Handheld PCs with Windows 8

OK, so

Connection Types:
Yes: USB, IR
No: Serial, IP (LAN)
Unknown: BT

Sync
Yes: Tasks, Contacts, Calendar
No: ?
Unknown: Inbox, Notes

Other
Yes: Software installation from the host, device browsing in windows explroer
No: ?

Office:
Yes: Office XP, 2007
No: ?
Unknown: Office 2003, Office 2010 x86, Office 2010 x64, Office 2013 x86, Office 2013 x64, Office 2013 ARM

Windows:
Yes: Vista x86 , 7 x86, 8 x86
No: ?
Unknown: Vista x64, 7 x64, 8 x64, 8 ARM

Windows CE:
Yes: 3.0 HPC2000, 4.2, 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
No: 1.0, 2.0
Unknown: 2.11 (USB)

Any advances?

If you haven't guessed I'm trying to get enough info together to write a CESD.

It does USB only with CE 5 and newer...couldn't connect USB on my Mobilepro 900/900C. I did all my testing on IrD.

I'm using x64 Win7 and Win8.

There is no "Notes" utility on the HPCs that I own, nor does it show it as a transfer option in the WMDC that I'm using...nor is there any mail/inbox synchronization that I can see.

I did set up my default email program on the 900C and it did download all the mail from the YMail server via infrared through my desktop...in other words I do have internet through my desktop through the infrared link...

and further, I've tried 4 different IrD USB adapters...only two of them work well for me...the Actisys IR2000UL and the JetEye ESI-9680, which is a serial port IrD adapter. Both work great, but of course the USB Actisys is far easier as you don't have to go into your device manager and set the baud rate like you do for the serial device.

Thanks! Hopefully others can chip in too.

Will it sync Phatware's HPC Notes, Rich?

Don't know...that takes version 5.4 or later to work with WMDC, I only have 4.7 and that will send the Phatware desktop notes fine via Activesync, but not via WMDC.

I tried...but no go...

Another piece of the puzzle. Thanks.

Does time sync work on connect? How about internet pass through to internet explorer?

Funny, I didn't even notice that, but yeah...it does set the time automatically to the computer's time. And yes, internet pass through works too.

And here is something I didn't even realize WMDC would do.

While connected, I decided to download a CE program, so I downloaded Ilium's Dockware from HPCFactor. The desktop installer downloaded, then I ran it. It ran, and then installed it to my Mobilepro 900C just like Activesync used to.

Was that always a feature of WMDC?

So I guess the question then becomes, besides the fact that it doesn't work with the older CE devices, what does WMDC not do that Activesync did do?

ADDED: I just installed CERegEdit v4.4 to my desktop...it works through WMDC also. Cool!

Here is another that works well. Pocket Controller Professional.

I installed version 5.07, and it works and runs perfectly. But version 6.02 is even better, because it has a built in registry editor in the desktop software, so it eliminates the CERegEdit as a separate program.







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It was always supposed to support the host installer process, windows mobile used it much the same.

Does inbox sync correctly too?

Not for me it didn't...only way inbox got mail was to connect to pop3 mail server.

Can't win them all I suppose

C:Amie, the problem with PIM synching appears to be related to newer versions of Windows Mobile that use pim.vol as the POOM library:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1983550

Interesting... this issue is getting more and more confusing.

Has anone tried 2.10, 2.11, 2.12 over any of the connection methods?

I tried HPC Pro over all methods, no success...tried serial, infrared, even USB with serial adapter...

Thanks ^_^