Personally I don't see local sync functionality out-of-the-box as backward compatibility. AFAIK, the Pre is the only smart phone that lacks this[1].
1. First and only? -- ME2 On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Steven M. Caesare<scaes...@caesare.com> wrote: > Wait. > > Isn't this the list where people b*tch about MS "hampering" Windows with > backwards compatibility??!? > > Oh. Nevermind. > > -sc > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 12:07 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Palm Pre: The phone for suckers? >> >> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Micheal Espinola >> Jr<michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > There are lots of people that need local hotsync capabilities. LOTS. >> >> Just as an example, I have a Palm Centro. I use Outlook at work, >> Linux at home, and DateBk on the handheld. They're all in sync, using >> the HotSync protocol. Palm Desktop at work, and pilot-link on Linux. >> This is the way I've worked for close to a decade. >> >> With the Pre, I can't even *run* DateBk "out of the box", and if I >> buy the emulator for $30, I can't sync it. Even if they come up with >> a sync solution for the emulator, it's questionable it will work with >> pilot-link. >> >> -- Ben >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
