From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: syncing my life (orgmode :)) to a mobile (android) device..cant find a holistic reliable way..how do you guys manage to do it? Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 14:08:19 +0000 Message-ID: <87mvtp3s4s.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34819) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a5DVk-0006Ho-De for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2015 09:08:29 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a5DVh-00053s-7J for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2015 09:08:28 -0500 Received: from mail-db3on0145.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([157.55.234.145]:33127 helo=emea01-db3-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a5DVg-00053W-SU for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Dec 2015 09:08:25 -0500 In-Reply-To: (Xebar Saram's message of "Sat, 5 Dec 2015 09:10:30 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Xebar Saram Cc: org mode On Saturday, 5 Dec 2015 at 09:10, Xebar Saram wrote: [...] > all this is great yet i travel alot to conferences and meeting and do rely > on a mobile device (in my case a android nexus 6) in many situations. I > check my emails on it as much as i do on my PC, look at upcoming and > schedule appointments, look at timed TODOS, add new contacts i meet and > collect info on the go (web links, food recipes etc). > > Out of all the things i do only email (via offlineimap and mu4e) seems to > be able to Sync correctly. Yes, this is probably a valid summary of the current state of the art re: org and Android devices. > So my question is (sorry for the long intro :)) what do orgmode users (who > also are heavy mobile users) do? do they give up on contacts and > calendaring on the mobile? maintain 2 separate databases? what tools do > people use to overcome this issue? > > I once had a nokia n900 which ran basically Debian linux, and thus emacs > could be run naively , these days it seems like all are android devices. I > still haven't found a gui friendly way to run emacs there. I have two different working environments, depending on which mobile device I use: Case 1: if I use an Android device (nexus 4 or 7), I rely on mobileorg heavily to synchronise my calendar. I have mobileorg suck in any events I create in Google calendar and export all org events to Google. This works quite well. However, creating notes etc. on the mobile device in this case is not ideal as mobileorg is not a full implementation of org (and, to be fair, it wasn't intended to be). Although there is an emacs distribution for Android, I've never really managed to get it working satisfactorily, with or without a bluetooth keyboard. Android is a crippled Linux unfortunately... (in my opinion). In the end, I primarily use my nexus devices as phones (really?) and for facebook (as one must). Case 2: this is my preferred mobile solution. I have an OpenPandora palmtop computer [1] running the full Debian testing distribution with Emacs and the org from git, not to mention gnus, LaTeX, Libreoffice, Octave, ... The Pandora has WiFi and bluetooth but not 3/4G connectivity. I use my phone to tether the Pandora to the 'net when I need to connect outside a WiFi zone. In this case, the Pandora and my other systems are fully synchronised using unison. Finally, the Pandora has 2 full SD slots which allow me to walk around with 128 GB of disk space. I bought my Pandora specifically because I wanted a full org mobile experience! I am awaiting the release of the Pyra, the upgrade of the Pandora, very eagerly indeed! Oh, and the Pandora has a fantastic audio system :-) Sorry if I have come across as an advert for the Pandora but I am obviously a satisfied customer. HTH, eric Footnotes: [1] https://boards.openpandora.org/pandora/pandoramain.html/ -- : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 25.0.50.2, Org release_8.3.2-363-g5c13a6