Re: Proposed module: conduit

[Dave Neary <bolsh gnome org>]

Hi,

Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 11:24 +0200, Murray Cumming wrote:
> <snip>
>> Also, shouldn't this be integrated into particular applications?
>> Shouldn't Evolution have a sync menu item, replacing it's current awful
>> gnome-pilot synchronization feature.
> 
> It might be awful but it's working.

Given that I've never managed to get sync working with my new phone, I
thought I'd give this a try again & give a return on experience...

When I plug my phone over USB, FSpot starts & offers to import photos
from the phone.

Skip that... start Evo and try & do a sync.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bolsh/2713756602/in/photostream/

GNOME Pilot starts up a wizard, detecting that this is the first time
I'm setting up a sync source.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bolsh/2712943917/in/photostream/

I changed Cradle to Phone, and selected USB for sync. I guessed the
device would be usb:, but really I was surprised I needed to.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bolsh/2713756782/in/photostream/

I need to configure an owner name & PDA ID? I have no idea what these
are for... Oh, well, assume sensible defaults...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bolsh/2713756836/in/photostream/

I have no HotSync button, my phone is plugged in, but undetected, and
there is no way to complete the registration of the sync source.

Am I doing something wrong, running an unsupported phone (is there a
list), or does this stuff just not work as well as I'd have hoped?

I'm all for thinking positive, but the uniform feedback I've had when
talking to people is that syncing smartphones on Linux needs a lot of work.

Cheers,
Dave.

-- 
Dave Neary
GNOME Foundation member
bolsh gnome org