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I'm in a civic organization. The committee chair has made several major gaffes
which have consequences-- like 5 newcomers driving on a snowy night to a
meeting that was canceled-- and the mistakes have revolved around email.
I believe he has a handheld email device and one time said something like it was
too hard to copy over a long addressee list or make changes to it or compare two
lists to see if names were missing.
I do all my mobile computing on a laptop. I'm not as mobile, and not as "with
it" as far as even being able to know what is being discussed at a meeting, but
I get my email correct.
Is the handheld email device inherently problematic?
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They are what they are. They weren't meant to replace a full-blown email
client such you would use on your laptop or desktop but to allow email
access when you're on the go. I haven't heard any complaints like that from
our numerous Blackberry users, but then again they don't use the Blackberry
exclusively. But they do use them obsessively and when deprived it's like
taking a baby's bottle away.
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Halbert wrote:
> I haven't heard any complaints like that from
> our numerous Blackberry users, but then again they don't use the Blackberry
> exclusively. But they do use them obsessively and when deprived it's like
> taking a baby's bottle away.
LOL! That's about the mental age of some of the people I know from round
where I work...
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http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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gregjohn wrote:
> I'm in a civic organization. The committee chair has made several major gaffes
> which have consequences-- like 5 newcomers driving on a snowy night to a
> meeting that was canceled-- and the mistakes have revolved around email.
>
> I believe he has a handheld email device and one time said something like it was
> too hard to copy over a long addressee list or make changes to it or compare two
> lists to see if names were missing.
>
> I do all my mobile computing on a laptop. I'm not as mobile, and not as "with
> it" as far as even being able to know what is being discussed at a meeting, but
> I get my email correct.
>
> Is the handheld email device inherently problematic?
No, but stupid people are inherently problematic.
Regards,
John
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>> Is the handheld email device inherently problematic?
>
> No, but stupid people are inherently problematic.
So I'm not the only person thinking this...
BTW, we just received a parcel. I had sent an email asking when this
parcel would arrive, and that email had been forwarded to some other
guys, but I never got a reply. How helpful.
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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gregjohn wrote:
> I'm in a civic organization. The committee chair has made several major gaffes
> which have consequences-- like 5 newcomers driving on a snowy night to a
> meeting that was canceled-- and the mistakes have revolved around email.
>
> I believe he has a handheld email device and one time said something like it was
> too hard to copy over a long addressee list or make changes to it or compare two
> lists to see if names were missing.
>
> I do all my mobile computing on a laptop. I'm not as mobile, and not as "with
> it" as far as even being able to know what is being discussed at a meeting, but
> I get my email correct.
>
> Is the handheld email device inherently problematic?
No, they allow you to sync such things as email folders and address
lists with your computer.
Please don't tell me he entered his entire contact list by hand in the
handheld...
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...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com
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And lo on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:56:55 -0000, Chambers
<ben### [at] pacificwebguy com> 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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I once tried to be apathetic, but I just couldn't be bothered
http://flipc.blogspot.com
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