Cellular Phones And Pdas; For More Information - Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

a hard disk from the name it had been given by the system, select the corresponding
menu item from the menu that opens when the icon is right-clicked. This name
change is limited to display in the file manager. The descriptor by which the device
is mounted in /media remains unaffected by this.
USB Flash Drives
These devices are handled by the system just like external hard disks. It is similarly
possible to rename the entries in the file manager.

14.3 Cellular Phones and PDAs

A desktop system or a laptop can communicate with a cellular phone via Bluetooth or
IrDA. Some models support both protocols and some only one of the two. The usage
areas for the two protocols and the corresponding extended documentation has already
been mentioned in Section "Wireless Communication"
of these protocols on the cellular phones themselves is described in their manuals.
The support for synchronizing with handheld devices manufactured by Palm, Inc., is
already built into Evolution and Kontact. Initial connection with the device is, in both
cases, easily performed with the assistance of a wizard. Once the support for Palm Pilots
is configured, it is necessary to determine which type of data should be synchronized
(addresses, appointments, etc.).
A more sophisticated synchronization solution is available with the program opensync
(see packages libopensync, msynctool and the respective plug-ins for the different de-
vices).

14.4 For More Information

The central point of reference for all questions regarding mobile devices and Linux is
http://tuxmobil.org/. Various sections of that Web site deal with the hardware
and software aspects of laptops, PDAs, cellular phones and other mobile hardware.
A similar approach to that of
.linux-on-laptops.com/. Information about laptops and handhelds can be
found here.
http://tuxmobil.org/
(page 170). The configuration
http://www
is made by
Mobile Computing with Linux 173