From: Victor Manuel Reyes Viloria <vmreyes@...>
Date: 2003-01-09T04:09:07+09:00
Subject: A Ruby Cellular Interface for Motorola T720

  I recently purchased a Motorola T720 Cellular phone and the StartFish
(TrueSync Plus) software that supports it, and the USB cable for the phone.
The only reason why I bought the software was to synchronize my telephone
list, which I maintain on my laptop in a flat, ASCII (text) file with the
T720.
Unfortunately I found, after I opened the software, that it only supports
synching via Lotus Notes or MS Outlook.
Since I don't keep my phone contact list in my Lotus Notes, I have been
looking for a way to do what I want.
So, since I can't find any software to synchronize my flat, ASCII (text)
phone list with the T720, I thought about writing my own in Ruby.
The first problem I found is that I cannot get the technical specification
for the phone. I wrote several notes to Motorola and got no replies.
I know that Motorola provides a Java interface for the T720, but I think
this is a nice project for Ruby. Beside, my Java skills are scarce anyway.
Or, perhaps someone has already written something in Ruby that I can use.
Any thoughts?