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Something with Android? The Palm Pre? The Nokia N900 when it's here? They're all cool and have Linux inside. 2009/11/29 Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Gordon Henderson wrote: >> >> I've never ever 'synced' a phone with anything. ... What am I missing? > > Well as I said I mostly want easy backup and restore. > > I use to download contacts to my Nokia Communicator from my Intranet > based address book - but then I had a lot of contacts with a lot of > details to track, and needed them the same at the home Office. > >> My phone *is* my calendar & diary - I don't seem to have a use for a >> desktop equivalent. Importing a list of email contacts might be nice, >> but actually I rarely use the phone like that, preferring to use putty >> to a server and run pine... >> >> Maybe it's just me though... > > Nah I worked that way with the Nokia as far as Calendar was concerned. > >> My next phone will be a Nokia N900. I'd have one on order now if I'd not >> bought something else last month (dive computer)... They're £500 >> sim-free though which I suspect doesn't tick any boxes for you. > > Maemo and Android intrigue me, largely why I asked here. > > Of the Android one the HTC Hero already seems to have generated its own > set of fans. Although the ratings aren't all stellar. > > I'm almost sold on the T-Mobile Pulse. I could very much live with > Google Calendar, as I use it for the odd personal reminder already. But > I feel it hard to get a feel for these phones, as the review said the > IMAP mail client was okay. I'd need to play...... > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- Dan Dart _____ Need a website? Want some music tailored to you? Visit http://www.dandart.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html