Alternative to Outlook [Archive]

pewe

1st April 2006, 01:39 PM

I don't use outlook and when deciding on an alternative was looking for something which would allow me to Sync with Win Mobile.

I now use Thunderbird which has e-mail, tasks and calendar ( http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/ ) and have found this free programme for syncing to my device - http://www.finchsync.com/.

Easy to install and setup and works a treat.

mcnasby

2nd April 2006, 05:05 AM

I don't use outlook and when deciding on an alternative was looking for something which would allow me to Sync with Win Mobile.

I now use Thunderbird which has e-mail, tasks and calendar ( http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/ ) and have found this free programme for syncing to my device - http://www.finchsync.com/.

Easy to install and setup and works a treat.

I've been looking for this forever!! Thanks!

blueskater

2nd April 2006, 10:00 AM

This is available for Pocket PC 2002 and Windows Mobile 2003 not fot your new products... :evil:

pewe

2nd April 2006, 12:17 PM

This is available for Pocket PC 2002 and Windows Mobile 2003 not fot your new products...

???

I am using it with WM5 and the latest IMate ROM.

EViS

21st June 2006, 02:43 AM

Couldn't get on with finchsync, everytime it said that it had updated my contacts, when clearly it hadn't... Birdiesync worked first time, was fast, and did a very sweet job of carrying out its intended task :).

pewe

21st June 2006, 07:44 AM

Birdiesync worked first time,

This has the advantage over Finchsync in that it sync automatically with activesync, but at the time of writing it does not deal with the calendar, which to me is more important.
I have never had a problem with it not updating contacts, it always works for me, and $19.95 is not worth it for just contacts.

It may be worth reconsidering if they release a calendar update that works.
I am using it with Windows Mobile 5.

SubZero5

23rd September 2006, 11:33 PM

how do you compare Finchsync to Outlook?