-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 10:38 +0000, G T Smith wrote:
In my experience the symbian/linux connectivity experience is a bit fraught... (the Windows side is not a lot better either :-( )
As it is on the Mac as well. I bought a Nokia 5310 a while back and had hoped it would work with either a Mac or Linux (usb or bluetooth) for the address book. I had plans to skip the old FiloFax. No joy. Even on Windows, Nokia only provide a gateway to Outlook for addresses.
One can only hope that qtsoftware (the old trolltech) may lead to better tools for all platforms now that Nokia own it. Time will tell.
Trolltech produce a GUI framework so I doubt it will have much impact on the underlying connectivity issue. There are some third party applications which provide connectivity in various ways. AFAIK none are free and none are FOSS. The problem with Symbian seems to start from the decision to move from PLIP (the PSION networking protocol) to SyncML, and an earlier decision to integrate the PSION/Nokia PC Suite into the Windows framework rather than Palms approach which was to separate the Palm stuff from the host OS. SyncML is a client<->server protocol and not really intended for client<->client connectivity. I have had good results with Funambol as a SyncML server to Nokia devices over a data connection (but this approach is a bit OTT for a desktop) and middling results with eGroupWare, I have never had much success with the KitchenSync/multisync stuff. To get this to work with a USB connection would require a TCP/IP->USB stack on the phone which the phone sync software can be linked into (and of course configuring a USB port as a IP based network interface on the desktop). I do not have access to the latest version of S60 on a phone to see if this could work (and if it works for Funambol a lightweight SyncML server solution for desktops could be an option). - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmKvmwACgkQasN0sSnLmgL/0ACgq60IoMiD/hTrZOoen8oXtdWR HlgAoLRqcZDVi3BNUs9QJ8r6KCE3pi88 =Qf6j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org