Re: Which Palms work well?

[Matt Davey <mcdavey mrao cam ac uk>]

As regards gnome-pilot support, I don't believe there are many models
with reported problems.  The Lifedrive is certainly one exception.  If
you identify a model you're interested in getting, try searching this
list's archives.

Many of the difficulties lie in problems on the desktop side that cause
problems for almost all devices.  To make sure you don't get hit by
those problems, look for a model that can support bluetooth or network
hotsync (bluetooth sync is supported by gnome-pilot since 2.0.16).

The other main type of problem is bugs and incompleteness in the
conduits.  For example, the Evolution conduits don't yet support syncing
of birthdays or photos in the addressbook.  If you get an old palm model
you won't have support for birthdays or photos in the addressbook
either, but I don't know if you'd consider that 'working better' with
gnome-pilot!

Matt

On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 20:20 +0200, Patric Schira wrote:
> Hi Jonathan,
> 
> not the newest model - but my Palm M515 works pretty well with
> gnome-pilot.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Patric
> 
> Am Donnerstag, den 12.06.2008, 17:56 +0100 schrieb Jonathan Ellis:
> > Hi,
> > I am thinking of buying a Palm. Is there a list of which ones work
> > well with Gnome-Pilot and which ones are reliable? I had a Palm III
> > ages ago but it was awful: when the non-rechargeable batteries ran out
> > it only gave a minute to replace them or you lost all data.
> > Now I am getting frustrated with my Windows Mobile PDA which crashes
> > and loses all its data often enough to be a pain. Also It is difficult
> > to sync Windows Mobile 3 devices to Linux at the moment - they are
> > working on it. So I am hoping to get a Palm in the hope it will be
> > more reliable and I can sync it more easily.
> > 
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Jonathan 
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> 
> 
> 
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