Handheld that can sync with corporate MS exchange server?

Lee · External Since: Aug 04, 2004 Posts: 17

Hi

I am looking for a handheld [Zaurus/Archos, etc.] that can run Evolution or
another exchange client [are there any?]. I have no choice, I need the
exchange client for my work but prefer linux as an OS, preferably debian if
possible.

Other requirements would be Wifi 802.11b/g and so on...

Can anybody point me in the right direction?

Thanks

L

Lee · External Since: Aug 04, 2004 Posts: 17

"Lee" <me.DeleteThis@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I am looking for a handheld [Zaurus/Archos, etc.] that can run Evolution
> or another exchange client [are there any?]. I have no choice, I need the
> exchange client for my work but prefer linux as an OS, preferably debian
> if possible.
>
> Other requirements would be Wifi 802.11b/g and so on...
>
> Can anybody point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks
>
> L
>

Anyone?

L

Lee · External Since: Aug 04, 2004 Posts: 17

"Michael Perry" <mperry.TakeThisOut@lnxpowered.org> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 22:09:08 -0000, Lee <me.TakeThisOut@privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>> "Lee" <me.TakeThisOut@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:4370842d$0$670$fa0fcedb@news.zen.co.uk...
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I am looking for a handheld [Zaurus/Archos, etc.] that can run Evolution
>>> or another exchange client [are there any?]. I have no choice, I need
>>> the
>>> exchange client for my work but prefer linux as an OS, preferably debian
>>> if possible.
>>>
>>> Other requirements would be Wifi 802.11b/g and so on...
>>>
>>> Can anybody point me in the right direction?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> L
>>>
>>
>> Anyone?
>>
>> L
>>
>>
>
> You could do it with an intermediate solution inbetween the handheld and
> the exchange server I would think. If you synced mail, calendar, etc to
> evolution and used the exchange connector for evolution, I bet the mail
> and events would sync then to the handheld from evolution. I think that
> this means you would have a laptop or something running evolution and the
> exchange connector and then sync the laptop to the handheld. If the
> handheld could do network sync'ing, you could leave the laptop or desktop
> running all the time and sync things remotely... Maybe.
>
> There is the new nokia tablet computer that they have just announced
> that has linux running on it. I'm not so sure whether they have evolution
> on it or not; but it runs a debian mix.
>
> There may also be palm-based solutions that have shareware mail
> applications that could sync directly to a exchange server. One for
> corporate users that I know of are the Good Technologies tools that will
> sync mail, calendars, todo's, etc to a variety of handheld devices. I
> don't think that they have Linux clients but I know they have clients for
> RIM, WinCE, and palm devices.
>
>

I am trying to access the exchange server while travelling around on public
transport and wish to avoid carrying my laptop around. However, I think this
is the start of finding my way - even if I sync through a phone connection.
The key was to find a small device that can run evolution or similar. I had
not thought of exploring palm devices.

Many thanks.