capabilities of Pocket Outlook on a Pocket PC or smartphone, according to the company.
(Click for larger view of PocketMirror screenshot)Pocket Mirror supports a number of Outlook synchronization features that ActiveSync does not (see chart below). It synchronizes multiple Outlook Contacts, Calendar, and Tasks folders with the corresponding Pocket Outlook applications running on a Windows Mobile device, and it synchronizes Outlook folders and categories on a PC with corresponding categories on the handheld device.
Comparison of PocketMirror with ActiveSync
| Synchronizes | PocketMirror | ActiveSync |
| Default folders in Outlook Contacts, Calendar, and Tasks | yes | yes |
| Multiple Outlook public folders | yes | no |
| Multiple Outlook subfolders | yes | no |
| Business Contacts folder in BCM | yes | no |
| Outlook folders with folder-like categories | yes | no |
| Outlook category with handheld category | yes | yes |
In short, with the new software, the Outlook files on a handheld look just as they do on a desktop or notebook computer, organized in the same fashion, according to Chapura. "Items in multiple folders on the desktop get transferred to the handheld in tact and into folder-like categories, not just dispersed among the items' assigned categories," the company explains. With PocketMirror Professional for Windows Mobile, "you won't be re-typing or re-organizing records on your handheld after synchronizing with Outlook."
PocketMirror "maintains the integrity" of Outlook folders and visually differentiates between folders created on the handheld device and folders that have been imported from a PC. It features an intuitive set-up regimen, accessible through Microsoft ActiveSync, and it supports selective synchronization to avoid overburdening the mobile device with PC folders that may not be required.
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