Okay,
I have a few questions before I try this out.
1: Does the Touch
Pro 2
work yet? I don't want to waste my time. It's not listed on as either
working
or not working in that stickied devices list post.
2: Can I
use this
to share files with others? For example- if I have a picture my wife
needs to
print out, could I add it to the Mesh and she would then have access
to it?
And if that is the case, would I have to give her my email address and
password? And getting past that, would she then have access to
everything in
my Mesh? Or is there a way to make a "family folder" and give everyone
in my
family access to that folder, and they continue to use their own
private Mesh,
tied to their own email address and password?
3: Assuming worse
case
scenario here, and I would have to give out my private email address
and
password in order to share a file, and then give access to my entire
Mesh- is
there a way I can request this to be changed in the final
version?
4: I
think you can see what I'm trying to accomplish here. Say I create
nice CD
label, but I don't have the nice printer installed. I would want to
put it in
a Mesh folder and have my wife access it and print it out. I would not
want my
wife, or anyone else, having my email address and password, and would
not want
them to have access to to my entire Mesh either. Is there another way
to
accomplish this or is Live Mesh the only hope?
5: It looks like
Skydrive might actually be pretty close to what I need. Are there any
plans to
merge the features of Skydrive with Mesh? And will there be a mobile
client
for Skydrive or whatever the new product would be called? And will it
work on
the Touch Pro 2 or only on future devices?
If what I am seeking
is not
in the works, please forward this to the correct department that would
consider requests.
Thank you.
Hello, SCK9.
I'll do my best to answer:
1. Not yet, though some people have
reported mixed
results with it workng.
2. Ignoring the mobile component, yes,
you can
share a Live Mesh folder. The invited person can have access via the
Live
Desktop (for their ID) or it can automatically sync with their PC using
the Live
Mesh client and their LiveID. You decide if they have read only righs or
if you
wish to fully share, meaning if she adds a file or deletes/changes a
file, that
reflects back to the Mesh on your devices.
3. Not an issue since you can share
with another
user. Never give out your password.
4. Live Mesh can do this. As can Live
Sync or even
simply uploading the file to SkyDrive and sending a link to the other
person,
sharing the folder.
5. Rumor has it that Live Sync and Live
Mesh will
merge. SkyDrive is a maybe, too, but I suspect less likely. There is a
mobile
client for Live Mesh today and the next version should work on the Touch
Pro 2
and other Windows Phone 6.5.x devices along with the current 6.x devices
and
future 7.0 devices. When that client will be released is unknown. Today
it has
problems on most of the 6.5 devices, but not all.
-steve
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