[jow]

The Treo 680 finally had to go, and I went for an Nokia N97 (with Symbian S60 5th edition OS).

I haven't tried all the features but Bonsai 4.0.3 seems to work in Styletap (Palm emulator) on the N97 and I can create new outlines.

However, Styletap doesn't support syncing and it took me a while to figure out how to open my existing outlines.
1. Using FileZ on Treo, copy all files with creator N0tl to SD card.
2. N97 uses Micro SD card, so transfer from Palm SD to N97 via PC
3. Find outline pdbs via File Manager and open them one by one to get them in Styletap
4. Use FileZ in Styletap on N97 to delete BonsaiOutlines from internal storage <- I've since figured out that this step was only necessary, because the outline PDBs weren't installed before I ran Bonsai for the first time.
5. Open Bonsai in Styletap and my outlines are there.

However, this means I should:
a. only use Bonsai on my phone from now on, or
b. manually duplicate what I change on my phone on the PC or
c. only change outlines on my PC and have to keep my Treo to sync then repeat above to overwrite what's on the phone.

I asked StyleTap if there's any chance of them implementing Hotsync, despite it being a lot of work. Their awesome support said Hotsyncing is a fairly high priority item on their to-do list. They hope to have it done sometime in the first half of this year.

Meanwhile can anyone think of other options or anyone figured out a better way?

Thanks and happy new year!
~j

This post has been edited by jow: 02 January 2010 - 05:15 PM

[Richard Murphy]

Not sure how convenient it would be, but if you upgrade to Bonsai 5 you will be able to use the Bonsai Desktop File Synchronization to sync your desktop outline with your Palm's PDB files (support sync to .OTL or .PDB files). I am not familiar with the N97/StyleTap and how to move your PDB files from the phone to the PC, sync, and then move it back to the phone. I am guessing this is a manual process.

Bonsai 5 also supports importing and exporting with the Bonsai Palm (PDB) outlines directly on the PC.

FYI: if an outline is not being displayed in Bonsai (Palm), use the View/Refresh menu from outline manager to force Bonsai to look for new outlines.

[jow]

Thanks Richard - this is very helpful. I think it should work for the N97 in the same way as documented for the Palm Pre. I'll give v.5 a try when I get a chance and reply back to this thread with the results.

Thanks again!