Re: [Opensync-users] new cell phone

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Dnia 22-07-2006, sob o godzinie 10:31 +0200, Florian Preinstorfer
napisał(a):
> hello everybody,
> Sorry for contacting the list , but i want to buy a new cell phone and
> in that case i want synchronize it with my linux box. 
> has anybody of you experience with one of those devices?
> 
> Siemens S65

I've been struggling to get S65 to sync properly with both multisync and
opensync. My experiences - they're not perfectly representative:

1. I haven't tested syncml (at least not after it got support for <1.2).
I'm not even sure if s65 supports syncml over bluetooth or usb (http is
supported). I want to test it, but I don't have enough time...

2. Irmc in general promises to work (at least transfers contacts
properly to Evolution), but:
- Polish characters (it may also break other languages) are lost when
syncing phone back from Evolution
- tasks and calendar entries are messed up 
- I don't know if it possible to sync notes (evolution 2.6 features
memos module)

Perhaps with proper amount of trial and error it is possible to get it
working, but I don't really have time to test it (it involves manual
editing of config files and manual removal of broken contacts from the
phone). I decided to give up and next time get a device with better (out
of the box?) support... 

If you're interested in Siemens (R.I.P.), you might take a look at 75
series - S75 and SL75 (and maybe others) come with linux support (XMPM -
phone manager for linux), which relies on opensync. I haven't tested
those, XMPM can't recognize S65. There is a better chance to make them
work, especially with syncml though. 

Siemens phones have at least one advantage - easy access to phone memory
(via FUSE and SieFS) via irda, cable or bluetooth. 

I hope this helps.

Cheers,
Rafał Próchniak