----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Pankonin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 4:43 am Subject: [clug-talk] PDA Recommendations
> Hey all, > > I need to replace an old Palm that died and was looking at the > Tungsten C and > the new Dell Axim. Is anyone using these and how well do they sync > with > Linux? Any other recommendations? I've had a Dell Axim (broken; partly bad hardware, partly me :-P) and a Palm m125 (current). The Dell units are decent as far as PDAs go. The price point is nice and you get what you pay for: reasonably sturdy and reliable, but not perfect. If you want to sync a Pocket PC under Linux, look to SynCE (http://synce.sf.net). It's coming along, but I would have to say you probably still can't expect all of your data to sync properly. Your options are also reduced using a Pocket PC -- pretty much Multisync + Evolution or nothing (AFAIK). IMHO, if you want a Pocket PC, stick to Microsoft operating systems. I spent far too much time and effort trying to get reliable interoperability that will probably never exist. OTOH, I bought my Palm m125 recently (second hand because it was relatively cheap) expressly because Palm are reputed to sync so much better with Linux. It has performed flawlessly so far, and I have plenty of sync options (KPilot, GPilot, J-Pilot, etc.). All in all, I'm very happy. I have played with the new Tungstens; they just happen to be out of my price range ATM. I would have bought one, had they not been. As far as bang-for-buck goes (features, functionality, etc.), Palm is terrible compared to Pocket PCs (although getting better). As far as ease-of-use (and, for me, reliability) under Linux, Palm wins hands down. My two cents. :-) HTH, Curtis S. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
