Re: (OT) Looking for Cell Phone/PDA Recommendations
On Wednesday 23 May 2007 5:48:13 pm Kevin Kempter wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 May 2007 5:37:20 pm Mark Phillips wrote:
> > I need to buy a cell phone/pda, and I am looking at the T-Mobile Dash (
> > http://www.geek.com/hwswrev/pda/dash/index.htm). However, I use Debian,
> > KDE/Gnome and Kontact, so the Windows Mobile OS is not very appealing.
> >
> > 1. Is there a way to synchronize my Kontact contacts, calendar, email,
> > etc. with Windows Mobile devices?
> >
> > 2. If not, any recommendations for a phone/pda that will synchronize with
> > Kontact?
> >
> > In addition, I would like to have:
> > * 1.3-2 megapixel camera
> > * wireless ear piece
> > * ability to locally download Java Midlets that I create
> > * compatible with US T-Mobile network
> > * QWERTY keyboard or touchscreen keyboard
> >
> > Having a native Linux OS would be cool - I can imagine an ssh session
> > from an xterm to a remote server.....(Sorry, got carried away!)
> >
> > Am I asking too much? ;-)
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions you may have!
> >
> > Mark
>
> I use the treo680 and it worked with kpilot until I moved to Fedora to be
> in sync with redhat (or close) for a client.
> kpilot worked initially but
> after one of the updated Fedora decided to remove kpilot due to a
Should read:
kpilot worked initially but
after one of the updates Fedora decided to remove kpilot due to a
> dependancy with some stupid gnome package and gnome won. I've since tried
> to compile from source to get kpilot back but ran into too many
> dependancies and have little time to mess with it.
>
> The treo will ship appointments , contacts and other files to my laptop via
> bluetooth as well.
>
> Note: with the treo680 & the usb sync cable I had to start the sync, then
> go to the settings and change something (I dont think it mattered what - I
> always changed the connection speed) once I hit ok then the sync would run
>
> personally I would rather go back to a date-timer with pencil & paper
> before purchasing any sort of windows device.
>
> hope this helps
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