[BUGA] Re: Mobile phone/PDA recommendations?

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 18:16, Andrew Reid wrote:
> > Ah, this directly contradicts what Daniel O'Connor says.  It would be
> > nice to know whether there are or not.
>
> It'd seem that they're few and far between -- I made the assumption
> based on other stuff I'd read (syncing a PalmOS device on Linux) that
> it'd be possible to do with a Windows CE device.

That is, quite frankly, a dumb assumption :)

PalmOS is written by a company that does not have a monopoly on operating 
systems so it is in there interests to make it easy to use their hardware.

MS on the other hand..

> I did find the SynCE Project[1], which at least looks like a start. I
> haven't done much digging, as our corporate collaboration software is

I got it to connect OK, and I can look around the file system of the PDA, but 
I am having real trouble syncing appointments and contacts.

Also I hear that newer Pocket PC devices won't work because the protocol has 
changed. I imagine it will be reverse engineered but that takes time..

> GroupWise, soon to become Exchange (Don't ask).

Gack..

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