Partly because, with AT&T at least, 9600-baud service over GSM is becoming a thing of the past, I need to replace my dying Sony-Ericcson and Palm TX. I'm resigned to paying for a G3 data plan. The Palm Pre, even if AT&T picks it up (which one of the AT&T kiosks in Northgate denies is going to happen), seems a fading possibility.
I'm weighing the pros and cons of a high-end Blackberry vs. the iPhone 3GS. I'm unsure, from what Google returns, what tools might be available for Linux distributions for data transfer and syncing PIM data. I also can't easily tell if either Blackberry or iPhone is packaged with tools for any o/s that will maintain PIM data on a desktop, akin to Palm Desktop for Windows or J-Pilot for Linux. I run RHEL Workstation using an old version of fvwm, so Gnome or KDE tools aren't likely to be available for me. And going OT, does anybody know if either Blackberry or iPhone can migrate Palm data without using Outlook or buying some commercial migration tool? It looked like iPhone doesn't, but I see contradictory information about Blackberry. If I did store my new phone's PIM data in Outlook, does Open Office or something else equally easily within reach offer a tool to maintain Outlook files? Partly on the recommendation of this list, I've always avoided Outlook, so I just don't know the basics there. Billy
