One thing I haven't figured out by reading the forums here.

How do I import appointments & Contacts from Outlook?

I see that there is GPE around. I also see that a syncing program exists
http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/GpeSync

(BTW, has anyone used gpesync with Nokia 770 yet? Does it work ok?)

According to the GPESync, it syncs with evolution on linux. Ok, that's fine, my laptop runs evolution, so conceivably I could rely solely on that.

I'm guessing that the only way to get stuff into GPE is
Outlook to Evolution to GPEsync to GPE/Nokia770

Is there a direct way to do a onetime export of contacts/appointments from outlook (using vcard? vcal? whatever the standard is)

by googling, I notice that novell is working on an evolution client for windows.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759...119TX1K0000594

Does using GPE preclude my using Outlook as a calendar