Re: gnome-pilot and evolution on windows

[Matt Davey <mcdavey mrao cam ac uk>]

On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 10:17 +0000, Chris G wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 09:13:18AM +0100, Andreas Moroder wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I installed evolution for windows and would like to sync evolution with my 
> > Nokia N81. When I select the Sync menu evolution tells me that gnome-pilot 
> > is not installed.
> >
> > Is a windows version of gnome pilot available or will it be in near future ?
> >
> gnome-pilot is for synchronizing PalmOS PDAs and phones, it won't
> work with a Nokia.  Nokia phones use a synchronization protocol called
> syncMl.  You *can* get your Nokia to synchronize with Evolution but it
> involves having a syncMl 'server' in the middle to which both your
> phone and Evolution can be synchronized.  (I have a Nokia E71 so have
> the same problem - I wish there was a simple direct way to synchronize
> it with my Linux desktop)

This is off topic for this list, but there you might want to check this
(very long) Ubuntu forum thread for syncing Nokia with Evolution:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=260676
Or this short one on the N73:
http://eriksdatadump.blogspot.com/2007/07/syncml-nokia-n73-and-evolution.html

I haven't gotten around to trying it yet, but it doesn't sound like much
fun.  Erik's page has a lovely quote: "Getting synchronization with your
phone and evolution in Linux is pure hell and unimaginable non-user
friendly. I would rather push a rusty nail through my tongue then to
guide someone by phone through this mess. Anyway."

Matt

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