Description of Windows Mobile Device Center

Microsoft Windows Mobile Device Center is a new application that you can use together with Windows Vista. Windows Mobile Device Center offers device management features. Additionally, Windows Mobile Device Center lets you synchronize data between a Windows Mobile-based device and a computer.

You cannot install or run Microsoft ActiveSync on Windows Vista. However, the features that are available in ActiveSync on Microsoft Windows XP and on earlier versions of Windows are available in Windows Mobile Device Center on Windows Vista. You can use these features to set up your desktop partnership and to synchronize a device and a computer. These features include some device management features that are available together with other Microsoft applications.

You can use Windows Mobile Device Center together with computers that are running Windows Vista. Additionally, you can use Windows Mobile Device Center together with Windows Mobile-based devices that are running Windows Mobile 2003 or a later version of Windows Mobile. Windows Mobile Device Center includes the following features:

• Streamlined setup
  Windows Mobile Device Center has a new, simplified partnership wizard and has improved partnership management.
• Robust synchronization
  Windows Mobile Device Center synchronizes the following business-critical data:
  • E-mail
  • Calendars
  • Contacts
  • Tasks
  • Favorites
  • Files
• Photo management
  The photo management feature helps you detect new photos on a Windows Mobile-based device. Then, this feature helps you tag the photos and import the photos to the Windows Vista Photo Gallery.
• Media synchronization
  You can use Microsoft Windows Media Player to synchronize music files and to shuffle music files on a Windows Mobile-based device.
• File browsing
  A new device browsing experience lets you quickly browse files and folders. Additionally, you can open documents that are on a Windows Mobile-based device directly from a computer.
• Enhanced user interface
  Windows Mobile Device Center has a simple user interface that helps you quickly access critical tasks and configure a Windows Mobile-based device.
  
  For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:
  Windows Mobile Device Center
  http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/devicecenter.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/devicecenter.mspx)
  
  Windows Mobile Device Center troubleshooting guide
  http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/devicecenter/troubleshooting.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/devicecenter/troubleshooting.mspx)