On WinMo 6. Leave the email address as " " which is the default, since Google Sync does not support email sync currently you can use IMAP until they do. I think I also had to uncheck the option to automatically determine Exchange server settings.
Hit next will to enter your account info. Put in your full email address, including the gmail. Leave the domain field empty it should actually become disabled when you put gmail.
It should be checked to use SSL and save your password by default. Only check the boxes to sync Contacts and Calendar, as these are the only supported items right now. If you leave anything else checked, you will get a connection error.
Once that's done, it should try doing a sync right away. At some point, either before the sync or afterwards if you go into Schedule, you can set how often it syncs. If you pick the "As items arrive" option, all changes will get pushed to your phone in real-time.
This also saves your battery versus having it check on some schedule. This is currently in "beta" as a new service, and it does lack some options like handling multiple calendars, syncing tasks and email, etc.
But it's a nice first step. However, Microsoft's My Phone, which I cover in Part II, is capable of syncing a lot more information text messages, photos, music and presenting it in a single interface intended just for that data. So which one you choose currently My Phone won't sync certain things when an Exchange sync like Google Sync is setup depends on exactly what you're looking for.
And as always when trying any sync software, make a backup before you try it!! You never know when some conflict or misconfiguration can either wipeout or create a bunch of duplicates, incorrect appointments, etc. If you haven't heard of it yet, Skyfire is a free web browser that renders websites as they would appear on a computer, and through their server-side technology they are able to do a lot of things most other web browsers today can't, including enabling Flash on websites letting you play videos directly on sites , allowing zooming into sections of a website, etc.
I've found that while Skyfire isn't a replacement for PIE Pocket Internet Explorer which comes with the phone, it is extremely useful to have both alternatives. Skyfire is great at rendering websites as you'd see them on a computer which is useful for media-rich, flash-heavy, and other websites that require you to be able to view dispersed content or interact with the page.
On the other hand, text heavy websites such as Wikipedia pages and Google searches tend to be viewed quicker and easier in PIE. While Skyfire is a fantastic product at the right price free , it does have a downside besides being clunky on text-heavy sites as I mentioned above.
The battery definitely drains quickly when using it. This wouldn't be a big deal if you charge your phone frequently, but it is very noticable when you're out and use the browser to look something up. As could be expected, using it on video and Flash sites especially something like Hulu or YouTube will run the battery down pretty quick. You can probably get just under a handful of hours when using Skyfire constantly. Hopefully this will be something that continues to improve as newer versions of the software are released.
I realized I've mentioned making registry edits and never mentioned a couple of utilities that make doing that possible. There's a HTC Unlock utility which unlocks your phone to allow edits though I think you might not need to use this if you're on Sprint. And then PHM Registry Editor is an excellent free registry editor you can use on your phone to make changes.
Someone's already created an awesome application to configure the sliding panels on the Windows Mobile 6. Get Chome Configurator here. The app is incredible, though a little confusing at first. It basically lets you create new panels and edit some of the existing ones. You can add pages that can launch applications, launch websites, dial contacts, etc.
It also lets you associate an icon with each of those activities and comes with a dozen or so that may be useful. You can easily add your own images I suggest using 48x48 PNGs with transparency since the tranparency makes it much better and they'll be really small in size. I used it to create an application panel for launching programs and a web panel for launching my website favorites. I also added some entries into the existing settings panel like my registry editor and the file manager.
To give a quick overview, once you launch the app, the right softkey does most of the work. Once you have your panel or an existing one , you basically want to create a new page and then pick a template for the new page.
The template makes it a lot easier to fill in the fields on the page as it does nearly all the work for you. You can view existing pages as examples of what goes in the fields. Chome Configurator is actually making all the changes behind the scenes in the registry You could make the changes yourself if you wanted. This is a great development for users of the Q9C, as 3 days of Windows Mobile 6.
You can get the update from Motorola since Sprint doesn't seem to be doing it yet or at least some techs don't know about it and it's pretty painless to do. I recommend doing the update using the "Via Your Computer" option since the phone will need to reboot and continue installation. Texts are now threaded, meaning your conversations get grouped which is much nicer than a linear list of texts where you can't follow a conversation.
The phone seems to respond quicker, and I'm pretty certain the battery life has improved. The new Sliding Panels homescreen is really slick and very functional. IE seems to load pages more quickly, lets you zoom in or out on the page, and finally lets you set your homepage without some ugly registry tweak.
Most apps from 6. Bottomline: If you own a Q9C you want this upgrade. We'll see if I come up with more benefits in the coming days The Q9C says it supports WiFi, though you don't get that functionality right out-of-the-box. You can get an SDIO card that fits in the MiniSD slot to add the functionality, which is useful if you don't have a data plan and want to use the internet or if you are traveling internationally and won't have access to your data plan.
The card most people are getting for this phone is the SDW which supports I tried to verify with Spectec what the differences were and was essentially told that the Motorola version was required since I had a Motorola phone running WM 6. However, the seller got mixed up and sent me the regular version of the card so I decided to try it anyways using the updated WM6. It turned out that card worked just fine, and I confirmed with Spectec that there isn't any risk of issues down the road if I got it working right now.
I do not know if it will work in other versions like the Motorola Q9M. You can adjust the size of the scrollbars to take up less precious real estate, which is especially beneficial for web browsing.
The relevant values are: cxVScr: This is the width of the vertical scrollbar on the right side of the screen, in pixels. I changed mine to 3 so it is visible enough without taking up a lot of space. I also changed this to 3 for the same reason. I am not a big fan of apps that cost money because there's always more features I'd like to have and it would cost a boatload to pay for every app that improves the Windows Mobile experience. However, in the case of Sprite Backup I'm willing to make an exception.
Sprite Backup is a pretty simple app that lets you create a complete backup of your phone, with apps, contacts, registry settings, and literally everything on your phone getting backed up. The full version will even let you schedule backups and give some more options, but I found the lite version was all I needed since it lets me intiate backups from my computer that get stored on the computer as well as initiate a backup on my phone which can store the backup to a storage card for when you're not in reach of a computer.
I haven't used my Windows phone in a while I switched to Android a while ago , but I'm happy to try to help you get it working! Thanks for visiting the site! Unfortunately due to a large amount of comment spam, I have been forced to turn on moderation for older posts, so your comment may not appear instantly.
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