How to Sync PocketPC to Linux?

Giggles Of Doom asks: "I am a long time Windows user who is getting ready to make the plunge and move to Linux. Microsoft is just getting on my nerves. Anyway, I have made a little list of things I do in Windows that I will still need to be able to do in Linux. A BIG one of those is syncing the data from my PDA with my main computer's mail program. The mail program will probably be KMail, unless others can suggest a better one and give reasons why, and my PDA is a Audiovox Maestro, which is really a rebranded Toshiba 'PDA-1032' running Pocket PC 2002. It has a USB cradle. What Linux solutions are there for this task? I would hate to have everything else work great, but have to boot to Windows or load VMware just to sync my contact info. Remember, I am a Windows user trying to convert, but any solution would have to be pretty user friendly."

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First, drivers

[Jrono]

I had the same problem a few months ago. I had a HP Jornada 560. There is a linux module for connecting to some usb PocketPC devices (I am not sure if it's in the actual kernel, but it's in the few I have tried under Gentoo). It's under USB -> USB Serial Devices -> USB Compaq iPAQ / HP Jornada / Casio EM500 Driver when using menuconfig (CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_IPAQ). Documentation/usb/usb-serial.txt has some more information about it. It allows you to make a serial connection with the usb device. I don't know if it would work with your's or not.
I never got that part working. You might have better luck with a serial cradle. I had to use VMware to sync with Outlook. This is why I sold my PDA and bought a Zaurus, which has it's on synching problems under Linux. I know, this is definately not the ideal solution.
Other than that, there is SyncCE which has some tools for the connection.

This site explains how..this is what I do....

[xtremex]

Syncing WinCE to Linux