advantage and disadvantage
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T-Mobile's Pocket PC Phone Edition is my current Pocket PC of choice. After using it for several months, I believe it is the ideal information and communications assistant. In the six years that I have been using handhelds with Microsoft's software, the T-Mobile is the first device I've had that makes nearly everyone I show it to want one for himself or herself.
I don't consider myself a heavy mobile phone user, which makes me an ideal candidate for a Phone Edition device. However, I do find myself making more calls with my T-Mobile Pocket PC simply because it is so easy to use. Before I got one, I would open Contacts on my Pocket PC, look up a contact name and phone number, and then reach for my phone to dial the number. Now I start Contacts on the T-Mobile, find the contact name, and tap on the phone number. Everyone can see the value of having their entire contacts list integrated with a phone.
While making phone calls is straightforward, I have found that it takes a bit more work to take full advantage of the Pocket PC Phone Edition's data communication capabilities. In this column I will share with you what I have learned so you can take better advantage of your own Phone Edition device...