Crackberry and Linux.

        Hi. I recently bought a refurb Blackberry from TigerDirect ($109,
7100t, replaced a 3-year-old cellphone that didn't hold a charge
anymore). While the page says it supports "bluetooth", it's actually
quite limited since it doesn't support OBEX or any of the other standard
BT profiles that are more interesting.
        I've been able to successfully synchronize its contacts and calendar
with my Mac, but I'd like to sync this with my desktop machine is well
(if it works out, this could be an easy way to bridge the Mac PIM with
Linux PIM software). Does anyone have any experience here?

        Also, since it has no OBEX and has no memory card slot, placing files
onto the phone probably requires some USB finangling. The Mac sync
software will let me place applications onto the phone, but not
arbitrary files. Does anyone have any experience with an SDK or other
method to write a simple file dropper application? It sure beats using
Rogers data plan :p

Note: Tigerdirect's checkout page was loaded with popups and
advertisements. Despite me taking the time to decheck anything that
looked like a "send me spam" box, I started to receive email from
"promo.tigerdirect.ca" which promptly went into a blacklist.
Additionally, the shipping with UPS showed up 4 days later than the UPS
tracking site said. It's the worst shopping experience I've had online.

The cellphone came in a box marked $89.99; I wish I know a direct source
for the phones that'd drop the $30 markup of Tigerdirect.

Compare with NCIX: I always choose the cheapest ground shipping, and I
always seem to get it within 48 hours air shipped. They've bent over
backwards to make me happy after they have made mistakes. I've never
received an email from them w/o permission, nor have they ever plopped
me into a page loaded with popups or advertisements!
Received on Sat Jan 27 16:57:26 2007