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.
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.