business contacts manager and windows mobile 5.0

[NeilMFC]

I have just installed Business Contacts Manager on my laptop and have also
updated my windows mobile Treo 750 so that the business contacts also appear
on my Treo. How do I search for Business Contacts on my windows mobile
device? Normally I would just start typing a contact's name on my "Home
Screen" and it will pull up the related contacts. This doesn't seem work for
my Business Contacts from Business Contacts Manager. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.
Neil

 

[Lon Orenstein]

NeilMFC:

The answer is that the Business Contacts application from MS is not the same
as the contacts database on the Treo. So, you can use the letters at the
top of the BCM app to find a contact, or start typing to find the contact
(either first or last name), but you can't do that in the Treo contacts
area.

A solution is to get Companionlink or Pocket Mirror to synch the BCM
contacts into the Treo's contact database.

HTH,
Lon

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Lon Orenstein
pinpointtools, llc
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Author of Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager For Dummies
Author of the eBook: Moving from ACT! to Business Contact Manager
800.238.0560 x6104 Toll Free (U.S. only) +1 214.905.0401 x6104
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[mrtimpeterson via OfficeKB.com]

Neil,

Another reason for this added synching complexity is not the Palm Treo's (or
any other WM device) fault. Outlook Contacts and BCM Business Contacts are 2
entirely separate apps. Windows Mobile was designed for synching exclusively
with the native Outlook contacts PST. There are 2 separate design teams
within the Redmond bureacracy and they have NOT yet gotten it together enough
to create a more seamless experience for the Windows Mobile user. So what do
they do? Naturally, like most organizations with competitive divisions
within, BCM goes its own separate way and creates an entirely separate synch
conduit for your Business Contacts on the assumption that this is something
that you will welcome and enjoy. If you choose to use the SEPARATE, non-
integrated within WM, BCM Mobile application, you will need to do so 2 handed
while using a stylus because the navigation within the Business contacts is
not as robust and functional as it is within the WM Outlook contacts. This
separate BCM design program works just fine but you have to live with its
design limitation as is.

-THP

NeilMFC:

The answer is that the Business Contacts application from MS is not the same
as the contacts database on the Treo. So, you can use the letters at the
top of the BCM app to find a contact, or start typing to find the contact
(either first or last name), but you can't do that in the Treo contacts
area.

A solution is to get Companionlink or Pocket Mirror to synch the BCM
contacts into the Treo's contact database.

HTH,
Lon

___________________________________________________________
Lon Orenstein
pinpointtools, llc
(e-mail address removed)
Author of Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager For Dummies
Author of the eBook: Moving from ACT! to Business Contact Manager
800.238.0560 x6104 Toll Free (U.S. only) +1 214.905.0401 x6104
www.pinpointtools.com

I have just installed Business Contacts Manager on my laptop and have also
updated my windows mobile Treo 750 so that the business contacts also

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greatly appreciated.
Neil