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What PDA/Phone for kGTD/Mac?
FuzzyClam | Mar 27 2006
Hi all, Just getting into this whole GTD thing, but I use Win @ work, so I need to carry the whole shebang with me from my PowerBook running kGTD. I have a BlackBerry 8700 which is awesome for e-mail, web (I commute into NYC and I hate carrying newspapers), but really only works with Outlook (I have a PC, but I really have enough of that at work). I'm probably going to return it (I'm on day 27 of 30 of Cingular's return), but I'm hesitant to go back to my p910a because it didn't really sync well via iSync (it's been awhile, so maybe it's gotten better with 10.4.5???). Does anyone out there use Series 80? The Nokia 9300 was released today by Cingular, and I'm thinking this might do the trick (850Mhz, EDGE, good web browsing, Office, PIM, blah, blah, blah). Mainly - will it sync categories somehow? This seems to have been the bane of iSync unless you're using a Palm...I think I have a T3 kicking around, but I really don't want to get into the web via bluetooth stuff again. I really dig Mail/iCal (and soon kGTD???), but the Outlook/Windows syncing has always been quite painless wether it be with SE, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, etc. I want it to work so bad, but if it's a pain I'll have to rethink it. In all these years, I've never actually owned a Nokia...personally, I'm a SE guy, so I'm a bit nervous.... Comments, etc, are greatly appreciated... Cheers, 8 Comments
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 This is one of the...Submitted by emory on March 27, 2006 - 10:26pm.
This is one of the reasons I use a hipster PDA. No smartphone syncs well with iCal et al unless you're using the latest Missing Sync with the Treo. The P910 doesn't sync any better with 10.4.5. In fact, if anything, it has gotten worse. I have had good luck using a Nokia 9500 (similar enough to the 9300) using third-party iSync plugins that are out there, and the same with my N90. You're in my wheelhouse now. :D The BlackBerry can sync great with the Mac, and IIRC if you're using Pocket Mac for BlackBerry the categories /do/ sync with Entourage. So maybe this is a good time for you to check out Entourage? Give it a shot if you really want category sync. It is because Apple has such craptastic support for Symbian devices that I choose to do my tasks in a hipsterPDA instead -- I have also had good luck using Projekt for UIQ devices like the P910 (in this board if you scroll down a bit) Consider using Backpackit as well, the Contexts can be easily enough implemented in Backpackit and then you're getting it online and on your mobile. Not too shabby but not the most elegant, I know. This is one area where we're still treated like we have the plague. » POSTED IN:
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