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40 Chapter 3 : Transferring Data
Data transfer overview
While you have many options for transferring data, Palm recommends that
you take advantage of the Synergy feature by putting your data in an online
account—for example, if you don’t have a Google account, we recommend
that you create one and store your data there (see How do I get names and
other info into Contacts?, How do I get events into Calendar?, and How do
I send and receive email on my phone?). If you don’t want to do this, there
are other ways to get data on your phone.
Consider carefully whether you’ll want to be able to access and change your
data somewhere besides your phone. If you do, do you prefer the other
means of access to be a website (for example, Google), or to be software
that is installed on your computer? In either case, you can set things up so
that you can synchronize new or changed data between your phone and the
other data location.
You could also decide not to have a sync setup for your data, in which case
you can use your Palm profile to back up your data (see What is a Palm
profile?). You can’t access this data anywhere but on your phone. However,
your data is backed up, and in an emergency (such as a lost or stolen
device), you can remove the data on your lost or stolen phone and restore it
to a new Pre phone.
How do I get data from my old phone?
Do you want to sync your personal information between your Pre phone
and Google or Exchange, but first need to get your data out of an old phone
that you want to stop using? You can do a one-time, one-way transfer of
data to your Pre phone, and then if you choose to, use the Synergy feature to
sync the data to Google or Exchange.
1 On your computer, set up an account on the Google website (go to
gmail.com) or with Microsoft Exchange (speak to an IT person at your
company).
2 On your Pre phone, open Contacts .
3 Enter your username and password for the Google or Exchange
account.
NOTE You don’t have to go to Calendar to set up your account there—that’s
done automatically using the username and password you enter in Contacts.
4 Go to one of the stores of your wireless service provider and ask a
support agent for help in transferring data from your old phone. When
you're ready to transfer data from your old phone, be sure to tell the
agent which account to transfer the data to.
How do I get data off my computer?
Do you want to sync your personal information between your Pre phone
and Google or Exchange, but first need to get the data out of a desktop app
that you want to stop using? You can do a one-time, one-way transfer of
data to your phone, and then if you choose to, sync the data to Google or
Exchange.