Comments for Tales of IT in SMB http://www.jasonmiller.ca ramblings about my life in technology Thu, 06 Jan 2011 03:13:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Hands on with Samsung Focus & Windows Phone 7 by Jason Miller http://www.jasonmiller.ca/2011/01/hands-on-with-samsung-focus-windows-phone-7/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Jason Miller Thu, 06 Jan 2011 03:13:57 +0000 http://www.jasonmiller.ca/?p=20#comment-55 Hi Jerry, You might want to check back with your carrier, AT&T. The Windows Phone 7 operating system and the Samsung Focus definitely *DO* use ActiveSync to connect the mobile device with an Exchange Server. If you don't have Exchange Server, use Windows Live. In other words, if you love the phone (I'm sure you will), and if you need to import data to your phone, there are ways to get it done! One reference for you here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2454811. Hopefully that helps! -Jason Hi Jerry,
You might want to check back with your carrier, AT&T. The Windows Phone 7 operating system and the Samsung Focus definitely *DO* use ActiveSync to connect the mobile device with an Exchange Server. If you don’t have Exchange Server, use Windows Live. In other words, if you love the phone (I’m sure you will), and if you need to import data to your phone, there are ways to get it done! One reference for you here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2454811. Hopefully that helps!
-Jason

]]> Comment on Hands on with Samsung Focus & Windows Phone 7 by Jason Miller http://www.jasonmiller.ca/2011/01/hands-on-with-samsung-focus-windows-phone-7/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Jason Miller Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:21:44 +0000 http://www.jasonmiller.ca/?p=20#comment-50 Well, I've decided to head over to the Rogers store to talk to the reps about this. It's definitely not a phone that I can use day to day based on what I've encountered so far. I'll be happy to try a different Focus handset to see if the one I'm using now is a dud. I'm not confident that I'll have a better experience with a different device though. 1. Advertised standby time is "up to 300 hours". My *actual* standby time on the Samsung Focus is ~30 hours. That's a timed value with all the common power-hungry services turned off, in an unused state. Screen off, sitting idle on the nightstand. 2. I'm depleting the phone in 6 hours with WiFi on, Bluetooth and Location services off. This isn't enough run-time to get me through a day, and I'm not interested in always having the phone plugged in to AC or USB. 3. It takes a fulll 4 hours for me to go from 10% to 100% on the AC, with no services except cell radio turned on. Given the numbers I need to either try a different device or move to a different platform. I need to use WiFi at the office (low cell coverage there), and it's far more cost effective than surfing on my carrier service. I'm really disappointed in coming to this realization. I had very high hopes (or in Microsoft speak, I was "super-excited") for this device, and I really like using the platform and have only a couple of small complaints about the hardware and software. -Jason Well, I’ve decided to head over to the Rogers store to talk to the reps about this. It’s definitely not a phone that I can use day to day based on what I’ve encountered so far. I’ll be happy to try a different Focus handset to see if the one I’m using now is a dud. I’m not confident that I’ll have a better experience with a different device though.

1. Advertised standby time is “up to 300 hours”. My *actual* standby time on the Samsung Focus is ~30 hours. That’s a timed value with all the common power-hungry services turned off, in an unused state. Screen off, sitting idle on the nightstand.

2. I’m depleting the phone in 6 hours with WiFi on, Bluetooth and Location services off. This isn’t enough run-time to get me through a day, and I’m not interested in always having the phone plugged in to AC or USB.

3. It takes a fulll 4 hours for me to go from 10% to 100% on the AC, with no services except cell radio turned on.

Given the numbers I need to either try a different device or move to a different platform. I need to use WiFi at the office (low cell coverage there), and it’s far more cost effective than surfing on my carrier service.

I’m really disappointed in coming to this realization. I had very high hopes (or in Microsoft speak, I was “super-excited”) for this device, and I really like using the platform and have only a couple of small complaints about the hardware and software.

-Jason

]]> Comment on BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express (BESx) by Daniel http://www.jasonmiller.ca/2010/03/blackberry-enterprise-server-express-besx/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Daniel Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:36:38 +0000 http://www.jasonmiller.ca/2010/03/blackberry-enterprise-server-express-besx/#comment-42 great post, thanks for sharing great post, thanks for sharing

]]> Comment on Hands on with Samsung Focus & Windows Phone 7 by D'Arcy from Winnipeg http://www.jasonmiller.ca/2011/01/hands-on-with-samsung-focus-windows-phone-7/comment-page-1/#comment-48 D'Arcy from Winnipeg Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.jasonmiller.ca/?p=20#comment-48 Battery Life - No clue why you're having issues there. One thing I did notice is that if you're charging on USB you need to make sure its a properly powered USB port instead of a non-powered one. Makes a huge difference. Micro SD Card - Your phone won't see it on a regular reboot. You have to do a hard reset for the device to recognize the SD card. Realize that this *wipes your phone and resets it to factory defaults*. See my blog post about the whole situation: http://geekswithblogs.net/dlussier/archive/2010/11/10/142667.aspx I think you're smart to just wait for the validated card list though, still dicey right now. D Battery Life – No clue why you’re having issues there. One thing I did notice is that if you’re charging on USB you need to make sure its a properly powered USB port instead of a non-powered one. Makes a huge difference.

Micro SD Card – Your phone won’t see it on a regular reboot. You have to do a hard reset for the device to recognize the SD card. Realize that this *wipes your phone and resets it to factory defaults*. See my blog post about the whole situation: http://geekswithblogs.net/dlussier/archive/2010/11/10/142667.aspx
I think you’re smart to just wait for the validated card list though, still dicey right now.

D

]]> Comment on Hands on with Samsung Focus & Windows Phone 7 by Jerry http://www.jasonmiller.ca/2011/01/hands-on-with-samsung-focus-windows-phone-7/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Jerry Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.jasonmiller.ca/?p=20#comment-51 I received the Samsung Focus as a Christmas present from my wife. At first “touch and feel” I loved it. Great touch phone with easy navigation. Monday, after Christmas I called AT&T tech support with, what I thought was a simple question. How can I sync my 350+ Outlook contacts and calendar from my PC to my phone? The answer was…you can’t. Microsoft does not support active sync with mobile 7. Samsung technical support confirmed this fact. This is like buying a beautiful car that has no wheels. When I returned the phone to the AT&T corporate store, the salesperson also confirmed this MS flaw in Mobil 7. Would advise anyone who frequently updated their Outlook, contacts and calendar on their PC and wants to sync them, DON’T BUY THIS PHONE. The internet is loaded with complaints about this problem. I received the Samsung Focus as a Christmas present from my wife. At first “touch and feel” I loved it. Great touch phone with easy navigation. Monday, after Christmas I called AT&T tech support with, what I thought was a simple question. How can I sync my 350+ Outlook contacts and calendar from my PC to my phone? The answer was…you can’t. Microsoft does not support active sync with mobile 7. Samsung technical support confirmed this fact. This is like buying a beautiful car that has no wheels.
When I returned the phone to the AT&T corporate store, the salesperson also confirmed this MS flaw in Mobil 7.
Would advise anyone who frequently updated their Outlook, contacts and calendar on their PC and wants to sync them, DON’T BUY THIS PHONE. The internet is loaded with complaints about this problem.

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