After awhile to get used to my mobile phone and the strange way it syncs to
Outlook I hit some problems.

Numbers in outlook are county, region and number
The phone can't handle the +1, +44 and +49 so I have to edit them.
My outlook contacts are grouped into several sub folders which the phone's
software ignores but the Rex picks up and I have no way of selecting which
groups to include. The phone has no search for name option and needs to
scroll through all the numbers. This takes forever!
Notes for each contact - like short directions - are picked up by the Rex
but the mobile phone only allows 250 characters.

I have a number of notes in Outlook that I use on the Rex for information.
Some are personal (like policy numbers, account numbers) some are look ups
like metric to imperial conversions, remote access instructions for my
answer phone, prices lists, wanted book lists etc.

The mobile phone has a limit of 250 characters for notes and a very small
amount of memory for the total storage of them. There is no information on
the restrictions in the handbook or on the web site.

So I am continuing to carry the Rex, at least until I can't sync anymore or
I find acceptable work arounds to the contacts and notes on the mobile
phone. The Rex 6000 is faster to enter new appointments (but even that is
too slow) than the mobile phone.

I am looking to upgrade to Office 2007 a second hand XP laptop I have just
got and may sell my old Win98 laptop. I will be getting a Vista mini-PC in
the next couple of months.

Gerald


-----Original Message-----
From: ultraminiature
Sent: 10 February 2007 14:48

I still carry my Rex6000 around with me, but a new mobile phone that
syncs to Outlook with a 3.2Mp camera built in means that instead of
phone + camera + MP3 player + FM radio + Rex I only need one device
and with 2Gb storage a big step up from the previous devices.

I am looking to change my Win98 laptop and hence get WinXp. I do not
know if the Rex 6000 will work with XP. My desktop will mirgrate from
XP soon and the new hardware lacks a serial port. Can the Rex sync
with Office 2007?

The Rex has been so useful over the past 6 or so years but maybe it
has run out against the struggle to keep it working with new hardware
and software.

Gerald