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HTCMail - now available for European Kaiser owners!!!

Saw that someone had posted about HTCMail being available to French users, but it seems to be available "in Europe" generally (German, English, Spanish, French, Italian - NOT Czech, Dutch or Russian yet)
Go to http://www.europe.htc.com/, select your language from the top right of the page (if not English), then click on the HTCMail tab. You can then register; the first stage of this is an IMEI check to ensure that you're using a Kaiser/TyTn II/etc.., then you can go on to choose "[email protected]".
The first two months are free, after which time it will automatically terminate your account if you don't sign up for a paid account (starting from €14.99 a month)....only ***** is that you can't download a copy of Outlook 2007 unless you pay some money.....
Still, it's gotta be worth a look for a freebie (lovin' the OWA2007 interface )
Oh, and you may want to backup your existing Exchange ActiveSync settings and associated mailbox on your Kaiser; the sign-up process downloads an HTC app that you install to your device that configures the Exchange ActiveSync/Direct Push....AND DELETES ANYTHING YOU ALREADY HAVE!!!
Like I said, it's worth a look...hell, what's another email account when you've got 9 already
Cheers,
Mark.

Interestingm, going to check it out

why is this better than livemail?

How much do you have to pay to get Outlook 2007?
Is it a full version that you can keep even if you terminate the account? Might be a ncie way to get a legit copy of Outlook cheap since HTC are skimping on that cost too with the latest phones and only supplying trials not full versions as they always have in the past.

sambartle said:
How much do you have to pay to get Outlook 2007?
Is it a full version that you can keep even if you terminate the account? Might be a ncie way to get a legit copy of Outlook cheap since HTC are skimping on that cost too with the latest phones and only supplying trials not full versions as they always have in the past.
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As far as I can tell, you don't get to download Outlook 2007 until you've paid to subscribe; no doubt the T's & C's contain details of whether you can retain the software if/when you terminate. At the starting rate of €15-ish per month for 3 months, a copy of Outlook ends up costing you €45 (about £34, give or take)....assuming they let you keep it (would they even know/care if you did????).
There are other offerings on the market - although not all of them use Exchange 2007; there's Mail2Web (Ex.2003) which in its' most basic form is free but you don't get Outlook unless you subscribe for about $10/month. There's also the Exchange 2007 hosting provided by XDA forum member @DeniaL (get the details in this post) which looks pretty good too. Other members undoubtedly have experience of others, so I guess it's a case of going with whatever option fits your needs....."you pays your money, you makes your choice"
As with any of these 3rd party mail solutions, I wouldn't use them for any business mail (as one of the two people in my company responsible for all aspects of IT security, I'd probably have to fire myself if I starting forwarding/storing corporate e-mail on an external server )....I use Mail2Web (free edition) for aggregating all my other POP3 mail accounts, but I may switch to the HTC offering if it pans out (it seems to be a fair bit speedier than Mail2Web and the OWA client on HTCMail is almost identical to the desktop version of Outlook 2007).
All this is just my opinion, so the usual "YMMV" applies - if you don't have Direct Push already, you can try it for 2 months free to see if you really need it....and if you do, then you can decide whether or not you wanna pay for it!!
Mark.

a good "Note" application ?

I don't like the microsoft note application I have. It's very slow (it takes a long time to open, and each time I close a note it takes again a long time).
Does anyone know a good "Notes" application other than the microsoft one ?
Thanks !

Are you talking about the default note app that comes with Windows mobile, or Microsoft's One Note? One Note used in conjunction with the desktop app is hard to beat.

I'm talking about the default note application that comes with Windows Mobile.

Look into Onenote, unless your looking for a cheap/free app. You can get a free trial to see if you like it. Onenote on the phone by itself isn't that valuable without the desktop app. I do a lot of research and I like to compose on the desktop what I might need in the field. Onenote fits my needs perfectly. It might not be a fit for yours though.

Or consider phatpad, phatnotes or Daynotez
OneNote Mobile is too basic for me, although the desktop version looks astonishing.
You may also consider Phatpad, Phatnotes or daynotez. All three are excellent applications, but all with a twist that makes each of them great, depending what your needs are. I've bought daynotez and phatpad. Would've bought phatnotes too, if the integration with phatpad was just slightly better

Vito Audionotes is also fantastic. That's what I use. You can even record phone conversations.

Webis note2self is great. Talk your note and mail it to yourself ;-) Easy as that.

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OneNote Mobile is too basic for me, although the desktop version looks astonishing.
You may also consider Phatpad, Phatnotes or daynotez. All three are excellent applications, but all with a twist that makes each of them great, depending what your needs are. I've bought daynotez and phatpad. Would've bought phatnotes too, if the integration with phatpad was just slightly better
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I tried both "phatnotes for outlook" and "phatpad", they are very good but there's a big problem : you can't sync the notes using Outlook.
Even the "phatnotes for Outlook" application needs to first import all of your notes (with tabulation or comma problems ...) before syncing them with Outlook.
In fact I need a "notes" application which would be able to simply use the same notes as the microsoft notes application and sync them with Outlook...
But with no "import" needed (because imports caused me many problems).
Does anybody know one ?
Thanks again for everyone answers ...!

