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Palm Centro

Wow, I can’t believe that I actually forgot to post about something I now love so very much. A few months ago I started to have minor problems with my Motorola Razr. It would turn itself off, wouldn’t turn on, stupid stuff like that. After a bit of research, I decided to pick up an AT&T Palm Centro.

In years past, I used different versions of Palms to keep track of my schedule for work. I always preferred the Palm OS as well as the Palm Apps, and the Centro is no different.

For anyone out there looking to sync a Palm Centro (or just about any USB based Palm these days) with Linux, please do yourself a favor and check out J-Pilot. It has the same look and feel as the Windows/Mac Palm desktop, and it syncs up flawlessly. Also, after a bit of Google work, I found a script that will download all pictures and videos from a microSD card. It’s written in Python and works really well.

To get the Palm working with Linux, make sure your kernel has the visor kernel module loaded, and J-Pilot will do the rest.