On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 14:31 +0200, Friedrich Dimmling wrote: > What I wanted to say is: In contrast to my USB digital camera, where > connecting the device or switching it on and starting the transfer are > two separatly triggered actions in syncing a Palm there is only one > such trigger event. Your digital camera must be unique. I have owned and used 4 separate digital cameras, and they all behave exactly like a USB Palm device when connected to the USB bus on the computer side. When I plug the camera into the USB cable, nothing happens on the camera or the PC side. The desktop knows nothing about it, and the camera knows nothing has changed.. just like plugging a Palm into the USB cable and doing nothing else. When I switch the camera to the "transfer" mode on the camera's switch, the desktop then recognizes it and offers the ability to transfer images to or from it. This is equivalent to hitting the HotSync button on the Palm cradle or cable. An iPod on the other hand, behaves like I think you want your Palm to behave: when you plug the iPod cable into the bottom of your iPod and the other end into a USB port on your computer, the iPod recognizes it and a desktop action can be taken. But fortunately, Palm's hardware never added that "feature", and I think it was a wise choice back in 1996 and to present. Originally, this was because of battery life concerns (when the Palm used replaceable AAA batteries), but now it could be seen as a major security breach if it had that ability. Imagine what would happen if someone took your Palm from your desk while you were at lunch, cradled it on THEIR desk, and used pilot-link's tools to pull all of the data off of it. If your records are marked "Private" or not, your data is still stored in cleartext on the Palm. Battery life is still a concern with these high-powered, color LCD screens, so it behaves differently than an iPod (which polls for that connection on its bottom port), or one of the recent Windows Mobile devices which automagically connect when cradled. I prefer being able to KNOW when I want a HotSync to happen on my Palm device. There are times I simply want to cradle it to charge it, and not to connect to the desktop to sync it. -- David A. Desrosiers desrod gnu-designs com http://gnu-designs.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://lists.jpilot.org/pipermail/jpilot/attachments/20060906/47314961/attachment.pgp
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