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Windows Mobile 6 Standard supports file sync - but not with Vista
So Microsoft has a way of releasing Windows Mobile updates that have fewer features than previous versions. ActiveSync, the program that lets you synchronize data on your PDA or smartphone and your computer, for example used to support synchronization over WiFi. Not anymore.And Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone edition lacks something that the PocketPC version has: the ability to synchronize files in your "My Documents" folder between your PC and phone.
Microsoft has decided to restore that feature in Windows Mobile 6 Standard (which is the name of the smartphone version). There's just one catch. It only works with ActiveSync. And ActiveSync doesn't work with Windows Vista. It's been replaced by Windows Mobile Device Center, which has no support for file synchronization.
So essentially Microsoft has issued two major operating system updates this year, but they aren't really designed to work well together. If you buy a new smartphone and a new computer, you're going to be penalized. Of course, you can always use 3rd party applications like Mobsync to synchronize your files.
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FuzzyOne said 4:08PM on 5-15-2007
Wi-Fi was removed due to the fact that it did'nt support any type of encryption, there's a video somewhere on channel 9 (http://channel9.msdn.com/) about it.
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Jarrett Kaufman said 12:12PM on 5-15-2007
So my Pocket PC 2003 device can do file synchronization just fine with Vista, but the new Windows Mobile 6 devices can't?
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Deslea said 8:29AM on 8-01-2007
Speaking of the whole ActiveSync disaster, does anyone know a way of forcing Adobe Reader for Pocket PC to install via a Vista machine? It insists that it needs ActiveSync 3.5 or higher. I even tried forcing Vista to install ActiveSync, but to no avail. Anyone?
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