Windows Mobile and Ubuntu 9.10

[NucleusKore]

You will find many sites advising you on how to access/synchronise your windows mobile with Ubuntu. I am just sharing with you the minimum that you need to install to copy/paste files to and from your Windows Mobile.

Open a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) and type the following

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu --recv-keys D246C25D

and press ENTER.

Now click on System->Administration->Synaptic
And in that, Settings->Repositories->Other Software

and add these one at a time
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/synce/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/synce/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

and click close and then the reload button.

Now search for and install

opensync-plugin-synce
synce-gvfs
synce-trayicon

and the dependencies that you are prompted to.

After the install logout and then login. Now connect your phone via the USB cable. The icon should appear automatically near the clock and on your desktop. Right click on it for options.

A few things I learnt:
1. When you install the sync software you have to logout/login to make it work. I guess it's integrated with nautilus
2. I thought synce-gnomevfs would work, but it didn't, so I removed it through synaptic and used synce-gvfs and that worked for me.