[plug] Linux Compatible Phone

[W.Kenworthy]

beware evo and the treo, or rather from the mailing lists at the time I
was having problems, palmOS in general and syncing with linux/evo: I
suffered lots of corrupted entries, and multiple (sometimes multiple
multiple) copies of appointments and contact entries requiring manual
recovery.  Syncing via pilot-sync to evo also didnt handle multiple
contact lists properly (on a number of occasions it dumped everything in
the default list, corrupting both and making a large amount of work for
me.)  Nowadays I dont bother syncing with evo (I do use pilot-sync and
j-pilot to install things and keep backups tho) :( , but you will have
to pry the treo from my cold dead fingers (gawd its cold today!) before
I'd swap it for anything something else currently available!

Theres a new software update out for the treo's, so things might improve
(I hope) after this is done, but looks like I need a doze machine to do
it.

BillK

On Mon, 2006-07-17 at 09:50 +0800, Senectus . wrote:
> On 17/07/06, skribe <skribe at amber.com.au> wrote:
> > On Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:45, Senectus . wrote:
> > > On 16/07/06, skribe <skribe at amber.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > > I opted for a GSM phone instead and went the Treo 650.
> >
> > May I ask why?
> >
> 
> Many reasons..
> but the main ones were:
> Pia Waugh has hers hooked into evolution and says it's very reliable
> (still can't do it on my end though :-P )
> Good reviews all round and I liked the build quality.
> Palm has a good history with Linux compatibility.
> I've had an O2 XDA2 running the windows mobile OS, I'll never buy one
> of those again.
>