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though symbian push Java ME pretty hard - it can't be run in background.
There would already be apps to sync 'contacts'/groups with a computer.
There's a python app (how good/complete?) that syncs in some way, but
with an NFS client, a lot of this can be done on the linux host.

So, what's it take to write a micro-web-server in Python and is TDB
available for Python? That'd be the backend done, plus stuff on Linux
host for sync/update.

Developer site says:
<http://developer.symbian.com/wiki/display/pub/Runtime+environments>

Ruby		[Only preview release available. Not usable]
Java Runtime	[prime env]
Flash Lite  	[prime env]
Python		[many Apps., incl. NFS over ?]
 <https://garage.maemo.org/projects/pys60>
 <http://wiki.opensource.nokia.com/projects/PyS60_applications>
Net60 (.NET Compact Framework) [redFivelabs... non-free?]
NSBasic		[non-free]
OPL		[by PSION, free, last rel. 2006]
PERL		[Release 0.4.0. Be afraid, very afraid]
Styletap	[non-free]
SymRAD		[no site]


And gives a comparison on many features between a few [PDF]:
<http://developer.symbian.com/main/downloads/papers/runtimes_feature_table.pdf>
via <http://developer.symbian.com/main/documentation/runtime_environments/>

runtime Env:
Flash Lite, Java ME, Webkit Browser, WRT Widgets, P.I.P.S./Open C,
Symbian C++ (r)

Features:
Camera, Communication (bluetooth, TCP/IP, cable, WiFi, GPRS), Messaging,
PIM (Contacts etc), LBS (GPS, locn), File System, Call Functions, Env
Awareness (SMS/MMS, ...), Multimedia (audio, image, video), Lifecycle
(on-boot, background, ...), UI capability, Web protocol/content (HTML,
Javascript)


Random pages on Symbian Development under Linux or OS/X:
<http://www.martin.st/symbian/>
<https://developer.symbian.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1859>

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