Zaurus FAQ

Some problems resolved during my transition from Psion to Zaurus.

  1. How to transfer Contacts data
  2. How to Print Contacts data



  1. How to transfer Contacts data

    1. Export your contacts on the Psion using File->export-> All contacts. Save this as contacts.vcf
    2. Transfer this VCard file to any machine with Perl installed
    3. Run Psion2Zaurus.pl like this:
        ./Psion2Zaurus.pl contacts.cvf |recode 'latin1..utf-8' >addressbook.xml
    4. Transfer addressbook.xml to the directory /home/root/Applications/addressbook/
    5. Restart your Zaurus (using the Shutdown app in setup)

    15.07.2002: Update: German characters are now converted correctly. As are cellphone numbers.


  2. How to Print Contacts data

    As the Zaurus AddressBook is stored as a simple XML file, this XSL Stylesheet (use 'Save Link Target as ...') converts it to HTML, which can then be printed via a browser. The Zaurus addressbook is located at /home/root/Applications/addressbook/addressbook.xml.

    Use your favourite XSLT Processor to process your addressbook after copying it to a desktop machine where the XSLT Processor is installed. Using e.g. Xalan it looks like this: