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Think, at current state of cooperation between projects (OpenMoko &
Qtopia) synchronization with server is one of the very few ways (I'd
prefer to see SyncML; there are few of free and commercial servers
supported this protocol already). But also it is possible to
synchronize different databases by using local files - just
export/import procedures, maybe even automatically (on each start/stop
for example). What do you think?<br>
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<pre wrap="">I guess my only comment is that while I don't really care which
interface people use on their phones, it seems like the data interfaces
should be the same... If I open up qtopia phone edition and look at my
contacts or maybe even edit them and then close it down and open up my
OM interface and look at them, they should be the same. All edit are
visible.. No double entry.
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Agreed, but I'd take it one step further. Given the neo has an internet connection, why can't PIM data be stored on a web server and just cached locally. Couldn't you then integrate that into desktop PIM applications too?
Ok, so this isn't a new idea. :-) Evolution Data Server supports integration to groupware backends, but from what I've seen, these are enterprise-class groupware servers designed for corporations. I can't seem to find anything designed for the consumer, an internet-accessible groupware server I can sign up to and store my contacts in a single place.
The problem is not local - I'd be surprised if Embedded EDS couldn't be adapted to store it's data on a server and just use a cached dataset locally. The problem is that this requires some server infrastructure and so far I've yet to find something which will do it. Has anyone else seen this done?
Cheers,
Tom
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