Comments on: Yet another Windows Mobile ass kicking for me http://old.fscked.co.uk/index.php/2008/07/yet-another-windows-mobile-ass-kicking-for-me/ Essays on technology, games, and bacon Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:10:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: rich http://old.fscked.co.uk/index.php/2008/07/yet-another-windows-mobile-ass-kicking-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-58 rich Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:25:16 +0000 http://www.fscked.co.uk/?p=81#comment-58 @Mike Lewis: heya buddy! Yes, that is a damned crap piece of UI design I reckon. Glad I made you feel better about it, shame about the timing, eh? Sorry you got bitten by the same problem. I recommend <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=299705" rel="nofollow">PIMBackup</a> as a really simple free backup solution for your contacts etc on Windows Mobile devices. No, I still have my TyTN -- Mark has the TyTN II, which is somewhat improved (inbuilt GPS, better battery, tilty keyboard, etc). I will probably sell it on ebay at some point though as I've not touched it since getting my JesusPhone. Which is great by the way, thanks for asking. Despite the somewhat crashy early build of the software (it was just patched to v2.0.1 today, fingers crossed this is better) it's still miles ahead of WinMob, and the interface and web browser are on a whole other continent. I'm very happy with the device. @Mike Lewis: heya buddy! Yes, that is a damned crap piece of UI design I reckon. Glad I made you feel better about it, shame about the timing, eh? Sorry you got bitten by the same problem. I recommend PIMBackup as a really simple free backup solution for your contacts etc on Windows Mobile devices.

No, I still have my TyTN — Mark has the TyTN II, which is somewhat improved (inbuilt GPS, better battery, tilty keyboard, etc). I will probably sell it on ebay at some point though as I’ve not touched it since getting my JesusPhone. Which is great by the way, thanks for asking. Despite the somewhat crashy early build of the software (it was just patched to v2.0.1 today, fingers crossed this is better) it’s still miles ahead of WinMob, and the interface and web browser are on a whole other continent. I’m very happy with the device.

]]> By: Mike Lewis http://old.fscked.co.uk/index.php/2008/07/yet-another-windows-mobile-ass-kicking-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Mike Lewis Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:09:50 +0000 http://www.fscked.co.uk/?p=81#comment-57 How's about this for a co-incidence.. I got HTC TyTN with Windows Mobile a week ago (from someone who was getting an iphone and selling the HTC cheaply). Now I've gone straight from the dark ages of mobile telephony in which text is relatively new and cameras are the future to this device. I jumped straight into getting my head around all it's functions, fairly straightforward with the exception of some odd or missing settings. Did you sell your phone to Mark Bond? I got a tweak program from him to sort out the settings. I got all my contacts, addresses, bdays etc in order on the phone and messing around with sync to different PCs. Then guess what, I did exactly the same thing as you, except I've no old backup. To be fair I'm sure you'd have realised what you were doing had you done it the same way I had. I basically deleted a partnership in order to add another PC (my work PC - WHY!) and in doing so inadvertently deleted the contacts and a lot more. I'll start re-entering them tomorrow. So having just reached the conclusion that the data is gone for good I logged on to facebook hopeful of something to amuse. I saw the link to your Calibra blog (amusement found), I thought I'd finish my first visit to your blog site with a look at how geeky your gadgets blogs are. And there it was, not only did I find that you also had a TyTN with Windows Mobile but you, king of geeks had made the same mistake as I'd made today, thanks to the crap software and the lack of an advisory message and perhaps a little lack of thought on my part. So I don't feel so bad knowing that you made the same mistake. I just wish I'd read your blog yesterday! So I'll keep an eye on your blog from now on! How's the iphone?! Take it Easy Rich. Mike. How’s about this for a co-incidence.. I got HTC TyTN with Windows Mobile a week ago (from someone who was getting an iphone and selling the HTC cheaply). Now I’ve gone straight from the dark ages of mobile telephony in which text is relatively new and cameras are the future to this device. I jumped straight into getting my head around all it’s functions, fairly straightforward with the exception of some odd or missing settings. Did you sell your phone to Mark Bond? I got a tweak program from him to sort out the settings.
I got all my contacts, addresses, bdays etc in order on the phone and messing around with sync to different PCs. Then guess what, I did exactly the same thing as you, except I’ve no old backup. To be fair I’m sure you’d have realised what you were doing had you done it the same way I had. I basically deleted a partnership in order to add another PC (my work PC – WHY!) and in doing so inadvertently deleted the contacts and a lot more. I’ll start re-entering them tomorrow.

So having just reached the conclusion that the data is gone for good I logged on to facebook hopeful of something to amuse. I saw the link to your Calibra blog (amusement found), I thought I’d finish my first visit to your blog site with a look at how geeky your gadgets blogs are. And there it was, not only did I find that you also had a TyTN with Windows Mobile but you, king of geeks had made the same mistake as I’d made today, thanks to the crap software and the lack of an advisory message and perhaps a little lack of thought on my part. So I don’t feel so bad knowing that you made the same mistake. I just wish I’d read your blog yesterday!

So I’ll keep an eye on your blog from now on! How’s the iphone?!

Take it Easy Rich.
Mike.

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