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I am interested. I use Outlook because it keeps my email calendar and contacts integrated, and because I can sync the latter two to my Android phone and tablet using the add-on AKRuto (paid for). But, I am on Outlook 2010 so at some stage I will need to change, and I have no need to pay for a Microsoft 365 subscription. Email sync is not a problem because I use IMAP on my own domain, which does not use a Microsoft back end.
So – I assume Thunderbird can import my contacts (1000+) and calendar from the Outlook pst file. Can it?
Most importantly, is there a way, add on or otherwise, for Thunderbird to sync contacts and calendar to my phone and tablet? I do not use Google calendar – just the native calendar.
Thoughts from experienced users wold be much appreciated!
Chris
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Not only there. In the UK today, there is an an announcement that all train ticket offices will be closed and all tickets will have to be bought online or on your smartphone. (In the UK, very large numbers of people commute or travel by train). As for the estimated 3 million people who either do not have smartphones (elderly, poor) or do not have decent broadband at their homes – well, tough. We need to get the infrastructure truly ubiquitous before we do that kind of a thing, not use such moves to try to force progress that has other reasons for not happening.
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It remains the case, in the UK at least, that many financial institutions will only use text messages as their second factor. That presents a problem if you lack mobile signal in the home. I have found some of them extremely unhelpful in solving that problem, and even sometimes insisting (erroneously) that the financial regulator insists they use text messaging despite its relative insecurity.
Chris
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I recently ran an experiment of working entirely without my PC for 2+ months. It was involuntary, sine I had damaged my back and was limited to lying fairly flat in a recliner and I was totally reliant on my Galaxy Tab.
Firstly, I could not have survived and carried on my normal activities without that Tab – it was brilliant. However, there are things that a tablet cannot do, and the problems I had (which broadly mirror Susan’s comments) were as follows:
1 I desperately missed a keyboard. The onscreen keyboard on the Tab was good, but I was slower typing on it and made far more mistakes.
2 I missed the automation that I had built into Outlook, which the Tab did not have. I am talking of circulation lists, personalised shortcuts and filing automation.
3 I was cut out from legacy software. The most important was Quicken, that I use to manage my finances. Sorting that mess out when I got back to my PC was not exactly fun.
4 Dual large screens. Invaluable.
5 A full copy of Excel and Word. The cut down versions on the Tab were restrictive.
Finally, a friend of mine runs everything from his iPad, and I notice there are quite a lot of utilities that I have on my PC that he does not have (e.g. pdf writers).
My conclusion is that, much though I use and like tablets and phones, especially when I am travelling, I would not give up my PC at present under any circumstances.
Chris
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My issue appears to be solved.
I came back after a trip on 1 May to find Dell offering a new BIOS update v1.1.23 (they do not normally update the BIOS so often). After installing the update the problem stopped and has not recurred in the week that has passed since. I had always suspected that BIOS v1.1.22 was the problem and this update appears to confirm that suspicion.
Thanks to those who tried to help with the problem
This also goes to show that, sometimes, good things come to those who just sit back and do nothing!
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