Need to Sync Palm Desktop Cell Phone -- any good software?

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On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:54:47 +0000, Spammay Blockay wrote:

> Does anyone know of any software that runs on Windows that can sync
> between one of any number of cell phones out there (in my case,
> Sony-Ericsson) and Palm Desktop database (version 4.1.4)?

Check out Multisync. It can sync between anything and anything,
literally. You create "sync pairs" between two points, and add them to the
"chain" of syncronization.

This means I can sync my Tungsten T3 with my Nokia 3650, and from
there sync that information to an online calendar via SyncML, and from
there sync that to Evolution and KPilot, and from there do a backup of my
Palm data, and then from there, push that to Palm Desktop over a NetSync.

Works great. Oh, of course, you have to be running a current
operating system like FreeBSD or Linux to get this functionality. Windows
users need not apply.

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Spammay Blockay wrote:
> I asked this awhile ago, but maybe since then a better way of doing
> this has come about.
>
> Does anyone know of any software that runs on Windows that can sync
> between one of any number of cell phones out there (in my case,
> Sony-Ericsson) and Palm Desktop database (version 4.1.4)?

Google for FunBook.

Personally I used to use FunBook, but since my Palm is the primary source of
contacts, I use ezMaintain to select and beam contacts from my address book to
the phone (a T68i), and just overwrite them if someone changes their number etc.
It's not "syncing" exactly but it works for me.

Glenn.

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On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 10:58:37 -0400, David A. Desrosiers had this to
say...


> Oh, of course, you have to be running a current
> operating system like FreeBSD or Linux to get this functionality. Windows
> users need not apply.

LOTFL
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Hope this helps.
Jim Anderson
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In article <cj97uh$cp7$1@helium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk>,
Glenn Proctor <none@null.com> wrote:
>Spammay Blockay wrote:
>> I asked this awhile ago, but maybe since then a better way of doing
>> this has come about.
>>
>> Does anyone know of any software that runs on Windows that can sync
>> between one of any number of cell phones out there (in my case,
>> Sony-Ericsson) and Palm Desktop database (version 4.1.4)?
>
>Google for FunBook.
>
>Personally I used to use FunBook, but since my Palm is the primary source of
>contacts, I use ezMaintain to select and beam contacts from my address book to
>the phone (a T68i), and just overwrite them if someone changes their number etc.
>It's not "syncing" exactly but it works for me.

I thought of using FunBook, but it requires something to be installed
on the Palm itself, which seems odd. Plus, their website is a bit funky,
not engendering a lot of trust on my part.

- Tim

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In article <pan.2004.09.27.14.58.37.11608@gnu-designs.com>,
David A. Desrosiers <hacker@gnu-designs.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 09:54:47 +0000, Spammay Blockay wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know of any software that runs on Windows that can sync
>> between one of any number of cell phones out there (in my case,
>> Sony-Ericsson) and Palm Desktop database (version 4.1.4)?
>
> Check out Multisync. It can sync between anything and anything,
>literally. You create "sync pairs" between two points, and add them to the
>"chain" of syncronization.
>
> This means I can sync my Tungsten T3 with my Nokia 3650, and from
>there sync that information to an online calendar via SyncML, and from
>there sync that to Evolution and KPilot, and from there do a backup of my
>Palm data, and then from there, push that to Palm Desktop over a NetSync.
>
> Works great. Oh, of course, you have to be running a current
>operating system like FreeBSD or Linux to get this functionality. Windows
>users need not apply.

Well, I've got Slackware on my machine, but work mostly on Windows, just
due to the particular combination of software I like to use. Being a
software developer, I prefer to do THAT kind of work on Linux/Unix, but
everyday stuff is done on Windows, so I may be out of luck, unless I want
to port MultiSync to Windows. I thought Gnome had already been ported to
it.

- Tim

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Spammay Blockay wrote:
> In article <cj97uh$cp7$1@helium.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk>,
> Glenn Proctor <none@null.com> wrote:
>
>>Spammay Blockay wrote:
>>
>>>I asked this awhile ago, but maybe since then a better way of doing
>>>this has come about.
>>>
>>>Does anyone know of any software that runs on Windows that can sync
>>>between one of any number of cell phones out there (in my case,
>>>Sony-Ericsson) and Palm Desktop database (version 4.1.4)?
>>
>>Google for FunBook.
>>
>>Personally I used to use FunBook, but since my Palm is the primary source of
>>contacts, I use ezMaintain to select and beam contacts from my address book to
>>the phone (a T68i), and just overwrite them if someone changes their number etc.
>>It's not "syncing" exactly but it works for me.
>
>
> I thought of using FunBook, but it requires something to be installed
> on the Palm itself, which seems odd. Plus, their website is a bit funky,
> not engendering a lot of trust on my part.

You want to sync between a phone and a Palm - how are you going to do it
*without* installing something on the Palm? Unless you're talking about going
via a PC which seems a very indirect route.

I only use funBook occasionally but use its sister application funSMS dozens of
times per day and it's rock solid and the best of the Palm SMS apps that I've tried.

Glenn.

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David A. Desrosiers wrote:

> Works great. Oh, of course, you have to be running a current
> operating system like FreeBSD or Linux to get this functionality. Windows
> users need not apply.

Yawn. Whatever.

Glenn.