Date fields do not show Dropdown Calendar in Windows Mobile 6

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adhingra - 26 Dec 2007 22:12 GMT

I recently purchased a smarphone that came pre-bunded with Windows Mobile 6
Standard and thus it has Outlook Mobile as its PIM.

I have this basic question that I am trying to get answered since the last 2
weeks :)

The Date fields (for example Due Date in Tasks) that appear when u either
try to create a task or create a new appointment does not show a drop down
calendar. That means if your are setting something which is far off you need
to know exactly what that date is.

These fields are just text fields now. Earlier the dropdown calendar feature
was there in Pocket PCs. I have a Toshiba PDA with Pocket PC 2002 and there
the feature of drop down calendar works perfectly.

What is the point of a task and calendar system that does not let me see
future and back dates when scheduling something.

What am I missing here?????

Thanks in advance

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Beverly Howard [Ms-MVP/MobileDev] - 26 Dec 2007 22:22 GMT

make/model of the device would help... i.e. is it a smartphone or a
pocketpc (smartphones don't have a touchscreen)

if it is a smartphone, suggest reposting at
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.smartphone

Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

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adhingra - 27 Dec 2007 16:28 GMT

The model is Samsung BlackJack II (i617) from AT&T. It is a smartphone. I
also posted the same question in the smartphone section.

Although I wonder what does this has to do with hardware......Windows Mobile
6 is the OS and Outlook Mobile 6 is the application running on it. Or is it
that platform vendros like Samsung can tweak the settings of outlook. My
understanding is that these applications are etched in the ROM.

This is like saying Desktop Outlook will behave differently on Intel and AMD.

Thanks

> make/model of the device would help... i.e. is it a smartphone or a
> pocketpc (smartphones don't have a touchscreen)
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> Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]

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Sven - 27 Dec 2007 18:39 GMT

You are missing that you have a different OS. You have WM Standard, a
Smartphone OS, not WM Proffessional or Classic, as would be on a PPC like
your Toshiba.

The PDA version of the OS still has the calendar that opens, so you can
click forward and back on months and select a date....with your stylus. It
wouldn't be impossible to navigate the pop-up calendar with the keys
available on many new smartphones that have full key-pads, arow keys, etc,
but the OS is designed to work on even those phones that only have the
traditional phone pad. You could open the calendar and find the date and
switch back to tasks to enter it. The system multitasks just like your PDA.
The easy way to do this is, if you have the program bar on the home display
is open tasks and calendar. Go to tasks from the home display program bar,
get to the date entry field you want, then hit the home buton, and select
calendar off the program bar, find the date you want, hit home, select tasks
and you will be back in tasks at the same field you were, to type in the
date. Sounds a bit awkward, but it's not to bad after a time or two. I know
it isn't the same as a date picker right in the field, but that is about as
good as it gets with the native apps. Guess that sort of implies there are
options. Not sure as I'm not much of a Smartphone user, and use tasks even
less. Don't think Papyrus at www.sbsh.net helps entry much, but you might
check out the trial. Somebody else might post other options.

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MS MVP Mobile Devices

>I recently purchased a smarphone that came pre-bunded with Windows Mobile 6
> Standard and thus it has Outlook Mobile as its PIM.
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> Thanks in advance

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adhingra - 27 Dec 2007 21:39 GMT

Thanks Sven

I am anyway doing something like what you suggested. I have SBSH Facade
installed on my machine and I will try Papyrus too.

Although I tend to disagree with the theory that this limitation is because
of compatibility with older phones. All phones that have a address book have
arrow keys (atleast my 5 year old Motorol T720 has it too).

Also Microsoft should publish guidelines for phone vendors to pick up the
right OS for their advance device and somewhere on mirosoft site there should
be a compare grid that should list these differences.

The new qwerty phones (samsuns et all) are priced at about 400$ and these
products better have nicer functionality for this price.

And here's a funny side note: The only reason I bought this phone because
Widnows Vista will not sync with any device that has Pcoket PC version less
than 2003. My toshiba has PPC 2002. A perfectly running PDA stopped syncing
when I upgraded to Vista.

So if the new OS from Microsoft does not need to be compatible with their
own PPC version, why would Microsoft bother to be compatible with Old phones

:=)

Once again thanks though, atleast your answer confirmed that I was not
missing something.

> You are missing that you have a different OS. You have WM Standard, a
> Smartphone OS, not WM Proffessional or Classic, as would be on a PPC like
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> > Thanks in advance

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