Here's my fav: http://free.hostingjava.it/-frusso/pda/frNotepad
It saves notes in plain txt (.txt) just like Notepad on your pc.

Evernote ?
The app is free (but to a certain storage level a month) and the ink note taking is OK. Text one is sub-OneNote Mobile however. Killer is that it syncs up to "the cloud" so your notes arevailable on web, windows or mac as well as Mobile.
Worth a look. IMHO nothing can touch PhatPad/Notes for function, but in today's world of connectivity, it is poor on being able to sync and share.

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I tried both "phatnotes for outlook" and "phatpad", they are very good but there's a big problem : you can't sync the notes using Outlook.
Even the "phatnotes for Outlook" application needs to first import all of your notes (with tabulation or comma problems ...) before syncing them with Outlook.
In fact I need a "notes" application which would be able to simply use the same notes as the microsoft notes application and sync them with Outlook...
But with no "import" needed (because imports caused me many problems).
Does anybody know one ?
Thanks again for everyone answers ...!
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Because you didn't say what the long-term use of the application might be, I'd second the vote for PhatNotes. I use it on desktop and PPC and love it. The notes do, in fact, synchronize. However they do it on their own, not within the confines of Outlook. For this "inconvenience" it offers a very robust feature set, with only the one-time trouble of having to do some reformatting.
So, if you can get past that, I think that PhatNotes may be what you want.

Financial/Banking software?

I have been very happy (well at least not terribly disappointed) with MS Money 2006 and Money PPC 2006 on my Tilt, but it's time for a change. I just bought a Fuze; it should be here tomorrow, and I need to install something to keep track of my checking account register. It also needs to sync with some sort of desktop software, so I don't have to start from scratch each time I flash a new ROM. Does anyone have any suggestions?
By the way, I searched for financial and then banking; I didn't see anything. I apologize if I'm forgetting something; I've been awake for a very long time, so it wouldn't surprise me.

A few I've tried are SPB Finance and CashOrganizer. Both are VERY similiar and sync to your desktop Quicken or Money programs. And both cost money. I've tried several free finance programs but I couldn't find one with the capabilities that SPB or Cash Organizer had. SO...that being said, I ended up purchasing Cash Organizer.
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/finance/screenshots.html?en
http://www.inesoft.com/eng/index.php?in=premium.html
HTH!

I use Quicken at home and pocket quicken on the road http://www.landware.com/pocketquicken/

You can also try Bankarama. Works pretty good and easily enter data without all the complications of 500 different hoops

Cash Organizer 2008
I use Cash Organizer 2008. It has a great planner, budget tools, you can export to Excel both your register as well as your budget etc. It will sync to Money and Qucken but after having gotten comfortable with using it on my PDA I decided that I did not need to use Money any longer. Daily (or almost daily) I download my bank statement from the web on my device and quickly update my registry in Cash Organizer. I keep backup copies to protect myself against the loss of my PDA and now rely solely on my PDA for all my finance needs. I have tried Splash Money and Spb Finance but do not like them as well.

Thanks for the responses; I ended up getting SPB Finance, and so far I'm really impressed!

I use Ultrasoft Money on my Fuze with Microsoft Money Plus on my laptop.

Do any of these let you put your default curreny as £. I know it's a small thing, but seeing $ all over my money annoys me.

Does anyone know of a financial software that works well with RealVGA? Pocket Quicken was unreadable and Cash Organizer only filled a quarter of the screen...

AceMoney
I use AceMoney on both the PC and the PocketPC. There is a lite PC version that allows for only one account that is free. The full version is $ and the PPC version is $, but they work great. They are basic, but do lots of what the big boys do.
It doesn't sync automatically though. Whenever I make changes on one platform I make sure to copy the file to the other as soon as possible.
www.mechcad.net
I've had a few issues here and there over the years, but the developer always seems to help me out.
I've tried others and I keep coming back to this one.

Checkbook software

I'm looking for a program to use on my Tilt, a checkbook register to keep track of my checking/atm account. Does any one know of such a program? I've looked @ handango and am famlure with SpashWallet but that is more than I'm looking for. Any help?

check out this site : http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ I think that they have a couple of apps (i.e. money goes away, expense control, mybudget) here that you can use to keep track of your finances and they are free.
hope that this helps.....

I use SPB Finance, works great even syncs with Microsoft Money. http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/pocketpc-software/finance/

[Q] Sorry :) but need to ask - Any way to sync with Microsoft Money

I know this is a long shot, but the only thing I miss when I upgraded to GalaxyS from my TouchHD is that I am not able to sync with my MicrosoftMoney. I have tried many possibilities but there isnt anything that allows me to have a selected view of my desktop MicrosoftMoney application on my phone and edit it on the phone and sync once in a while with my desktop application back.
I know google will never release anything which makes talking easy for microsoft products - we know how outlook syncing is difficult. But anybody has any workarounds to this?
Please share if you have any ideas.
Thanks

There are a few apps that allow you to use your PC from the phone. Not sure how goof they are but it may be a workaround. (use MS Money on the PC direct from the phone).

Microsoft hasn't released versions of Money since 2007 0.o And honestly, you are the only person I have EVER heard of using it (maybe why they stopped)
Have you considered upgrading to an actively maintained product?