Re: [Evolution] Can I sync the Sharp Zaurus with Evolution?

[Jim Meyer <purp acm org>]

On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 08:51, Rupert Heesom wrote:
> Being a Linux guy, I bought the Zaurus PDA.  However it's not clear to
> me whether I can sync the Zaurus with Evolution.
>
> Does the Pilot conduit only work with Palm Pilot PDAs or with PDA
> generally?  If only with the Palms, I'm surprised that a Linux PDA is
> not supported in Evolution!!

I, too, bought a Zaurus before I fully understood the issues involved;
it's largely because of the fact that the Zaurus is a Linux box and not
a PalmOS device that the sync'g system built up around Palm's standards
doesn't work for the Zaurus. Now it's on my list of spare-time projects
to work out a proper sync mechanism for Zaurus to Evo and back. Realize
that even though it's at the top of my spare-time pile, it'll be months
before I have the time to read enough code to get anywhere interesting.

Meanwhile, there are a number of people who've worked out rudimentary
scripts that munge the files between the two and work it all out; you
might try searching Sourceforge and/or Freshmeat for "Zaurus". If you
turn up something interesting, please inform the list as this question
pops up about once per month. When last I looked the available products
were all still heavy alpha and not useful enough that I felt I could
rely upon them. =\

Cheers!

--j
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Jim Meyer, Geek at Large                                    purp acm org