How to connect PDA (Windows Mobile device) with Windows 7 and sync contacts, calendar

I installed Windows 7 beta on my desktop. It appeared to be much better than Windows Vista which lived for 2 weeks only on my PC. However I was still disappointed by the speed as well as many other things.

I was particularly interested to see Microsoft's Windows Mobile device support. I was expecting to plug-in my PDA without installing any software, but after connecting my AT&T Tilt all I got was an error that my device wasn't recognized.

A little bit disappointed I went to the Start menu and tried to type "Windows Mobile", but found nothing!!!

It appeared that Windows Mobile Device Center needs to be downloaded and installed. Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 is only compatible with Windows Vista and Windows 7; if you run Windows XP or earlier, you have to download Microsoft ActiveSync. Windows Mobile Device Center supports Windows Mobile 2003, 2003 SE, 5.0, 6.0, 6.1, 6.5, Windows Embedded CE 6.0. It won't work with Windows Embedded CE 4.2 or 5.0, Pocket PC 2002, or Smartphone 2002 devices.

You also need Microsoft Outlook 2002, 2003 or 2007 to sync your e-mail, contacts, tasks, and notes from your computer.

Download Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1 from Microsoft web-site:
32-bit version | 64-bit version


Although I was able to sync my contacts and calendar with Outlook, I didn't manage to access Internet from my Windows Mobile device when connected to Windows 7, although it worked just fine in Windows XP.