Comments

1. jmosen

   
   Posted on: May 29, 2007 at 9:33PM  

   Hi nick, I'm a screen reader user who also uses a mobile device. In the past, ActiveSync has been easily useable by me, but Windows Mobile Device Center is much more difficult for screen reader users to operate. Many of the buttons have no text labels or cannot be tabbed to, requiring a lot of use of mouse emulation keys. There don't seem to be standard controls used anymore, and all in all, this product is far below today's standards of accessibility excellence we normally get from Microsoft. I truly hope this will be addressed in the 6.1 release of Mobile Device Center, as this is the only thing that has made me regret upgrading to Vista.

   Keep up the great work.

   Jonathan
2. kcarson97404

   
   Posted on: May 29, 2007 at 9:34PM  

   I hope this fixed my reoccuring error with WMDC. I haven't been able to sync my Smart Phone since upgrading to Vista. I keep getting an "unhandled exception" error (whatever that means).
3. J.R. Raith

   
   Posted on: May 30, 2007 at 12:46AM  

   Will WMDC finally be able to sync calendars with Windows Calendar in Vista? It seems absolutely ridiculous that it doesn't, and would make all the sense in the world if it did.

   Same for a user's "contacts". Seriously, why can't a device sync with Vista's built-in stuff? Ohh, wait... must be for Outlook sales... :/
4. janely

   
   Posted on: May 30, 2007 at 2:10AM  

   Hi jrronimo,

   Currently, Windows Mobile Device Center only supports synchronization with Outlook or Exchange.  We currently do not support synchronization with Windows Mail, Windows Calendar or the Windows Address book.  This is under consideration for our future roadmap but we do not have a release date yet.

   Jane
5. janely

   
   Posted on: May 30, 2007 at 2:12AM  

   kcarson97404,

   Can you send a screenshot of your exception to dcinput@microsoft.com?  Include the steps you took to get the exception.  I'd like to investigate this further.

   Thanks!
6. janely

   
   Posted on: May 30, 2007 at 2:18AM  

   jmosen,

   WMDC 6.1 does include Accessibility fixes like tabbing support.

   Thanks,

   Jane
7. smeyer

   
   Posted on: May 30, 2007 at 2:19AM  

   Will it be posible to handle synchronization conflicts by the user? With version 6.0 only "Outlook overrides Mobile Device" or "Mobile Device overrides Outlook".
8. J.R. Raith

   
   Posted on: May 30, 2007 at 9:17AM  

   Thanks for the reply, Janely... it's about what I figured. I really think that WMDC syncing with the built-ins would be a huuuge benefit for customers, so while it's under consideration now, I really hope to see it. I had to buy a copy of Outlook to do something that a bunch of built-ins already do, but not in a convenient way for my device... it was aggrivating, really. As it stands, I really have no reason to use Windows Mail, Windows Calendar, or the Contacts folder since they don't do anything with my device.

   I'm glad to hear it's under consideration, at the very least.
9. cdrider

   
   Posted on: May 30, 2007 at 11:40AM  

   Why are you having to buy Outlook?  Windows Mobile comes with a CD with ActiveSync and Outlook on it.
10. someone

    
    Posted on: May 30, 2007 at 12:06PM  

    Please Microsoft, consider a out-of-band updated release for the collaboration apps to make them work with each other (integrated) and sync with WMDC. This feature is requested by 99% of Windows users who use them and waiting for the next release of Windows for such trivial but useful features is crazy. Please add an API for Windows Calendar and make WMDC sync with Calendar, Contacts etc.