[nzlug] Cellphone compatibility

[Hadley Rich]

On Tuesday 31 October 2006 12:42, Vik Olliver wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-10-31 at 12:31 +1300, Stephen Judd wrote:
> > I'm in the market for a new phone. One that can sync with my PC for
> > contacts and appointment details. I'm happy for the phone to be
> > read-only so I'm not looking at integrated PDA phones like the Treo
> > etc.
> >
> > What low-end, locally available phone (Voda or Telecom, I'm not
> > particular) are you successfully synching with Linux and, say,
> > Evolution? (Or failing evolution, synching to/from the file system in
> > some parseable format).

GSM is cooler :) I use a Treo as well and it's not too bad at syncing. I use 
it with Konqueror in KDE.

When I had a Nokia it was more reliable using the "Export contacts to phone" 
option but didn't handle calendar entries or both-way syncing.

> I'm using a Treo 600 very happily. With the addition of a 1GB SD card it
> makes a neat MP3 player. The only drawback: It's not in itself a USB
> storage device.

There's a program called "Card Export" from memory that will turn the Treo 
into a USB mass storage device. I don't think it's free and you still need 
special Treo cable obviously but it may be of use.

> Look for the forthcoming Treo 680 q.v. as its improved replacement.

I quite like the Treo's and the 680 looks kinda cool (no aerial finally) 
but... I can't believe they are still crippling them with no WIFI. If they 
don't bring out a WIFI model by the time I go to get a new phone then I'll 
probably be moving away from them.

hads

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