[ubuntu-uk] HTC Phone connecting to Ubuntu

[John Matthews]

On 25/05/10 15:56, Stephen Garton wrote:
> On 25 May 2010 15:50, John Matthews<jakewc2 at sky.com>  wrote:
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>> On 25/05/10 13:03, Simon Greenwood wrote:
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>> On 25 May 2010 12:44, John Matthews<jakewc2 at sky.com>  wrote:
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>>> I bought the HTC Desire phone this week, and I am wondering will it
>>> connect to Ubuntu?
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
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>> I would use Google sync tools with Evolution or Thunderbird and Lightning
>> for desktop, and possibly Songbird with FolderSync for music and photos and
>> things at the moment. The Desire's SD card will mount as a filesystem over
>> USB.
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>> Hi Everybody,
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>> thank you so much for your help. That worked, I was able to upload the pics
>> to my HD via the filesystem using the USB. It still means though that you
>> have to use windows for updates and things, yes?
>>
>> John
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> Android updates come over-the-air IIRC (I've rooted my HTC Magic and
> am running cyanogenmod instead of the deafault so I can't be 100% sure
> on the way it 'normally' works)
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Oh, ok, that is interesting. that makes it a lot easier to use then. 
Good phone though, I like it. much better than my iPhone a lot faster.

John

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