Outlook/Android USB sync - looking for solutions
I'd like to implement the TRO system. More specifically, here's what I'd like to accomplish in a nutshell:
Smartphone: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). HTC Vivid
A little more background and detail: I was a Windows Mobile user for over a decade (I had the first WindowsCE PDAs before they were integrated into phones.) I was also using Outlook back in 96 before it was even called Outlook (it was called Schedule+). After seeing WinMo struggle unsuccessfully to make up lost market share to iPhone and Android, I finally gave up and replaced my WinMo 6.5 smartphone with an Android phone. There is simply much more support for Android and iPhone out there than there is for WinMo, Blackberry or WebOS.
The one thing I that I did always like about WinMo was its seamless synchronization with Windows desktop apps; including all of the Outlook items; email, calendar, contacts, tasks and notes, plus the other Office apps including OneNote, Word and Excel...DIRECTLY via USB cable from the device to desktop, without having to go through "the Cloud".
For some good legitimate reasons, I simply do not want to put or sync any of my data "online" or through "the cloud". I do not want to use "google online" apps. I do not want to use Toodledo. I want to find a combination of apps for my desktop and Android that will allow me to sync directly via USB, WiFi or Bluetooth.
I do not want to use "Touchdown", because it requires Exchange server. Likewise, I do not want to use Chromatic Dragon sync because it requires online sync.
Will the DejaOffice/CompanionLink combination be a good solution for me? What are the shortcomings of it? Will it sync with the TROG bar?
http://www.companionlink.com/android/outlook/
http://www.dejaoffice.com/
"Pocket Informant 2.0" (currently in public beta), looks promising, but I don't know how well it would sync with the TROG bar. PI has also claimed to integrate GTD functionality into their app. Has anyone tried it? They have a utility called "WDS" which will apparently sync PI with outlook via Wifi:
Thanks
- To configure Outlook on my Windows desktop with the TRO
functionality (using the TROG bar, or other add-ins, to fully
utilize the TRO system) - To mimic this same configuration and functionality, to the extent possible, on my Android phone.
- To be able to sync all of this added TRO functionality bidirectionally, from my desktop to my phone, "without" syncing online or through the cloud.
Smartphone: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). HTC Vivid
A little more background and detail: I was a Windows Mobile user for over a decade (I had the first WindowsCE PDAs before they were integrated into phones.) I was also using Outlook back in 96 before it was even called Outlook (it was called Schedule+). After seeing WinMo struggle unsuccessfully to make up lost market share to iPhone and Android, I finally gave up and replaced my WinMo 6.5 smartphone with an Android phone. There is simply much more support for Android and iPhone out there than there is for WinMo, Blackberry or WebOS.
The one thing I that I did always like about WinMo was its seamless synchronization with Windows desktop apps; including all of the Outlook items; email, calendar, contacts, tasks and notes, plus the other Office apps including OneNote, Word and Excel...DIRECTLY via USB cable from the device to desktop, without having to go through "the Cloud".
For some good legitimate reasons, I simply do not want to put or sync any of my data "online" or through "the cloud". I do not want to use "google online" apps. I do not want to use Toodledo. I want to find a combination of apps for my desktop and Android that will allow me to sync directly via USB, WiFi or Bluetooth.
I do not want to use "Touchdown", because it requires Exchange server. Likewise, I do not want to use Chromatic Dragon sync because it requires online sync.
Will the DejaOffice/CompanionLink combination be a good solution for me? What are the shortcomings of it? Will it sync with the TROG bar?
http://www.companionlink.com/android/outlook/
http://www.dejaoffice.com/
"Pocket Informant 2.0" (currently in public beta), looks promising, but I don't know how well it would sync with the TROG bar. PI has also claimed to integrate GTD functionality into their app. Has anyone tried it? They have a utility called "WDS" which will apparently sync PI with outlook via Wifi:
http://www.pocketinformant.com/Forums/index.php?showtopic=21224If it turns out that I have to switch back to WinMo (version 7 or higher), or iPhone, then I guess that's what it will take, but I can't believe that with Android being the current market leader in smartphones, that no one has developed a good solution for it.
http://download.pocketinformant.com/PIIP/WDS/WebIS_Desktop_2.0_OutlookSync_Setup.zip
Thanks
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