http://www.mobilemag.com/2012/01/04/windows-phone-marketing-about-to-get-200-million-booster-shot/ Gadgets, Smartphones, Android Tablets, iPhone, iPad and all the latest tech you'd expect. Sat, 25 May 2013 19:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.mobilemag.com/2012/01/04/windows-phone-marketing-about-to-get-200-million-booster-shot/#comment-51778 Anonymous Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:48:00 +0000 http://www.mobilemag.com/?p=126423#comment-51778 In all honesty, I didn't like the Cloud idea, but it really isn't that bad.  I can update a Word doc while on the bus, and by the time I get to my lab the info has been updated on my PC.  Direct sync to PC is supposedly coming in the next major update to Windows Phone (aka Apollo), thus allowing people to bypass the Cloud.  There are numerous posts about the disconnect between Outlook (PC version) and the how Windows Phone handles those functions (i.e. no Tasks, Notes, Categories, etc.).  This disconnect is really due to a problem with Outlook Connector (on the PC) and how Windows Live functions.  Essentially these incompatibilities resulted from a lack of planning when Microsoft set up their Cloud (too many teams not communicating?).  PC sync should restore all the functionality, increase security, and allow you to sync when the devices are not connected to a network (on an airplane, for instance).  It's ridiculous that Microsoft dropped this simple feature from Windows Phone, likely in an attempt to force people to the Cloud.  But hey, everyone's doing it now.  Still, I hope the rumors of direct to PC sync coming in the near future are true. In all honesty, I didn’t like the Cloud idea, but it really isn’t that bad.  I can update a Word doc while on the bus, and by the time I get to my lab the info has been updated on my PC.  Direct sync to PC is supposedly coming in the next major update to Windows Phone (aka Apollo), thus allowing people to bypass the Cloud.  There are numerous posts about the disconnect between Outlook (PC version) and the how Windows Phone handles those functions (i.e. no Tasks, Notes, Categories, etc.).  This disconnect is really due to a problem with Outlook Connector (on the PC) and how Windows Live functions.  Essentially these incompatibilities resulted from a lack of planning when Microsoft set up their Cloud (too many teams not communicating?).  PC sync should restore all the functionality, increase security, and allow you to sync when the devices are not connected to a network (on an airplane, for instance).  It’s ridiculous that Microsoft dropped this simple feature from Windows Phone, likely in an attempt to force people to the Cloud.  But hey, everyone’s doing it now.  Still, I hope the rumors of direct to PC sync coming in the near future are true.

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