Very long time without posting, but a good one now, it is getting easier
to sync your cell phone with your linux, I have just upgraded my Kubuntu
to gutsy (7.10) and just got a very good surprise, not it comes with the
new version of Kitchensync, this one makes it really easy to setup the
synchronization, and you do not need to touch a single configuration
file, you can do everything from the great KDE GUI.

When I open Kytchensync (K Menu, Utilities, KitchenSyncFilter), I can
see the list of all “Sync profiles” I have already created, to sync my
phone I need only to click on the Synchronize button at the tool bar, or
in the “Synchronize Now” at the bottom of the selected profile.

Lets take a look at the setup I use to sync my Nokia N80 with Kontact
(you can use it with any symbian device).

I just clicked in the Edit Group, but you can create a new group, and
just add a KDE PIM and a “SyncML over OBEX client”.


You have lots of possible endpoints, I have just a few installed on my
machine, but Kitchensync uses opensync as its backend, so it has support
for Evolution2, Google Calendar and many more client/server points. The
great thing is that you can sync more than two points at a time.

The KDE PIM member does not need any configuration, the only problem is
that you need to close Kontact before synchronizing, the OpenSync group
tells that when KDE 4 is out this problem will be fixed.

Now I need to configure the connection to my Nokia N80, configure the
MAC address of your symbian smart phone and select channel 13 (for the
N80 13 is the right channel, for other models this can change), you can
use Konqueror to discover the MAC address of your cell phone Bluetooth
port (I do not know if there is any key combination to show this number
in the display).


In the Data Bases tab, make sure your contacts database is named
“Contacts”, your calendar and tasks database is named “Calendar” and
your notes database is named “Notes”, if you have changed this on the
cell phone, change here according,


In the options tab, configure the same username and password that you
configured in your cell phone to the “PC Suite” synchronization profile,
I could not make it work without a username and a password, so you need
to choose one.

I had to choose the version 1.0 of SyncML for synchronization because in
the tests the synchronization freezed 3 times when I tested the version
1.1, and I cound’t even connect to the cell phone using the version 1.2.

Make sure the application identifier in this screen is “PC Suite” I have
tried some other names but for some strange reason this one is the only
that seems to work (yes, I created the other test profiles in the cell
phone too).


If you want to sync another point with your cell phone and Kontact, for
example google calendar, just add the member and configure it as in the
screenshot bellow (if you want to know my password, it is 10 stars )



Well, I think now you can get your cell phone to sync to your linux box
too.

I’ll make some tests with gnome and evolution and will post here the
step by step.

If any one of you test this procedure with any other cell phone please
let me know if it works and what changes to this setup ware needed, then
I’ll keep here an updated list (or if you want to give-me a cell phone
to test I’ll be very happy )

Thanks for taking time to read this.

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I just hard reseted my N80, I do not know if the “symbian people” use this words as I used in my “PDA times”, but this means “reset the phone to the factory settings”, before you ask how to do it, it is just write the code that you can find here.
But the reason of this post is to tell you, what softwares did I reinstalled after this Hard Reset.
Why?
well, because, these are the ones that I really use!
and it may be used as a tip for yu, if you are looking for smart phone software for your Symbian
so, lets go to the list …

• Handy Expense - A great piece of software that helps me take control over my money (yes, I need help on that)
• Handy Alarm - a tool that makes the “alarm clock” of my symbian obsolete, with this one I can schedule multiple alarms, three of them for the time I wake up for work every week day (yes, three because I have problems to wake up every day), and some other ons when I need
• Quick Office 4 Premium Update - an update for the Quick Office suite that enables me to edit the files.
• Y-Browser - a better file manager for S60

and that is all, these are all the software that survived my Hard reset, I know that I`m missing some thing, but I`m sure I`ll remember when I need it
The two Handy … you can find here.
And if you want the Y-Browser, you can take a look at this post.

PS.: yes, I have payed for all the commercial softwares, I do not approve pirate software.
PS2.: the only problem I`m having with my phone now, is that I can not format my mini SD card, and every time I try it says that the card is in use, and every time I insert the card it tries to install some thing and fails …

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Outlook is the most used desktop PIM for windows, but this solution you can use in lots of other platforms.
The option I’m using today is a combination of Mobical, Thunderbird, and some plugins …
With Mobical, you can sync the contacts and schedule from your cell phone to their online service for free …
Thunderbird is a great Desktop mailing application …
And with TSync, a plugin for Thunderbird, you can sync the contacts from your Thunderbird with Mobical, that way, you will have the same contacts in your thunderbird and in your cell phone …

for the Duplicate Contacts, you can use this other extension for Thunderbird, it helps to indentify, merge and fix the dplicated contacts you might have.

I think with this tools, I almost not miss Outlook anymore …
But I keep looking for a desktop Calendar/Tasks application with Syncml support …

PS.: I have tried to sync my calendar with GooCal this weeks without success, is any one else using it? It was working fine until a month ago …

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All S60v3 devices that I know about come with QuickOffice viewers bundled, this is a great combo application that enables you to view .doc, .xsl and .ppt files, bt does not allow you to edit this files.
Ok, I know, at least for the N-Series (as my N80) that does not have a full keyboard in it, it is not very easy to write full documents …
But I think this offer is a great opportunity for every one, I just found at QuickOffice site, that if you want to buy now the QuicoOffice 4 Beta, you will pay only U$4,99 …

take a look at the description of the new version bellow:

	Quickword® v4 Enables table and image viewing,insertion, and editing, along with the ability to view full page-layouts that include headers, footers and details on page size, orientation and margins in Word documents
	Quickpoint® v4 Allows users to edit all text, insert tables, resize and reorder images, view and edit text comments within PowerPoint files
	Quicksheet® v4 Offers advanced function support and complex number, date, time and text formats for Excel spreadsheets
	Quickmanager® v4 An in-application tool that allows users to access valuable product updates and upgrades
	Plus, you will also receive File Manager v4 Provides an advanced file manager for efficient folder navigation and seamless, easy management of all the office documents maintained on your smartphone

I just got my copy

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