Mobile phone/PDA combo that will sync with Ubuntu.

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david Wrote: 
> 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
> 
> 
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If you are syncing over USB, you will need to add the vendor and
deviceID for unknown devices to a gnome-pilot file.  That'll probably
get your Clié and Zire syncing.


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