I went with the Mogul

Clif Guy

Thanks for all the advice. I picked up the Mogul (aka PPC 6800) when I was in Fort Worth and have been using it for a little over two weeks. Having not had a smartphone before, it’s a whole new experience for me. Many things about it are cool. Naturally I’ve encountered a few annoyances too.

Things that are cool:

  • WiFi
  • EVDO with easy Internet connection sharing (phone-as-modem)
  • Ability to run Skype
  • Ease of text messaging
  • Ability to run Bejeweled (my favorite game!)
  • Ability to get on the web anywhere, anytime
  • Integration of Outlook contacts with phone, e-mail, and text messaging functions
  • Ability to recharge through USB
  • Ability to multi-task (sync, talk on the phone, browse the web, etc.)
  • Small and lightweight

Things that are annoying:

  • No way to exit an application without going to a control panel (am I missing something?)
  • ActiveSync has had some issues that caused it to force a complete re-sync and lose my voice dial tags. This has happened twice in two weeks. Grrr!
  • ActiveSync doesn’t work when connected via USB on my laptop’s port replicator
  • The camera application is clunky
  • The folder structure is confusing – Microsoft still isn’t consistent in folder naming

Overall? Thumbs up! I’ve entered the modern world.

One thought on “I went with the Mogul”

  1. Unknown's avatar The Cybernetic Entomologist August 4, 2007 / 4:39 pm

    I’ve heard of a third-party app that modifies the behavior of the “X” such that it actually EXITS the application. You would think that on a device that only has 64MB of RAM, they’d have been a lot better about the application memory management. That’s the only major gripe I have about it.

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