Cell phone that syncs with Novell Evolution

[Schadenfroh]

I need a new cell phone, nothing fancy. Since the feature that I would like is rather odd, I feel that I should base my purchase around this feature. I use Novell's Evolution email client. It is my favorite email client out of all that I have used. So, I need a cell phone that syncs with its contacts and calender. If such a phone exists, I would like to purchase one. I would prefer CDMA since that is what AllTel uses (and that is the carrier that all of my friends / family use), but I am open to other carriers that have good coverage in the southeast as I am still using the phone that Tracphone sent me for free when they phased out analog.

Thanks!

 

[uli2000]

From what it looks like, the only phone that will do it reliably without alot of workarounds is the Palm Treo 755p. From what I can tell there is a native Evolution app for Palm OS. You may be able to do it with a Blackberry or Windows Mobile phone by going thru a 3rd party (maybe google mail/calendar would work?) and then syncing your phone to that.

 

[xSauronx]

theres a blackberry app for linux called barry or berry or something, look into that. i was considering getting a blackberry curve 8830 when i got a new phone the other day, but for a couple of reasons i decided not to.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Thanks guys, after digging I found that OpenSync has an evolution and Motorola plugin. I went with an unlocked Motorola ROKR E8, I will report back if I get it to work (once it comes in, apparently I snagged the last one off of New Egg as it went out of stock after I ordered). If not, looks like I will be switching to outlook.