Message: 1
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:55:10 +0100
From: Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi@kde.org>
Subject: Re: GSoC project idea:solving smartphone management problem
To: kde-devel@kde.org
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On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 03:28:38PM +0530, Dinesh wrote:
> I am Dinesh, an undergraduate looking to spend my summer contributing
> full-time to KDE via the Google Summer of Code by making A proper
> Smartphone managing suite for KDE.
>
this project idea sounds like it would be duplicating a lot of
http://labs.trolltech.com/page/Projects/QtMobility

No sir, what i am implimenting is a way to exchange stuff between a desktop(or a laptop) and a mobile phone.

I didnt yet use the qt mobility project but their website says: "It is a project within Nokia that is creating a new suite of Qt APIs for mobile device functionality. These APIs will enable cross-platform mobile application development. This, for example, will make it possible to create a rich application targeting S60, Windows CE and Maemo. "

here are some important links, that i ve looked into.. n no where in there, did nokia specify any plans to make a linux PC suite or one which solves the issues i ve mentioned.

http://qt.nokia.com/doc/qtmobility-1.0-beta/index.html#platform-compatability.
http://qt.nokia.com/files/pdf/qt-mobility-whitepaper-1.0.0/view

once again, to be clear, i intend to work on a project, after which:
when you connect your PC with your mobile phone, amarok should treat it like a generic media device, digikam or gwen view should treat it as a usb disk of a digital camera with photos, and all your PIM data gets updated btw. Kontact and the phone. and also you should be able to use it as a modem for dial up internet.

Dinesh