Mobile phone/PDA combo that will sync with Ubuntu.

[Brian Durant]

 --- nocturn <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> skrev: 
> 
> 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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> >
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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.

I just got inspired by this little sidebar discussion.
I can't transfer contacts or anything from my P800 to
Ubuntu Warty at this point (no Windows boot and the
Lin alternatives mean basically you have to be a guru
and jump through hoops), so I beamed all of my
contacts from the P800 over to my Handspring Visor. I
tried to get started with gnome pilot, but the Visor
didn't register when I pressed the HotSync button on
the USB cradle. I am pretty sure that the cradle is at
ttyUSB0, but maybe I need to do something with the
vendor and deviceID as well? What do I do and where to
get the HotSync working?

Cheers,

Brian