Conversion Tools: PDAs, Handheldsp2z is a Perl tool that converts Palm Memo, ToDo, Adressbook and Datebook data to the SHARP Zaurus
Linux PDA builtin applications.
platform: Linux, Perl
LDAP2Zaurus
is a simple PHP script for exporting addresses from an LDAP directory to the XML format used by the Zaurus' address book.
On the home page you may also try an online version.
platform: PHP
strip2zsafe converts Strip account information from a Palm PDA to a ZSafe compatible
textfile, for use with the Zaurus and other Linux PDAs.
platform: Linux, Perl
oz2remind
is a tool to convert OpenZaurus Opie calendar XML files
to Remind format.
license: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Psiconv
is a
file conversion utility that converts between Psion 5 files and more commonly
used Linux file formats. At this moment, only Psion Word to HTML is
implemented, but more will follow. Included is full documentation on several
Psion 5 file formats. This information is not available from Psion 5, and has
been reverse-engineered from Psion files.
platform: Linux
license: GPL
NewsPilot
is a news converter for Palm* platforms, which uses the multi-page feature of iSilo.
platform: Linux
sitescooper
automatically retrieves the stories from several news websites,
trims off extraneous HTML, and converts them into iSilo or Palm DOC format for
later reading on-the-move. It maintains a cache, and will avoid stories you've
already read. It can handle 1-page sites, 1-page with diffing, 2- and 3-level
sites, and My-Netscape-style RSS sites, and it's very easy to add a new site to
its list. Even if you don't have a PalmPilot, it's still handy for simple
website-to-text conversion. Site files are included for many popular news sites
including Slashdot, LWN, and Linux Today.
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is a PNM to Palm Pilot Image Viewer converter.
platform: Linux
PalmImage
is a Java GUI/CLI application to convert Viewer III, GIF, and JPEG
files to Viewer III PDBs for installation on Palm devices.
platform: Linux,
license: GPL
Web2Doc
is a Windows program that download HTML pages and convert them to DOC file format that can be viewed on a
PalmPilot. This program can only convert text - there is no graphic support. There is no frame support in the current version.
The HTML pages converted will save to the local hard disk ready for HotSync to PalmPilot. You will need a DOC reader to
read the .prc file.
platform: Microsoft-Windows
LinPQA
is a freeware compiler and decompiler for 3COM's Palm VII
Palm Query Apps (PQAs), and converts simple HTML to/from PalmVII
PQA.
platform: Linux
license: GPL
SMSync
converts SMS messages from Handspring devices to standard
mailbox format. The program is tested with the Treo 270 communicator, but
it should work with other Treos and Handspring Visorphone devices.
license: GNU General Public License (GPL)
PalmFontConv
is a collection of command-line utilities to
manipulate Palm fonts in both v1 and v2 formats. Currently, there is a
converter that converts between afnx, nfnt (low, high, or both densities),
NFNT, and text editable formats.
license: GNU General Public License (GPL)
ZSREP
is a project for reverse engineering the Zaurus SL-5600's
synchronization protocol, as well as developing a counterpart to the
Zaurus SL-5600 for the Linux desktop for synchronization. It includes a
number of tools written to assist in the reverse engineering, as well as
documentation of the reverse engineering process. The Zaurus 5500's latest
ROMs also have the synchronization protocol changed, so this applies to
Zaurus 5500 users as well.
license: GNU General Public License (GPL)
txt2pdbdoc
is a program that converts text files to Doc files (and
vice versa). Doc is the defacto standard file format for text documents
for PalmOS document reader applications.
license: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Pilot-QOF
is an application interface between pilot-link and QOF
(Query Object Framework). It supports writing Palm data to QSF XML offline
storage and running SQL-type queries on the live data or XML file. QSF XML
can be imported into other QOF applications.
license: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Moving from one type of PDA to another can be a painful experience. Just how do you convert your contacts from the Psion database format over to an IPAQ Pocket PC's Contacts? Or how do you get your Palm V Calendar entries onto a Nokia 7650 mobile phone?
This
page is intended to provide information for PDA and Smartphone users wishing to convert their data to another format.
lotus2z
is a perl script that works in a LINUX environment to import Lotus
Organizer 6.0 contact data into qtopia 1.5.5 (for Sharp Zaurus ROM V3.1). It
gets all the contact data to the Zaurus. This
script is not intended to do any synchronizing!
pilot2kabc
is a combination of a shell- and an awk-script to convert the address database (Address.pdb) from a Palm Pilot into a format that kabc (kaddressbook) can handle. It is one way i.e. you can only convert the Palm database into the kabc format but you cannot merge back changes made in kabc.
This
script
will convert
tkcmemo entries into a valid
gjots
file.
platform: Linux
license: MIT
PBM2Palm
is a utility for converting black and white PBM files into
Java classes. These can be used to display the image on a Palm, using the
KVM.
license: GNU General Public License (GPL)
gPalmDoc
is a GNOME/Applications GUI web page to AportisDoc converter.
platform: Linux
license: GNU General Public License (GPL)
dtmconv is used to convert from Sharp's proprietary Zaurus PIM
e.g. addressbook storage format used on its newer ROMs to the XML format used by Opie. It
is useful whenever you are migrating from a Sharp ROM to something such
as OpenZaurus on your device.
webcal2pdb
is a perl script that exports calendar events from a WebCalendar PostgreSQL database and creates a Palm DatebookDB.pdb file that can be uploaded to a Palm Pilot.
palm-as-disc
is a tool to convert a file to and from pdb-format for
installing on a Palm Pilot.
license: GNU General Public License (GPL)
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