Best mobile phone for Linux?

[Neil McLeod]

Thanks for the replies!

Just like Derek, I'm not looking for much beyond good calendar
synchronization. And it looks like Bluetooth might be too much of a fuss for
the moment, so I'll forget about that. Perhaps removing these constraints
open up some (Verizon-compatible) options?

Chris

On 6/6/06, Henk Postma <henkpm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Neil,
>
> On 6/5/06, Juergen Starek <quiterigorouslyfilteredusenetaccount at gmx.de>
> wrote:
> > Neil McLeod schrieb:
> >
> > > I'm buying a new cell phone [...]
> > >
> > > -Easy calendar synchronization (I use KOrganizer)
> > > -Easy PIM synchronization with Bluetooth
> > > (The below are not Linux specific, but thought I'd include them
> anyway:)
> > > -Long battery life
> > > -Audible/repeating alarms (I'm absent-minded and need good reminders)
> >
> > Look at Handspring's Treo series (IIRC, the company has been bought by
> > Palm source meanwhile).
>
> I second the suggestion for the Treo. I have a treo 650 that syncs the
> addressbook, calendar etc with linux over bluetooth (I've used it
> since breezy, now using dapper). Bluetooth setup was not that hard. I
> use a  D-Link DBT-120 USB adapter to sync it. The adapter was
> recognized upon plugin and the correct modules were loaded
> automatically. To set everything up, I used these pages:
>
> http://www.harbaum.org/till/palm/bluetooth/index.html
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8185
>
> Basically you set up your bluetooth connection as a network connection
> and do a network sync. The port or device name is net:any, this took
> me some time to figure out.
>
> I use Jpilot, and syncing works flawlessly. The last time I tried
> evolution (a few weeks ago with a then up to date dapper), only
> uncategorized entries were synced. Korganizer syncing worked find when
> I used it in breezy half a year ago.
>
> You may want to try a more basic phone, but the treo works well.
>
> Good luck, and let us know what you bought and if it works well. I
> wouldn't be surprised if there is some list with linux compatible
> phones
>
> hth, Henk Postma
>
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