Taking the PDA plunge

[Matt Price]

On Thu, 2007-04-01 at 13:10 -0500, Jason.Shein-V7Ve2fXh0sTQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org wrote:
> owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org wrote on 01/04/2007 12:04:47 PM:
> 
> > On Thu, 2007-04-01 at 09:54 -0500, Neil Watson wrote:
> > > I'm almost half way though O'Reilly's 'Time Management for System
> > > Administrators'.  It is true that I do not have a single organizer.  I
> > > have calendars in both Outlook (at work) and Remind on my Linux server
> > > at home.  I have no daily todo list.  Now I have to look at getting a
> > > single calendar and todo list.  A PDA seems a logical choice as it has
> > > the potential to allow me to sync to both Outlook and a Linux calendar
> > > and todo application (korganize, remind, or other)?
> > > 
> > > My only PDA experience has been with with Blackberries.  They are not
> > > Linux friendly.  What do the rest of you do to keep a single calendar
> > > and todo list?
> > > 
> > 
> > I use a palm t|x and like it; I wish it ran linux so the few remaining
> > glitches could be worked out but I can live with it as is.  I couldn't
> > sync over usb so do that via wireless network or infrared.  Both work
> > flawlessly after a certain amount of configuration hassle.  pilot-link &
> > the programs that depend on it  don't yet sync certain elements of the
> > newer (os5) databases, e.g. the birthday field in addresses.  otherwise
> > it's very good.  don't know whether kde apps sync better than the
> > evolution/pilot-link combo?  I think jpilot may.
> > 
> > best,
> > matt
> > 
> > -- 
> > Matt Price
> > History Dept
> > University of Toronto
> > matt.price-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org
> 
> I use a TX as well, syncing via kpilot to kontact and it works flawlessly. 
> Contacts, calendar, notes, and tasks all work fine.

do birthdays and other os5 fields get syned too?  if so I might actually
ocnsider swithing to kde...

matt


-- 
Matt Price
History Dept
University of Toronto
matt.price-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org
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