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msmobiles.com_robot
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 Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 10:32 am Post subject: MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH for MS Smartphone platform: AvantGo client available NOW !!! |
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After 4 years of waiting the MS Smartphone becomes mainstream and joins other major wireless platforms:
Yes! AvantGo client for MS Smartphone is available (albeit in beta version) at last! It is worth observi...
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indiekiduk
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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Eh is this spyware? It asks me to close Firefox during the install for no reason.
If you look at the install log in C:\Program Files\AvantGo\install.log it did a lot of stuff and added tons to the registry.
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indiekiduk
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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Actually looks like it adds a service to active sync to that when you sync it also syncs your avant gochannels. Cool I guess.
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EJR
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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| indiekiduk wrote: | | Actually looks like it adds a service to active sync to that when you sync it also syncs your avant gochannels. Cool I guess. |
yes, it does so! however please note that if you have Wi-Fi in your smartphone then you can synchronize over the air - without the use of PC. |
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BeyondtheTech
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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Geez, finally.
Now all you guys need is Microsoft Reader and the Smartphone platform won't be as insulting by Microsoft anymore.
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juliankay
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | In the last week I have gotten two of my most favorite applications available on the Smartphone now. I picked up a copy of MS Voice Command for the smartphone and now on March 28, 2006 Avantgo was released for the Smartphone |
Huh? Microsoft Voice Command? |
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scoobydooby
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Lol... Avantgo.... 1999 technology reinvented... With RSS around WTF even needs Avantgo? It was cool back in the days when we all used PalmPilots, nowadays it just plain SUCKS. |
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indiekiduk
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| Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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Oh yeh I remember an avant client being on an ancient ipaq 5450 maybe...but yeh it does seem to download more data than an RSS reader does.
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jtee
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| Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:27 am Post subject: |
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| scoobydooby wrote: | | Lol... Avantgo.... 1999 technology reinvented... With RSS around WTF even needs Avantgo? It was cool back in the days when we all used PalmPilots, nowadays it just plain SUCKS. |
I agree, when I got my MPX220 in Jan 2005 I emailed support and they merely pointed me to the their list of supported devices (PPC). I added myself to that article-id and learned about the beta a couple days ago.
I use other programs like Mobipocket and ISilo to sync documents and web pages to my phone. I don't really need to AvantGo, because as I remember and double-checked they give you just 2MB by default but gee, I can upgrade to 3MB, wow! I use Mobi and a mini-SD and I don't worry about the space limitation. They blew it *big time*, all they had to was retask their existing PocketPC client and I'd never gone anywhere else. |
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JohnCody
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| Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:51 am Post subject: |
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I actually like that Avantgo finally came out with an SP client, and here's why...
1) The info that RSS readers typically obtain is usually very terse (short). And if an entry interests you, when you click the "Read More..." link in the RSS entry, it will usually try to bring you to a full desktop-size webpage of that story.....which is usually not very practical to view using PIE, and will take forever to download it using GPRS!
2) With Avantgo, managing/adding "channels" of your download list is easily done from your dekstop PC, not painfully using your smartphone keypad from within an RSS program on your SP.
So, what's the point of constantly being "teased" with a headline in an RSS listing, when it's really not practical to read the full story with PIE if it happens to interest you?
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dwest218
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| Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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| JohnCody wrote: | I actually like that Avantgo finally came out with an SP client, and here's why...
1) The info that RSS readers typically obtain is usually very terse (short). And if an entry interests you, when you click the "Read More..." link in the RSS entry, it will usually try to bring you to a full desktop-size webpage of that story.....which is usually not very practical to view using PIE, and will take forever to download it using GPRS!
2) With Avantgo, managing/adding "channels" of your download list is easily done from your dekstop PC, not painfully using your smartphone keypad from within an RSS program on your SP.
So, what's the point of constantly being "teased" with a headline in an RSS listing, when it's really not practical to read the full story with PIE if it happens to interest you? |
I agree. Avantgo is much more robust than any RSS reader I tried to replace it with while waiting. If you want the whole news story it is only a click away. Plus it is now an RSS reader! and if you want more memory then you can upgrade to 8 mb. I think the Avantgo could be better by also offering Podcast support but since it took so long for SP support then I cant see podcasts coming anytime soon. But Avantgo still does the best job as an RSS news reader, syncing custom web pages, and many more categories such as news, travel, auto, etc. |
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JNGold
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| Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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Anyone try running the smartphone edition on a WM5 PPC? The current PPC version doesn't support WM5's soft keys. I have heard that other WM5 smartphone app do work on a full WM5 PPC.
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EJR
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| Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| JNGold wrote: | | Anyone try running the smartphone edition on a WM5 PPC? The current PPC version doesn't support WM5's soft keys. I have heard that other WM5 smartphone app do work on a full WM5 PPC. |
no, but it has to work by definition: all MS Smartphone programs run in Pocket PC powered by Windows Mobile 5.0. |
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JNGold
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| Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| msmobiles.com_wiseacre wrote: | | JNGold wrote: | | Anyone try running the smartphone edition on a WM5 PPC? The current PPC version doesn't support WM5's soft keys. I have heard that other WM5 smartphone app do work on a full WM5 PPC. |
no, but it has to work by definition: all MS Smartphone programs run in Pocket PC powered by Windows Mobile 5.0. |
Nope, no go. Full uninstall of my prior version of Avantgo, soft reset, then re-install smartphone edition, soft reset again. App refuses to open.
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