Mobile phone/PDA combo that will sync with Ubuntu.

[david]

On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 04:52, Daryn Hanright wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2005 at 02:29:55AM +0100, Brian Durant wrote:
> > I am looking for a new phone/PDA combo that will sync
> > e-mails, docs, etc with Ubuntu, but also has the usual
> > bells and whistles i.e. Bluetooth, GPRS, Infrared,
> > WAP, Dual/Triple band. I don't care about 3G though.
> > Something like the SonyEricsson P800 that I have now
> > would be nice :-) Any suggestions?
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Brian
> > 
> 
> I'd recommend the Palm Treo 650 too when its widely available.
> 
> You'll see from my site listed in my sig (http://www.planetnz.com/palmheads)
> I've got a site all about integrating Palm's with Linux etc. My Palm is a
> Tungsten W (no longer made), and the Treo 650 is orders of magnitude better. I
> currently (obviously) also use ubuntu, and have no issues synching. I've got
> mine working with Bluetooth thanks to a SD bluetooth card which also is no
> longer produced. The Tungsten W is a good 2+ years old.
> 
> Only issue would be pilot-link, the toolset that Evolution, J-Pilot etc use for
> synching. Understandably there is a delay sometimes between new devices being
> released, & pilot-link being able to support them. 
> 
> Apart from that, Palm's & Linux work great together!
> 
> cheers
> Daryn 

I have  a Sony Clie NR70V (it runs Palm) and it WILL NOT sync with
anything other than Windows. I also have a Palm Zire that syncs with
Mandrake 10 and nothing else.
Palm's are NO guarantee of interoperability.

As an aside, it's this sort of patchy Linux support that makes using
Linux a serious pain in the rear. Nigh on £300 I've effectively thrown
down the toilet buying hardware that "should work with Linux" only to
find it absolutely doesn't.

David