And lo on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:56:55 -0000, Chambers  
<ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> did spake, saying:

> gregjohn wrote:
<snip>
>>  Is the handheld email device inherently problematic?
>
> No, they allow you to sync such things as email folders and address  
> lists with your computer.

Oh please! Don't make me start on syncing contacts. Oh too late - a friend  
doesn't have many contacts listed prefers First Name, Last Name order and  
that's how it's set up on his email package (Outlook something), except  
the mobile prefers Last Name, First Name. Not a problem the phone setting  
can be altered. Great until he enters a new contact on his mobile and it  
syncs to his computer in the reverse order. Likewise distribution groups  
never seem to copy over, likewise custom fields or even slightly too much  
data in the notes field gets truncated.

Even better when he's got a laptop and a desktop and tries to sync with  
both of them. Contact entered on mobile and synced to laptop - contact  
added, mobile conected to desktop not synced, sync laptop to desktop  
contact added, sync mobile to desktop - contact duplicated.

I think they're fine in a business environment using Exchange (or  
equivalent) it just seems to get really messy for the non-server using  
general public.

-- 
Phil Cook

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