Mobile phone/PDA combo that will sync with Ubuntu.

[david]

On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 07:17, Daryn Hanright wrote:
> > 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
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> Hey David, if you haven't already I'd ask some questions on the pilot-link.org
> mailing list. Am pretty sure the Sony Clie NR70V & the Palm Zire should work, no
> matter what Linux distribution you use. The only people who have problems
> synching normally are the ones with the newer devices. As long as your kernel is
> recent, and pilot-link is near to the latest, everything should be cool. I've
> been using Palms with Linux since about 1999/2000 & pilot-link is supurb.
> 

As I have come to realise. USB stands for Universally Stubborn Bastard.

David