steven n fettig's Jitterin' Thoughts

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It's funny how easily I can change my mind on a given tech related topic or device. Two things happened in the past three days that made me fall for the Treo 650 all over again (I still really don't like the lack of WiFi and EVDO, but I have other ways around that...): 1) I dropped my PPC-6700 out of my shirt pocket by not paying attention while I was bending over and a fall of about 1 1/2 feet broke the joy-stick/navigation-stick. I didn't realize it until hours later, but found that without that part of the device working, using the PPC-6700 one handed is a joke. So, in preparation for using the Treo 650 again, I pulled out the OQO and went through the pains of setting up Outlook, ActiveSync and Palm Sync so that I could get all data that was on the PPC onto the Treo. Lo and behold, ActiveSync duplicated, tripled, and in some instances, quadrupled my contact list. There is absolutely no reason for this and to be honest it made me so mad I almost simply threw the PPC-6700 in the trash. How in the world can I use all Microsoft-made products (Outlook, ActiveSync and Windows Mobile 5) and get something as simple as my contacts completely mangled? (If there were some way of emphasizing my irritation, I would, but I'm trying to steer clear of expletives on this one.) I understand (don't accept, but I understand) when it happens trying to sync my Treo w/ my Mac using Missing Sync from Mark/Space - but because I am using a product developed by three different vendors. Microsoft had its hands on every aspect of the sync project I was undertaking and it still got mangled. Hence, we end up with 2) my turnaround when it comes to the Treo. It really is simplicity at its finest when melding a phone with an organizer. It is more ergonomic than the PPC-6700, it is easier to navigate than the PPC-6700 and it runs more programs that I find important. Plus, even with its drawbacks, it does a better job for a power user like myself - even with the lack of my hailed EVDO and WiFi. We'll see whether I change my mind again. At this point I'm not promising anything, but I've dropped my Treo countless times from greater heights than 1 1/2 feet and have never had this type of problem.