Re: gnome-pilot and evolution on windows

[Chris G <cl isbd net>]

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:27:19AM +0000, Matt Davey wrote:
> 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."
> 
It depends!  :-)

I got my Nokia E71 to synchronize with very little hassle by
installing eGroupware on my desktop machine, it 'just works'.  However
I agree that getting it working smoothly with Evolution (or even more
difficult Thunderbird/Lightning) can be a real pain.

-- 
Chris Green