Networking and Exchange Setup
Connecting to Verizon’s wireless internet link: user=<phonenumber>@vzw3g.com, pwd=vzw
Activating phone: call *228
WirelessSync is not needed to sync directly to Exchange Server, just use ActiveSync.
ActiveSync settings can be configured on the PC with the device connected via USB (or possibly Bluetooth). The interface is better on the PC.
Motorola HS850 headset pairing code is 0000. Some forum claims that the headset has crappy sound on the Treo 700w.
Scot Rose, scotr@microsoft.com, 980-776-8726 helped get Exchange Server 2003 with SP2 configured for ActiveSync. Issue was oma (Outlook mobile access) doesn’t work over an SSL connection. KB817379 explains how to clone the /Exchange virtual directory to create a copy that can be accessed only by the local machine (via an IP restriction) and which does not require SSL.
Verizon wireless data support group: 866-788-9387. Case # 1003333828 and # 1003334736. Assisted in experimenting with vtext.com configuration. Created an alias for default phone text message address. Interesting experimental result: When an e-mail was sent from a Verizon Blackberry to my tone@kizmet.org e-mail account, it arrived only on the phone and not on the Exchange server.
Initially ended up with duplicate calendar entries after using PC sync and then switching to Exchange sync. Tried manually deleting them but that’s a non-starter. Did a hard reset of the phone (hold power on button while simultaneously pressing soft reset button under the battery compartment lid). After a hard reset, the phone had to be re-activated and all user settings had to be restored, including internet connection (My ISP settings).
Microsoft claims that until Verizon rolls out new phone firmware that includes MSFP (Messaging and Sercurity Feature Pack), true Exchange push won’t work.
Built a simple Smart Phone 5.0 .NET 2.0 device application and deployed it to the phone. There’s 25.5 MB total of program space, 18.5 used, 7 MB free. The toy app was only 6KB so maybe that’s enough to do something with. Still seems very modest.
I have a 1GB SanDisk SD card in the phone. Programs installed on the SD card appear to crash immediately after restarting the phone when the app was running when the phone was turned off (quick red button tap).