Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 17th Mar 2008 21:20 UTC, submitted by AdamW
The upcoming Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring release will boast the easiest ever support for synchronizing with Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices in any distribution. The adventurous can already try out the support in the current 2008 Spring pre-release repositories, by following the instructions here. Mandriva has uploaded a video demonstrating how easy it is to synchronize with a Windows Mobile 6 device right out of the box with Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring. Support is included for synchronizing with both KDE (KDE PIM) and GNOME (Evolution). Similarly easy synchronization is also possible with many Nokia phones and with Blackberry devices.
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2005-07-06
This looks great! One of my main remaining sore points for me is the ability to sync my WM6 phone with Linux. On the other hand I am not willing to switch distros just for this ability.
It seems to be a facet of a new release of Opensync and appropriate front end for the DE of choice. I wonder to what extent (if at all) these abilities are custom patches put in by Mandriva and at what stages these abilities will come to other distros. Does anyone know in what version of the various packages that WM6 started to be supported?
I am not trying to make this into a "X has had it forever" or "Y will get it in the next release" war so if everyone could do me a favor and not respond with specific distros I would be appreciative. I am however interested in the underlying packages that give this ability.
EDIT: Kudo's to Mandriva for a job well done.
Edited 2008-03-17 22:54 UTC