-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Eric Martin wrote:

Are you wanting to sync via bluetooth, or...

I've seen bluetooth and WiFI...I'm not sure it matters which. I have WiFi but I currently don't have bluetooth. I'm not sure which is supported at work for syncing to Exch/Outlook. Andy

Andy Stewart wrote:

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HI Everybody,

I'm looking for a handheld device which can synchronize with Linux and with Outlook (for work). I'd like the synchronization to be wireless. I don't much care if it is a smartphone or a PDA - the calendar application is the most important for my needs.

Devices that seem to come close are BlackBerry and Palm Treo. I'm still researching this topic, so there may be others.

Do you use such a device?

Thanks!

Andy

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On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 10:45:50PM -0400, Andy Stewart wrote:

I've seen bluetooth and WiFI...I'm not sure it matters which. I have WiFi but I currently don't have bluetooth. I'm not sure which is supported at work for syncing to Exch/Outlook.

I have a BlackBerry 7520. I like it as a PDA for Internet, Email, Address Book, etc. but it makes a bad phone due to bad UI design and awkward shape. It syncs with the Exchange server via the provider's wireless network (e.g. Nextel). It has bluetooth, but I've never used it. I think it can use bluetooth headsets, but I'm not sure if it can sync over bluetooth. I've used the USB cradle to sync it, but only to Outlook. Honestly, I haven't tried to use it with Linux, since the wireless synchronization does what I want for the most part and lets me ignore Outlook/Exchange completely and just use that as a back-end store for backup purposes. On the plus side, I have downloaded cool apps to it like Google Local Mobile which provides driving directions and maps on the handheld, and an SSH client.