Dev UK wrote: [Quoted Text] >1. Installed BCM 2007 For Outlook 2007 on Wndows Vista >2. Created Accounts and Business Contacts in Outlook BCM >3. Installed outlook add-in and BCM software for Windows Mobile device >4. Performed synch. > >I can now see my business contacts on my "Windows Mobile 5" phone (HTC P3300 >in this case) if I start the "Business Contacts" application on my >phone...BUT... > >a) None of the contacts are available using the normal dialling methods on >my phone (e.g. by opening the pone dialler and starting to type the persons >name). Instead I have to start the "Business Contacts" application on the >phone and make the call using that app. > >b) If i get a call from one of my busness contacts, their name is not >displayed on the phone to identify the caller. I therefore cannot easily >identify missed calls as being from my business contacts, or screen out calls >that I know i can get back to later. > >Both of these points make the synchronized data pretty useless in that it is >now HARDER to communicate with my business contacts than if they had been >simple contacts in MS Outlook that had been synchd with the phone. > >Anyone have a reasonable solution this this problem? -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/outlook-bcm/200704/1