What to replace a Palm Treo with - for use with Ubuntu.

[Christoph Bier]

Chris G schrieb am 26.04.2010 16:41:

> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 04:14:59PM +0200, Christoph Bier wrote:
>> Chris G schrieb am 26.04.2010 10:03:
>> 
>> > My wife's Palm Treo is feeling its age in various ways and needs 
>> > replacing.  Currently she synchronises the Treo with Evolution in 
>> > Xubuntu using the built-in Gnome/Evolution software.
>> > 
>> > So, what can we buy now to replace the Palm that will allow her to 
>> > continue as far as possible in the same way?   
>> > 
>> > I'd prefer a solution that doesn't involve a separate server 
>> > system/process, especially one 'out in the cloud', but apart from that
>> > we really don't have any major constraints.
>> 
>> I don't know about any new device with similar easy Linux
>> synchronisation as early Palm devices had. SyncML isn't well
>> supported by device manufacturers or smartphone OS developers,
>> respectively, and AFAIK there are no standalone synchronisation
>> solutions for Linux (maybe Nokia's N900 supports the Linux community
>> with such a solution?). You will always need a server---Funambol, if
>> you don't like the cloud. But to be honest I don't have the time to
>> play around with Funambol configuration. I abandoned my paranoia,
>> bought a HTC Desire and use the cloud---I'm very happy with this
>> convenient solution. YMMV.
>> 
> Yes, I think I have been the same places as you with my E71, SyncML
> promises much but isn't really there, I installed and ran Funambol for
> a while but it's a huge complex application for such an ultimately
> simple requirement.
> 
> What 'cloud' are you using with your HTC?  Do you synchronise with
> Linux (Evolution) or do you just access the 'cloud' to look at your
> data from the desktop?

I use the Google services calendar and contacts and Thunderbird with
Lightning on my desktop (additionally I can share these information
with my wife). I read emails via POP but leave them on server when
downloading with my smartphone (I never used IMAP). I also have an
Ubuntu One account for data I don't want to copy on the microSD or I
want to have access to from other desktops, e. g. from office.

Best
Christoph
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