Missing Sync for Windows Mobile beta allows syncing without Flight Mode

Yup, I agree. I despise Windows mobile and I will auction my Cingular 8525 tomorrow. I will choose the Blackberry Pearl as well. I have the data plan and find that it's not seemless to tether the phone for a 3G data connection for the MacBook. I would prefer a USB broadband card in lieu of tethering. I haven't done too much research, but I know Cingular does not sell a solution so I may look for a separate carrier for my data needs.

From what I've heard from people at work, Windows Mobile 4 was much better than 5. I have to reset my phone at least once a week and it freezes on incoming calls quite often. It's even dropped incoming text messages so that I never recieve them. Hopefully Windows Mobile 6 fixes these problems, as I'm going to need a Windows based phone for my job.

#6: Crappy software. The device is incredible - but Windows Mobile is terrible. It crashes on incoming phone calls, yet *un-crashes* when the call ends and the caller leaves a voicemail. Some dialogs don't offer cancel/exit options, forcing you to proceed. The camera/messaging software is horribly designed and stuck somewhere in 2003... the whole Windows Mobile experience has just been a joke.

And I've wiped this phone clean 3 times since I bought it in November. Statistically speaking, that's about 300% more often than I've ever had to wipe a Windows PC.

After playing with a friend's Pearl, however, I also realized how much farther along in terms of functionality and experience BlackBerry is than Windows Mobile. The dedicated Gmail client for BlackBerry that works with Google Apps for Your Domain or just a standard Gmail address certainly didn't hurt either.

The BlackBerry OS is just a better experience, and I'm sure the fact that BlackBerry is both an OS and a hardware company - not much unlike Apple - doesn't hurt things either.

So what made you slowly hate your blackjack?

I guess I'm jumping in here with a "me too" post but I've been syncing my Cingular 2125 smartphone over bluetooth for a couple months now and not once did I switch over to flight mode (or even know that I was to switch over).

Same as Steve Platz, I've been syncing forever with my Q and Mac using Missing Sync and never once have turned off the phone radio or gone into flight mode to sync via Bluetooth.

I had a slew of problems with Missing Sync for my Treo. I can't imagine how many issues a Mark/Space beat product will cause.

I've been syncing without turning on flight mode since I got my phone last May. I didn't realize this was an issue...

Where is the Nokia support, how can I sync my E70?