[Opensync-users] One-way sync (WAS: Advice on a cell phone purchase?)

[Dotan C. <dot...@gm...>]

2008/6/3 Emanoil Kotsev <del...@ya...>:
> Syncing is (should be) bi-directional, the one way is copy ;-)

That is true. I have had lots of bad experience with:
1) Two-way data transfer between unlike database sources.
2) Telephones' limited data-entry methods.

So, I prefer to enter data on the desktop and then push it to the
phone as well. The phone can then mangle it all it wants, the real
data is safe in KDE-PIM. When I am without the phone and I must add a
phone number I prepend the name with a dot, so that I know to update
KDE-PIM when I get home.

> Well I tried before, but no attention from anybody, so I used the abbility
> to put forward my questions.

Happens, especially with unusual hardware that other list members
might not be familiar with. But the S-E phone can't be _that_
uncommon, so maybe try again?

> Actually I think I'm experienced with lists.

Sorry, I did not mean to insult.

> Actually I'm primary interested in buying one phone that can sync.
> The advice to check with the local cell.phone distributor was really good,
> BUT how can I be sure that everything works at all, when I go to the shop???
> I mean I am not sure that the problem is in the phone. I rather think it is
> a IRDA/OpenSync problem. Or something in my contacts/notes etc. files (may
> be not UTF or similar)

I suppose that one would have to be experienced enough with opensync
to know how to get it working withing a reasonable amount of time.
That's why I haven't done it yet. No time to learn about opensync
BEFORE I have the device. Chicken-Egg scenario.

Dotan Cohen

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