newbie - advice required

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"Rob Wells" <user@btopenworld.com> wrote in
news 8ftk4$mfq$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com:

> Hi.
>
> I'm new to PDA's. My wife & I need to be able to sync a PDA device
> each to a copy of Outlook running on a single PC. Reading up on the
> subject I have become concerned that you have to "link" (forgive
> terminology) a PDA to a PC - can you link two PDA's to one PC so they
> can both sync? I also have no idea which models to buy. I've been
> looking at the Dell X30's but wonder whether a Palm device would be
> more cost effective - I worry they may not sync so well with Outlook
> though as the Windows models - am I right? All I'm after really is a
> PDA with the best Outlook replication. Any advice gratefully received.
>
> Rgds,
> RW.
>
>
>
You can sync two PDA's with the same Outlook oni one PC - I do that as I
have two iPaqs, one is a phone, the other a straight PDA, but I use them on
different occasions, and there is no harm done. HP Ipaqs all use Microsoft
Active Sync so the sync-ing is the same whatever the device.

As to which to buy - that is a question only you can answer, depending on
budget and requirements (and the extent these two overlap). Do you want it
to be a phone, WiFi enabled, bluetooth connectivity? Do you want it fast so
that it can play games? Just a basic address book and diary substitute?

all the best
Boris

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Boris is correct... you have to sync the same data... i.e. your address
list, calnedar and other pim data will be the same but "catagories" can
be put to good use to deal with this.

If you both change or update the same items when mobile, there will be
resolution issues, so keep separate notes.

The other cavaet is that only one device can be connected at a time.

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]