Re: [NTLK] Rent a coder?

On Oct 26, 2006, at 4:46 PM, Steve Hammond wrote:

>>
>> Probably still need to support serial in some form since you can't
>> bootstrap a Newton any other way :)
>> BT and TCP/IP are faster and more likely to be easily found but can't
>> bootstrap a newt from a complete wipe
>
> That's true, but with iSync you'll need to think on data sync, not
> apps, since iSync is there to sync mostly data you have on your
> computer, like for example, iCal, eMail, Address book, Safari
> bookmark, etc.
>
> So yes, you'll need to think of serial in someway to install the
> basic packages, but Newten already do a great job for this task. And
> I'm not sure that integrating packages installation with iSync will
> have any advantages. Why someone would like to see if any packages
> have changes since the last sync?

But syncing data vs packages is not the same as the connection medium.
No reason an iSync plugin could not sync data via a serial connection.

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