The ramblings of Aprazeth, an recent convert to minimalism, enthusiast of computer technology – with an outspoken opinion about everything and everyone.
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HTC HD2 Day 1 conclusions
Mar 17th
Well, today concludes the first day with the HTC HD2.
Overall, I am a happy consumer. However, just like with everything I have some pet peeves with it:
- Installing Google Mobile made the device incredibly slow. Uninstalling and then rebooting the phone did not fix it. So I had to resort to the hard reset option (source: HTC HD2 Leo Hard reset – Soft reset.) Not so happy with that. I am happy with how fast I could get my stuff back (Microsoft My Phone and the Google Active Sync took care of that)
- The screen is like a magnet for finger-smearing… ;-)
- Although not specifically the phone that caused it; I had to setup a completely empty Windows Mobile Device Center profile (with nothing ticked) so WMDC on my PC wouldn’t keep bouncing up and down like a Jack Russel on crack every time I connected the phone.
- I also noticed when manually setting up the Active-sync profile SMS syncing was showing. So far I haven’t found anything on this matter from Google, so I am not using it (anyone?)
- It doesn’t use the storage-card for message/attachment storing by default.
- I’ll admit that it’s not as big of an annoyance as I first thought it would be – but it’s in Dutch, which I am of course. But still!
Setting up a HTC HD2 to sync with Google Mail, Contacts and Calendar
Mar 16th
Since I just got my HTC HD2 – which by the way is absolutely gorgeous – I had to set it up to retrieve all of my contacts, appointments and emails. All of these are hosted on Google.
Here is how to set up the HTC HD2 (which is a Windows Mobile phone) to sync with Google (for GMail, Contacts and Calendar)
Setting Up Your Windows Mobile Phone for Google Sync : Mail, Calendar & Contacts Sync – Google Mobile Help. (via: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=07d0ffdde51ec2ab&hl=en
Just plain awesome…
—– Update 18 March 2010 ——
In case the Google help page doesn’t work, is offline, or if you are just too lazy ;-)
—– Copied from Google Help page ——
To set up Google Sync on your Windows Mobile device, please follow the steps below.
Important Note: Make sure that you have backed up any Contacts and Calendars from your phone to your computer before proceeding.
Getting Started
1. Open the Active Sync application on your device’s home screen
2. Click Set up your device to sync with it.
3. Enter m.google.com as the server address.
4. Ensure that the SSL option is selected.
5. Click Next.
6. Enter your full Google Account email address as the User name.
7. Enter your Google Account password as the Password.
8. Leave the Domain field empty. If your device requires you to enter a domain name, enter google.
9. Click Next.
10. Check Contacts, Calendar, or Email, depending on which you’d like to sync. (Tasks is not supported and will lead to an error if checked.)
11. Click Finish.
12. Press the Sync softkey on the left to synchronize.You’ve now set up Google Sync for your Windows Mobile device.
Hope this helps!
5 Pet peeves in regards to mails that need to go
Jul 8th
I just had to post and share this one:
- The liberal use of the “VERY HIGH PRIORITY!!!” flag
- The 18-line sig about all the Bad Things that will happen to me if I ever reveal the contents of your privileged, confidential (and unencrypted) message
- The unrequested press release (and the serial ignoring of the “Unsubscribe” I sent you for the previous seven press releases)
- The graphical background, font and table tags, and remaining 14k of HTML cruft associated with every. single. message. you’ve ever sent
- The including of my — plus 98 other strangers’ — personal email addresses in the “To:” line of your friendly reminder about Tyler’s birthday party
Source:
http://www.43folders.com/2005/11/07/five-email-tics-id-love-for-you-to-lose?page=3
:mrgreen:
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