[snip] > AFAIK, this phone has the Symbian OS. > > So, try your luck at symbian.org. >
ah yes., already did. there's a nice article there on using ubuntu linux with symbian, also browsed through allaboutsymbian.org to look for some .sis or .sisx or even a java app to break the ice between the two devices. > Till then, try this jugaad, if you have the patience. > > 1. Find a SIM. (no problem with using your existing SIM). > > 2. Find a phone which works the way you want with the software you > have. Call it phone X. > > 3. Put the SIM in Phone X, put in whatever the SIM takes into teh > phone using evolution / wammu / gammu gnokii or whatever. yup! this could be done. am aware of this. am also aware of the nokia pc-suite outlookexpress route. in fact, i must tell you that after several hours of mucking around in ubuntu i finally gave up, and found a technique of doing this under mac OS, by using iSync and resetting the device. the contacts are back in my mobile. whew! nevertheless, this topic is far from over. i don't want to boot into mac OS to handle last decade's consumer-workflow. there *has* to be a way of handling this under linux-based pcs. in other news, nokia has kept its promise and opensourced symbian. [snip] thanks mahesh for your tips, and nalin for your responses. regards niyam _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
