How to connect PDA (Windows Mobile 6.5) and Ubuntu 9.10

In terminal run:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following to the sources.list:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/synce/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/synce/ubuntu karmic main

Then in terminal run

sudo apt-get update

Connect your PDA and verify connection:

synce-pls

You should get something like

#synce-pls
Directory               2009-04-22 12:00:18  Templates/
Directory               2009-04-22 12:00:18  My Media/
Directory               2009-07-30 14:04:24  Calls/
Directory               2009-04-22 12:00:24  My Voices/
Directory               2009-04-22 12:00:24  My Icons/
Directory               2009-11-14 17:00:36  Data/
Directory               2009-04-22 09:52:46  My Documents/

If you get the following error instead:

#synce-pls 
** Message: Device /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_80_00_60_0f_e8_00 not fully set in Hal, skipping 
** Message: Odccm is not running, ignoring 
synce-pls: Could not find configuration at path '(Default)'

Then in the mobile phone go to Start -> Settings -> Connections-> USB to PC and make sure to uncheck the "Enable advanced network functionality". Also disconnect the phone, restart it and make sure Active sync is running.

Then install SynCE TrayIcon:

sudo apt-get synce-trayicon

This will show the the icon of a phone beside the clock. If you right-click the icon, you can select "Explore with file manager" and see the contents of the phone. However if you don't install sync-gvfs, you will get the following error:

"Could not display "synce://"your phone name here"/"
Nautilus cannot handle "synce" locations.