Re: [Evolution] Reliable Palm device?

[Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee gmail com>]

On Sun, 2009-10-18 at 21:53 -0700, Simon Roberts wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Ng Oon-Ee <ngoonee gmail com>
> > To: Christopher M Bailey <Chris ChrisBailey au com>
> > Cc: Simon Roberts <thorpflyer yahoo com>; Evolution e-list <evolution-list gnome org>
> > Sent: Sun, October 18, 2009 3:57:11 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Evolution] Reliable Palm device?
> >
> > On Sun, 2009-10-18 at 18:54 +1100, Christopher M Bailey wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2009-10-17 at 22:50 -0700, Simon Roberts wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I've never had great luck with palm devices and Evolution. Partly, perhaps, 
> > because I'm using versions that come with distros (usually either SuSE or 
> > Ubuntu) and they're never "the latest".
> > > > Anyway, my girlfriend has been clinging to windows because of my inability 
> > to make Linux behave properly with her palm, but now her palm has died. So, I 
> > figure maybe now is the time to influence her purchase and try to get her to buy 
> > one that is known to be rock solid with Evolution (including "not the latest" 
> > versions).
> > > > What should she get? She doesn't need a fancy one, and doesn't want to spend 
> > a bunch on it. But it must be reliable, and must work 100% with Linux.
> > > > Indeed, is this the right list, or should I direct this question elsewhere?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > Simon
> > > >
> > > >  "You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether 
> > a man is wise by his questions." â Naguib Mahfouz
> > > If you want something solid with Linux, would a net book do the job? Or
> > > are you looking more at a smart phone?
> >
> > Considering this is the evo-list... The only 100% reliable palm
> > synchronization app I've found on Linux is J-Pilot (honest response,
> > don't flame please). Evo syncs well enough, but data goes missing
> > (birthdays and addresses mainly).
> >
> > The type of Palm shouldn't really matter, you're going to be getting an
> > OS5 anyway (unless you're looking at the Palm Pre and up, with WebOS,
> > then its a totally different ballgame, no Linux sync yet I believe).
> >
> > What I do is use JPilot to sync, and I have my own script which I run
> > from time to time to export an address book to Evo. Not the best of
> > solutions, but it works for me. Also I don't sync calendars...
>
> Ah, yeah, I use JPilot myself, but she needs calendars as well as address book,, and is accustomed to 
> running those in the same app as mail. Might be able to work on the accustomed style thing, but we'll see.
>
> Thanks,
> Simon
I'm not sure what the export options are for j-pilot, but I believe it
shouldn't be hard to dump the j-pilot calendar in the same way as the
contact database.

If you're using the newer Contacts type database, jpilot 1.6.2 doesn't
support dumping it to a script, I submitted a patch for that but there's
no new version yet. Ask on the jpilot list if you're interested in that.