On 2 Apr 2013, at 19:47, Max Pyziur <p...@brama.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 1 Apr 2013, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > >> On Mon, 2013-04-01 at 14:59 +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote: >>> As a matter of interest, how do those of you running Fedora/KDE >>> keep your contacts? >>> I have a rather messy combination of Google contacts, >>> KAddressBook and LDAP, >>> but would like to organise something simpler. >>> I suspect the simplest solution might be to go over entirely >>> to Google contacts, as I want to keep my contacts in sync >>> with my Android phone. >>> >>> But what do people running Fedora/KDE usually do? >> >> Speaking only for myself, I just keep everything in Google Contacts (I >> also have an Android phone). >> >> Cue flame-war about evil intentions of Google, etc. ... > > While this is a KDE-oriented question my experience may be useful to this > discussion; my method is to use one Desktop as having all PIM data: contacts, > calendar, memos, todos. For this I use Evolution. > > In order to sync it with my Android phone, I use different cloud services, > with the exception of Google. > > The services that I have tried are: Funambol(actually onemediahub.com), > MemoToo, and Everdroid. Each has its peculiarities and advantages; Memotoo is > the one that I prefer currently. Everdroid has an advantage of syncing text > messages (easier to review them in bulk on a webpage than on a phone). > > In order to sync from the Desktop to the cloud I use syncevolution's gui. > > On the Android phone, there are Apps tied to the particular services. On the > phone, I've deleted the contents of the local phonebook, and just use the > Memotoo one. Memotoo has the capability to delete its current contents and > overwrite it with the contents of the server. That way any duplication is > avoided. > > Memotoo charges a fee (~$1.50/month, I think); more nuisance than anything > else. > > The syncevolution email list is very helpful in sorting out issues. > >> poc > > fyi & hth, > > Max Pyziur > p...@brama.com > -- I have a small home server that runs the groupware system SOGo http://sogo.nu it makes more sense for me as it runs email as well. It works with CardDAV / CalDAV and funambol and can be made to work with outlook. It's essentially an alternative to zafera. Junk. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
