FYI, anyone looking to sync their NIT Contacts, or Pimlico Contacts, Dates, etc information needs to check out the latest syncevolution.

The app reads the EDS database and syncs it to wherever you need, ie Evolution, Google (minus contacts), et al. It uses a third party SyncML server (Scheduleworld, Funabol, etc) to accomplish the task.

You just get the app for your desktop and NIT, the configure it to log into your SyncML account (easy config file) and go to it. So far, it seems to work well, after a small NIT version hiccup, but I am sure he could use many beta testers and might even be convince to up it to Extras-Dev.

So now we have another solution other than Erminig/GPE for Sync.

Can someone please whip up a Home Applet like GPE Summary for the Pimlico / EDS stuff? I know I am begging and most people use GPE ( I do as well), but the contacts app is much better and uses EDS, and Dates/To-DO isn't bad. I just don't have the time/skill.

FYI
Pimlico is at least updating the Libs if not coming out with updated apps. I checked the repo and it has a diablo subdir with some of the libs underneath. So someone is at least maintaining the NIT stuff.

Except calendar, right? Or would one really _need_ to use GPE PIM for that purpose?

BTW there is also Evolution for Windows (version 2.22)...

Has anyone looked into Sunbird port for maemo? Or Evolution port?

So Syncevolution does work with Diablo? Is this correct? Is it stable enough for every day use or would you recommend waiting for the final release before installing it? I loved the old version on my 770, it was so simple and useful.

As for the Pimlico stuff: Did you try using contacts with Diablo? It's basically all I'd need, I don't really keep my dates in any electronic calendar. If I'd only know that it works and I will not regret installing it now (instead of waiting for a new release that's maybe only 2 weeks away) I'd have my perfect setup...

I am running Diablo on my n810 and yes, syncevolution 0.8-1a works just fine.

So far I have tested it with Pimlico Contacts and Dates. It has support for memo and to-do as well, but I haven't tried that.

It takes a little futzing to get it to work with multiple calendars (I believe its a SyncML limitation more than a syncevolution one) as you have to set up two configs and mod one to point to the other calendar (its easy enough).

Given the release history of 6 months between .7 and .8-1a, you might be waiting a while for a final release, but it seems stable enough for me. It hasn't crashed yet and the new configuration handler allows you to override and input any of the parameters from the command line in case you need to do something not normal for your sync.

So far I have had no issues with it, other than taking a while to figure out how to sync multiple calendars to multiple calendars in Dates.

BTW, I still have GPE, but If the pimlico stuff is working nice then I'll probably switch because it has a nicer UI. However, it has no Home screen applet which is sort of a need for me.

Loved using Evolution a number of years ago. Great to see a Windows port and will definitely try this out.

OK, tried it now and it really works.

Although syncevolution is poorly documented and Contacts doesn't even make the slightest effort to look like a Hildon-application, at least I got all data on the tablet now.

One question about Contacts, though: When you browse contacts or open them, there's a space on the upper right where a picture could be. In fact, it shows photos of contacts I stored with pictures. I would have expected, though, that in all other cases there's some kind of placeholder image (the usual grey head on greay background). There's not. It's a red "X" that looks very much like "error! error! error! error!" to me. Is this only here or is Contacts on Maemo not as polished as it should be?

I am guessing the Pimlico Contacts App (to differentiate between the built-in Contacts) does not have the little default image with it. Its still pretty beta IMHO. I have the red X as well. I like their contacts app better than GPE, but alas it hasn't been updated in forever and I am afraid they have moved priority to the other platforms they show.

OK, I just wanted to make sure there's nothing wrong with *my* installation of pimlico contacts. - Pity it's in such a bad state, it could be the ideal software.

to bad i prefer kde pim vs evolution...

doesnt really matter - or better: it shouldn't matter as long as you find any way to sync your data from KDE to any server on the web (i prefer scheduleworld.com) via syncML.

syncevolution is only the part you need on the tablet and it syncs from/to the web, not directly from the evolution client on your desktop. its called syncevolution because its purpose is to provide snyc features for the evolution data server, which is used on the tablet.

so as my setup is
evolution > syncevolution (on desktop) > scheduleworld.com > syncevolution (on N800) > tablet's contacts

yours could be
KDE pim > whatever SyncML-client (on desktop) > scheduleworld.com > syncevolution (on N800) > tablet's contacts