Re: Thoughts on GPE sync/import

On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 10:27, Pierre Tardy wrote:
> On 12 Mar 2003 01:10:38 +0100
> Petter Knudsen <Petter.Knudsen@idi.ntnu.no> wrote:
>
> > Started thinking on GPE syncing and import of data, and came up with
> > this beautifull diagram:
> >
> > http://www.handhelds.org/~paxanima/gpe-data.png
> >
> > which seems (at least at first glance and as an initial idea) like a
> > good soultuion, as an import util and sync plugin/app would both need a
> > mechanism for sending data over network, either using the cradle or
> > network device.
> And irda..
And bluetooth

> I think the exchange from pda to pda is a very nice feature.
> I dont know if there is something done about that, some reverse inginering on PalmOs, WinCe, or Psions protocol.

OBEX is the protocol for sending data, and OpenOBEX supports both IrDA
and bluetooth. I've done IR beaming in my PIM, but the state of that
code is "hackish". Not sure how bluetooth is done with openobex.

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Petter
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