As far as I'm concerned, 'the next big thing' had better be the Vista compatible software suite they should have released six months ago.
I love me some Vista, but if I had known that two of my most used apps (namely Divx and SE Phone Suite) weren't yet fully (or at all, in SE's case) compatible with the new OS, I very well might have put off the upgrade until both were. I understand (somewhat) about the holdup for Divx, but what excuse could a major company like SE have for this sort of delay? To add insult to injury, they are the only major phone manufacturer that seems to be having a hard time porting their software. I love my W810i, but I was not happy when I was basically told by SE tech support "sorry, if you need PIM integration etc, your best bet is a 3rd party app until at least Q2."
SE Phone Suite is shit and has never worked for me, ever. I reccomend just ignoring it entirely and treating your phone and phone memory card as USB drives, and dragging and dropping your files. Much easier, that's the way it should have always been.
I felt the same way when using it with my Z520, but when I kicked up to the W810i, everything seemed to work the way it was supposed to. That is, until I upgraded to Vista, and tried to install the phone suite.
Tech support confirmed for me over the phone this afternoon that the Vista compatible version is indeed coming out 'very soon' as in 'a matter of weeks,' so I guess I will just wait and see. There are lots of third party apps out there, so if I have to go that route, at least I'll have lots of options. If it wasn't for the massive amounts of contact and calendar info I transfer between my phone and PC, I wouldn't bother, but when my phone and software worked the way they were supposed to, keeping track of my schedule and business/school contacts was so much easier.
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As far as I'm concerned, 'the next big thing' had better be the Vista compatible software suite they should have released six months ago.
I love me some Vista, but if I had known that two of my most used apps (namely Divx and SE Phone Suite) weren't yet fully (or at all, in SE's case) compatible with the new OS, I very well might have put off the upgrade until both were. I understand (somewhat) about the holdup for Divx, but what excuse could a major company like SE have for this sort of delay? To add insult to injury, they are the only major phone manufacturer that seems to be having a hard time porting their software. I love my W810i, but I was not happy when I was basically told by SE tech support "sorry, if you need PIM integration etc, your best bet is a 3rd party app until at least Q2."
SE Phone Suite is shit and has never worked for me, ever. I reccomend just ignoring it entirely and treating your phone and phone memory card as USB drives, and dragging and dropping your files. Much easier, that's the way it should have always been.
I felt the same way when using it with my Z520, but when I kicked up to the W810i, everything seemed to work the way it was supposed to. That is, until I upgraded to Vista, and tried to install the phone suite.
Tech support confirmed for me over the phone this afternoon that the Vista compatible version is indeed coming out 'very soon' as in 'a matter of weeks,' so I guess I will just wait and see. There are lots of third party apps out there, so if I have to go that route, at least I'll have lots of options. If it wasn't for the massive amounts of contact and calendar info I transfer between my phone and PC, I wouldn't bother, but when my phone and software worked the way they were supposed to, keeping track of my schedule and business/school contacts was so much easier.