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Syncing bookmarks
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Posted by: mikesm

Hi, I am sure there is an obvious solution here, but I can't seem to find it by searching the forums. I have a RIM 8700c, and I can't seem to figure out how to sync my bookmarks from Firefox (or even IE) to the 8700c. Typing them in on the keyb oard is very tedious, and I'd like the full directory structure of bookmarks to be transferred over.

How do you get this to work?

Thanks,
Mike

Posted by: penk

your favorites folder can be quite large and cumbersome to transfer completely or even directly - so it's probably not the best way to get the links on your handset. i'm not sure this ability even exists (mostly as i haven't seen word of it before) and while the 'berry OS can recognize inline hypertext links, it doesn't seem to recognize the file type format (at least via attachment method).

it is possible (again, not that i am aware of) that there is a 3rd party application that can manage this, but in the meantime...

i keep a separate subfolder of WAP, WML and XHTML sites that i can reference when programming other handsets, but for my 'berry i just copy/paste the links into an email i send to myself. when i "build" the email, i usually base it on category, which has proven helpful since i can forward the email to friends or coworkers interested in the same. then you can simply skim through the email, highlight and then open each link.

possibly not the most ideal method, but certainly less tedious.

(BTW - even with the 'berry sporting an html browser, i frequently use a WAP-oriented or mobile-minded version of a full page, just to facilitate load times.)