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Originally Posted by booklaw
As a former devoted i500 user, I find my Pre to be a very poor substitute in terms of calendar and contacts. I love it for its screen, its access to the web and to email. I have thus far found Classic to be totally useless. Hardly any of my old Palm programs will work in Classic... or, even if they would work, the lack of the four dedicated Palm buttons means I cannot properly control the program.
I used to sync my i500 with two desktops and a laptop. Now I use the Missing Sync to sync with my single desktop (I no longer use the other). It is impractical to try to sync with the laptop... the Missing Sync software has to be married to a particular CPU to use it.
There are other programs (busy sync and address-o-sync) which will sync two computers with one another, but I find them awkward and undependable... no substitute for the old Hotsync capability.
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I think you're generalizing. What old Palm programs are you talking about? Because if you are talking about any of these...
- Datebook
- Tasks
- Memos
- Phonebook (excluding any syncing or auto-dialing)
- BigClock
- FileZ
- RFBackup
...then I can't disagree with you more. They work JUST FINE for me.
IMHO, if you are an old Palm user of tons of old Palm apps, your best bet is to keep that old Palm to do what you need it do. To expect Classic or Pre to do EVERYTHING that all your old Palms used to do is a little far-fetched.
I mean, basically everything you are slamming the Pre on, you could slam on the iPhone or Blackberry or [insert smartphone here], correct?
My dear old Palm OS folks (myself included), it's over. Over! If you've got mission-critical data that's above and beyond the 4 basic PIM apps that Palm OS had, you will need to find your own way to get or keep that data, but to expect the Pre to keep doing this or that that you need WHILE providing some truly incredible phonebook, web, and multi-tasking functionality?
Slamming the Pre is an inappropriate reaction to being left behind by newer, scalable, cloud-based, OTA, and mostly better technology (with the exception of PIM apps, agreed -- but I already said Classic handles these PIM apps just fine). The Palm OS just cannot scale to become a cloud-based environment. Palm called "uncle" on that after BlackBerry and iPhone ripped it to shreds.